
{"id":21211,"date":"2011-10-06T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T17:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=21211"},"modified":"2011-10-06T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T17:59:15","slug":"thousands-hit-the-streets-for-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/10\/06\/thousands-hit-the-streets-for-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands hit the streets for education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_21212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21212\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/10\/06\/thousands-hit-the-streets-for-education\/walk-for-education-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Walk-for-Education-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Walk-for-Education-2\" width=\"350\" height=\"244\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Walk-for-Education-2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Walk-for-Education-2-113x78.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Walk-for-Education-2-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Walk-for-Education-2-100x69.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in the Walk for Education head down Merritt Mill Road toward the carnival at Lincoln Center. Photo by Alicia Stemper<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>By Caroline Corrigan<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><br \/>\nThousands of parents, teachers and students swarmed Franklin Street Saturday during the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 15th Annual Walk for Education. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s walk, themed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Funky 15,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d went well beyond what was expected in both attendance and fundraising.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This year the police said we had 6,000 people, which is a huge jump from last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 4,000 people,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Kim Hoke, director of the Public School Foundation. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We raised more than we expected, which was a wonderful outcome. Last year we raised $85,000, while this year we raised over $100,000.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Hoke said the successful turnout can be attributed to several causes. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was a cool and gorgeous day, and we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have substantive conflicts such as the State Fair, football games or any other major event in the community,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Folks really came out.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  <\/p>\n<p>The walk, which was designed to generate community interest and support for public education, went from UNC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s McCorkle Place to a carnival held at the Lincoln Center on Merritt Mill Road. The carnival, in addition to functioning as a fundraiser for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, was a major incentive for student participation. Complete with cotton-candy machines, live music and inflatable tiger-, alligator- and pirate-themed bounce houses, kids and parents alike were thoroughly entertained. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153My favorite is the bouncy houses!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jack Wainio, a second-grader at Seawell Elementary School. <\/p>\n<p>Hoke said that the event helps raise funds for school supplies that the state and local budget does not provide. Among these are technological needs, such as Smart Boards and Netbooks, textbooks, science materials, physical education equipment and outdoor facilities, such as playgrounds.  <\/p>\n<p>The proceeds also help to fund school-based projects. Ruben Angulo, a junior at Carrboro High School, volunteered with other students at the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s popcorn booth to raise money for a school in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important because everyone is here to make money, not for themselves, but for their school and for people in need,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. <\/p>\n<p>While most of the event went smoothly, Hoke said the foundation did have to face one unexpected problem. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We under-ordered our T-shirts because we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t anticipate the amount of interest in the event,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We put in an emergency order that came in Friday, but we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have exactly all the right sizes. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good problem to have \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the event and the shirt were popular.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>Despite this setback, Hoke said that the event was successful because of the wide range of community involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an enormous undertaking that involves a wide range of people in our community,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everybody worked together beautifully.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Unity was a sentiment that others also felt was important. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a chance to meet and do  something with the community of parents and kids,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said parent Stephen Fraser. This is one of the only chances where everyone gets to do something together.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of parents, teachers and students swarmed Franklin Street Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":21212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21214,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21211\/revisions\/21214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}