Middle School Fundraising Campaign Surpasses GoalMiddle School Fundraising Campaign Surpasses Goal

5/27/14 - A year-long fund raising and awareness campaign has more than hit the mark at Highlander Way Middle School in Howell. The school's student run news network The HAWK News launched Project: Find A Cure for FA back in the fall, with a goal of raising awareness of Friedreich's Ataxia - a debilitating and life-shortening neuro-muscular disorder that student Jack DeWitt suffers from, but also to raise funds for the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance or FARA. Technology teacher Carole Colburn tells WHMI that their goal was to raise $3,000, but following a final fundraising event earlier this month that featured a staff versus student basketball game, they have raised more than $5,000. The money is expected to be delivered to Jack’s mother at a ceremony on June 3rd at the school. Ruth DeWitt is a board member for FARA. (JK)