Columbia school donates half of fundraising profits to schools that suffered from flood

A Columbia elementary school brought in big bucks with its annual fundraiser, then gave away half its profits to two local schools whose communities suffered badly from October’s historic flooding.

Round Top Elementary School raised more than $20,000 through its Boosterthon Fun Run, nearly meeting its fundraising goal.

Many of those dollars will go toward meeting classroom and school needs at Round Top, but more than $10,000 was offered as gifts to South Kilbourne and Bradley elementary schools. Hundreds of homes near both of those school were badly damaged or destroyed by the Oct. 4 floods.

Each school was given $5,167.10 by students, parents and administrators from Round Top.

“Visiting Bradley and South Kilbourne allowed us to make the experience even more meaningful,” Round Top principal Jeaneen Tucker said. “These types of events make an indelible impact on students’ school memories.”

In its $20,000 fundraising effort, Round Top set a Boosterthon national record by receiving pledges from 45 countries.

This story was originally published February 3, 2016 at 2:21 PM with the headline "Columbia school donates half of fundraising profits to schools that suffered from flood."