Generous West Seattleites helped Gatewood Elementary second-grader Gwen bring in $550 at her eraser sale today benefiting the school playfield project, reports proud mom Elissa – and that means a total of $1,100, thanks to a match from Dad’s employer Adobe. As reported here Friday (along with a preview of Gwen’s sale), the campaign to raise $50,000 to supplement a $100,000 city matching-funds grant has already reached 80 percent of the goal, so this is another big boost.
Way to go Gwen! You’ll do a lot of great things in your life, I just know it.
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Teddy Roosevelt
This is Gwen’s Dad. Thanks to everyone who donated. It was such a treat to have people with no connection to Gatewood or to our family donating money to this very worthy cause. We really expected nothing more than maybe $150, but we obviously raised much more. To all the folks who came out, and to those who spontaneously slipped cash to Gwen at the end of your shopping trip, thanks a whole lot.
Big shout-outs to Blaine & Lonjina at Wildwood Market, and to all the nice people who came. There are a lot of empty piggy banks in West Seattle now, and we really appreciate the generosity of all the kids who gave extra money and didn’t expect toys in return. We also received some big donations from a handful of people. It’s really inspiring to see the community come together for something like this.
Thanks again to everyone.
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