By Amy Lea
The Camden (Maine) Herald Reporter
Aug. 15, 2008

First-graders at Rockport Elementary School took fundraising for a new playground into their own hands when they combined their efforts to create and raffle a quilt.

Each student in Kim Wickenden’s class made their own unique fabric square this spring. And with assistance from parent volunteer Carrie Hedstrom, the quilt was pieced together, with each student's name sewn on the finished product.

“We wanted to do something as a class where all the children felt like they contributed to the playground and produce something that would also raise money,” Wickenden said.

A total of $801.95 was raised in raffle ticket sales, to fund the new playground at the West Rockport Campus. [More]

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