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School Fundraiser Proceeds May Go Towards Wiis For the Students

By Andrew Eisen

What do you do when it's too cold for the kiddies to go outside during recess and the gym is being used by another class?

Adjust the schedule?  Heck no, raise money selling frozen foods in order to buy a bunch of Wiis!

Ohio's East Avon Elementary School did just that and its fundraiser pulled in $4600 which school board president Susan Harrison hopes to put towards the purchase of 28 Wiis.  While Harrison admits gym time would be the preferable option, the Wii is a popular second choice with some parents.

'[Parents] think it's a good idea to give the kids something to do.  Winter is so long, and they can be inside for so long. What it does is get them up around and moving. It's not video games, and you have board games, but you can lose pieces. You can buy more, but mainly it's the interaction of the kids and that they are up and moving.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).