AUGUSTA — The second annual St. Michael School and Travis Mills Walk-A-Thon was held May 3 during the school day. The St. Michael School community came together to raise funds to support the Travis Mills Foundation. Students gathered pledges for weeks prior to the walk, and their laps around the school and church property were counted by a number of volunteers.
Students, staff, parents, school families and friends all worked together as a community to raise money for The Travis Mills Foundation in a fun and healthy way! The funds raised from the event will go to The Travis Mills Foundation, a nonprofit organization, formed to benefit and assist wounded and injured veterans and their families.
Students in grades pre-kindergarten and kindergarten walked 10 laps equaling four miles; students in first and second grades walked 15 laps equaling six miles; students in third and fourth grades walked 20 laps equaling eight miles; and students in grades five through eight walked 25 laps equaling 10 miles. Students had the entire day to complete their walk, but their determination coupled with enthusiasm and cheers from Travis Mills himself found them finishing by lunch — a barbecue meal for all.
“We all need inspiration, hope and motivation, and the students of this school supply me that,” said Mills. “That’s the best part about being Travis Mills… having people behind me, supporting me every step of the way,” Mills explained in a greeting to the school community before the walk began.
“It’s an amazing feeling knowing we’re helping our veterans who served our country. They deserve a place like the Travis Mills Foundation for all they have done for us,” said Kyle Douin, an eighth-grader at St. Michael School. “It’s been a feel-good kind of day,” added Madeline Levesque, another eight-grader at the school. “I can’t wait to go home and tell my daddy how much fun today was,” said Bryce Ryan, a kindergarten student at the school.
