(Le Mars) — Gehlen Catholic schools will hold its Jay Walk-A-Thon fund raiser scheduled for Friday, October 1st. Senior student, Emma Bogen says this is the second year the school will host the event. Bogen says each grade level will walk for a half an hour starting at 9:30 a.m. She says the purpose is to raise funds for Gehlen, but it is also to acknowledge the many prayer requests. Bogen says for each lap a student walks around the track, they will deposit a plastic cross with an intention written on that cross.
Last year students had placed a series of crosses around the track, but Bogen says this year’s walk-a-thon will be a bit different than last year’s inaugural event.
Bogen says Gehlen students have already been able to meet their financial goals with this year’s Jay Walk-a-thon.
Leah Langel is a junior student at Gehlen Catholic and is also participating on Friday’s walk-a-thon. Langel explains how the raised money will be utilized by Gehlen Catholic schools.
Langel says participants are scheduled to walk at least for a half an hour. She says organizers are trying to make the walk fun for everyone.
Langel says there will be two sessions scheduled with the morning session to start at 9:30 a.m. and go until 11:00 a.m. and the afternoon session beginning at 1:00 p.m. and continuing until 3:00 p.m. Langel says people from the community are invited to walk with the Gehlen students.
(photos are from the 2020 event.)
