Riverside East and Jr. High Diabetes Walk

Monday, November 24, 2008

Photos by Revis Blaylock

Riverside East Elementary and Junior High School participated in an American Diabetes Association's School Walk for Diabetes. The young people raised over $2,000. Their principals agreed to kiss a pig if they raised over $1,000. The students enjoyed watching them kiss the pig at the end of the walk.

Riverside East students participate in School Walk for Diabetes.
Riverside students, teachers, and staff did not let the cold weather stop them from walking to raise money for the American Diabetes Association.
Walking for a good cause even in the cold.
Over 400 walked in the Nov. 21 Riverside East School Walk for Diabetes.

Students participated in the 2008 American Diabetes School Walk
Riverside Junior High Students led the way on the 2008 School Walk for Diabetes.
Lillie Collins and her pet, Porkchop, visits the Riverside gymnasium where the principals will kiss a pig.
Riverside Junior High Principal Polly Owens and East Elementary Principal Patty Hernandez, help each other put on lipstick before kissing the pig.
Who will go first?
Principal Polly Owens gives Porkchop a kiss being true to her word. She told students if they raised over $1,000 for the Diabetes School Walk, she would kiss a pig.
A promise is a promise and Riverside East elementary principal Patty Hernandez, kissed the pig with her students cheering her on. Mrs. Hernandez told her students she would kiss the pig if they raised $1,000 at the Diabetes Walk.