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| McTeacher Night raises money for Heritage Elementary |
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 | | Photo By Jason Horton | | Heritage Elemenatry teachers, along with Ronald McDonald, helped patrons with their selections last week at McTeacher Night. Heritage raised nearly $600 on the night. |
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By Jason Horton
Woodburn McDonald's hosts a McTeacher night twice a year and this spring it was Heritage Elementary's turn.
On April 23, teachers and school workers handed food out the drive-thru, made ice cream cones and took food out to waiting customers from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
McDonald's owner, Mindy Mayer, gives 20 percent of the profits during that two-hour block, to the school.
Heritage got $478.81 for their efforts and McDonald's kicked in another $100, bringing the total just under $600.
"This fundraiser (money) is put in an account for assemblies, field trips, scholarships for field trips and/or bus transportation for field trips," said Gloria Martinez, of Heritage Elementary.
The school had 22 volunteers at Wednesday's event but Martinez said the school usually has more volunteers.
"When we do it in the fall, we tend to get more participation, but in the spring, teachers are so bombarded with end-of-the year stuff, they're feeling a little overwhelmed," she said.
"We're going to shoot for the fall next year."
Included in the group of volunteers were high school workers from the after-school program.
"The after-school club is a program we have for parents and students from 2:30 to 6 p.m. and it's for students to be able to stay there after school," Martinez said.
"They have high school students who supervise students from our elementary school and it was neat to see them here."
Rebecca Humphreys, guest relations manager of Green Tree Enterprises, Mayer's company that owns McDonald's, said this event is a good community connection.
"It's a great program to get money into schools and they need the money," she said.
"It's a good way for (Mayer) to get into the community."
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