Lindell School 'Walks it Forward' and Raises More Than $2,000

The entire student body and staff from Lindell Elementary School marched out the building’s doors and made their way to the boardwalk.

Their motive was meaningful: it was the school-wide “Walk it Forward” effort, held to raise funds for charity.

With the children dressed in blue Lindell t-shirts, classes filed one-by-one onto the boardwalk carrying banners and signs conveying messages of school spirit and kindness.

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They continued down to the end of the boardwalk at New York Avenue, where they stopped and enthusiastically recited several songs and cheers before walking back to their classrooms and resuming the school day. Onlookers clapped and smiled as the students spread the spirit of giving through the community.

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“Walk it Forward” was organized as a fundraiser to support Lindell’s “Needs and Deeds” charity organization, which helps families in need by providing them with gift cards, covering summer camp expenses, and providing other contributions. So far, more than $2,000 has been raised.

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