Turner Valley School News - Waxing for Cancer Fundraiser

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Our fundraising for Cancer research efforts got off to a great start with our summer read-a-thon program. students have been encouraged to raise funds for Cancer research to meet the goal of raising $1,000.00 with the incentive of seeing Mr. Berrigan and Mr. Bennington having their legs waxed on stage in front of the whole school on September 30th!! This fundraiser is ongoing in conjunction with our Toonies for Terry – Marathon of Hope. The target is within reach!!
As of September 27th, we have received just over $900.00 in donations.  The final day for donations will be September 30th. As soon as we have $1000.00 we will alert our volunteer hair removal experts to have them standing by to perform professional leg waxing on Mr Berrigan and Mr. Bennington at our Assembly on Thursday, September 30th at 1:00pm in the gym.
Following the leg waxing we will hold our annual Turner Valley School Terry Fox Run along the Friendship Trail. As always the Terry Fox story inspires students to raise money for cancer research and go the extra mile.  We appreciate Mr. Bennington and Mr. Berrigan for their bravery and willingness to support fundraising for cancer research and hope that the Turner Valley School community's generosity hasn't caused them too many sleepless nights.  In fact as the following letter from Mr Berrigan demonstrates, he is relishing this opportunity to support the Terry Fox cause.

To my beloved colleagues,
As it does now appear that I shall have no recourse but to endure the "pain and suffering" that the students of Turner Valley School appear to deem necessary by way of their donations, I am now resigned to what appears to be my inevitable fate. I walk this alleged Green Mile unafraid for I am convinced that the agony of instant hair removal has been greatly exaggerated by the faint-hearted contingent of the school. I look forward to demonstrating what I'm sure will appear to you as a seemingly superhuman threshold for pain with little more than a slight clench of the teeth and perhaps an even more slightly veiled sense of victory.
In essence, do your worst.
Love,
Mr. Matthew "School of Hard Knocks" Berrigan