Have you ever wanted to see nearly 800 boxes of cereal topple over like a row of dominoes?
You have to collect them all first.
Victory Elementary School students collected 796 boxes of cereal to donate to a local food bank this week. As a reward for their efforts, they got to see the boxes cascade down the hallways in an epic display Friday afternoon.
Students were given a week and a half to collect the cereal in observance of Random Acts of Kindness Day.
Their goal was to collect 600 boxes of cereal, and they exceeded that goal by nearly 200 boxes.
Victory principal KC Miller said Random Acts of Kindness Day was Thursday, but the school celebrated all week.
“We wanted to inspire students to do acts of kindness throughout the week. This is a way for us to do something as a school for the community,” said Miller.
Chelsea Hannah, a teacher at Victory, suggested the cereal drive.
“I had no idea it would be this big… It’s so cool to see the kids get so excited about it,” Hannah said.
Miller said parents called for updates throughout the week.
“They kept asking which class was in the lead and how many more boxes of cereal their class needed to win,” said Miller.
Parents kept bringing in more cereal boxes throughout the morning Friday.
“There are garbage bags coming in full of cereal. It is pretty wild. Everyone is really excited,” said Miller.
“We had to add a deadline of noon,” he added. “They just kept coming.”
Miller said someone told him the local Dollar General was out of cereal.
Brooke Proctor’s third-grade class collected the most cereal, bringing in 108 boxes. Hannah’s classroom was just behind with 106 boxes.
This was the school’s first year to do the cereal drive, said Miller, but considering how successful the event was, the halls may ring again with the chants and cheers of students as cereal boxes tumble down the stairs.
