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South
staff pucker up for pug kisses
By
Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE
– “I had a secret weapon, but it didn’t work,” said Roberta
Ditty, custodian at South School. “I smeared a piece of ham on my
lips.”
Harley
the Pug didn’t get the taste right away, but when she did… “Lisa
Byram got the licks. Harley was all tongue!
“Actually,
it worked better than I planned,” she said. “It just didn’t
work for me.”
Harley
is the pug that got kissed by seven South School staff members when
students and staff met their fundraising goal of $200 for Breast
Cancer Awareness. The event was held in the South School cafeteria
Nov. 25.
Jen
Schatz, who organized the event, said the kids got to wear hats in
school one day for a donation of $1. Teachers had three ‘pink and
jeans’ days; cost $2 each. The kids then voted in their home rooms
on the teams they wanted to Kiss the Pug.
“I
was one of the lucky ones, I guess,” she added, grinning. “Or
unlucky.”
The
rest of the lucky – or unlucky – ones, in addition to Ditty,
Schatz and Byram, were Lyndsay House, Rachel Jones, Kathy Warvel and
Rhonda Schaar.
“October
was Breast Cancer Awareness month,” Schatz said. “It’s
something that is close to me.” She was glad the staff and students
met their goal.
The
campaign started out as “Kiss the Pig,” but the pig wasn’t
readily available. Harley the Pug was.
“Besides,
she kind of looks like a pig,” Schatz added.
Published
courtesy of The Early Bird
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