CHS makes the ALS Association Connolly tougher and $20K stronger

Show of hands – who thinks it’s super cool that Concord High School donated $20,000 to The ALS Association in support of CHS principal Gene Connolly last Tuesday morning? Susan Farrelly, Rebecca Malloy, Amy Coyne (from the ALS Foundation), Connolly, Lisa Lamb, Sara Pratt and Linda Moulton do!
Show of hands – who thinks it’s super cool that Concord High School donated $20,000 to The ALS Association in support of CHS principal Gene Connolly last Tuesday morning? Susan Farrelly, Rebecca Malloy, Amy Coyne (from the ALS Foundation), Connolly, Lisa Lamb, Sara Pratt and Linda Moulton do!

You know Concord High School students enjoyed themselves Tuesday morning, because they got out of class and got to stand outside for 20 minutes. But they also got to celebrate the official fruits of their labor in raising money for the ALS Association – $20,000 worth of fruits (imagine if they’d donated it in apples instead of a giant check).

The school sold Connolly Tough T-shirts ahead of a giant homecoming walk in honor of Principal Gene Connolly, who was diagnosed with ALS this year, though Susan Farrelly of CHS admitted they weren’t sure how much money they’d ultimately raise. Well, they ran out of T-shirts and wound up toppling the $20,000 mark, with donations coming from all over the place, including other schools.

Tuesday morning, CHS presented a check to The ALS Association in a ceremony that featured the school band, the entire student body and 10 elephants on unicycles (at least two of those three facts are true).

School spirit was palpable as the square outside of CHS filled up with hundreds of students and the band played some tunes – including a well-received mash-up of “Under Pressure” and “Ice, Ice Baby. “

Though the success of the T-shirt sales was no secret, few knew the final number CHS had raised. Lamb made an emotional speech thanking everyone for their contributions before revealing the check to the student body, which drew a raucous ovation.

Author: Keith Testa

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