A Pink Mohawk For Food

From October 10 until the 18th, students at the high school where I teach were encouraged to bring in food for the foodshelf. There basic incentive, besides doing a good deed, was a pizza party that the winning classroom would win.

To foster a charitable environment, I decided to brainstorm with my students ways to increase the incentive. Well, as any teacher can appreciate, that when your classroom is engaged and actively participating, one doesn't want to do anything to dampen their enthusiasm. Well, as a result of the brainstorming, I somewhat foolishly agreed to match the top donor item for item, wear a costume of their choice for each day for 5 days, and allow them to shave and dye my hair into a pink mohawk. Well, these students had a REAL set of incentives now, and they worked their butts off rounding up LOTS of food. By the second to last day, my students were in the lead with 325 items. I thought "I'm getting a haircut for sure!!" Then rumours started brewing that the class down the hall had conjured a great idea to win, so my homeroom planned and worked together to really ratchet it up a notch on the last day. We estimated we had close to 900 items, surely placing us in the lead!

Well, at the end of the day, the items were counted, and my class lost by 10!!! ONLY 10 items! Weber and her fundraising efforts allowed them to buy 821 items, my class at 811, and Onell (and his unique incentives) garnered 608 items. A very close call.

But - because my class did so well, I decided to get a fauxhawk haircut this weekend and will wear it proudly tomorrow. All for a good cause!