Congratulations to Komachin Middle School, the nation-wide winner in our We Add Up fundraising contest. Together, their students sold 182 We Add Up tees and, in addition to their 15% earnings, won a cash prize of $500! Their top-selling student, and winner of a $100 cash prize, is Jayda Cobb. Congrats, Jayda!

Komachin Middle School, located in Lacey, WA, is a public school with over 800 students. Service learning is a big deal at Komachin and students work to earn seals in the categories of Academics, Pride, and Wellness. An Americorp volunteer works with the students and they grow food for the food bank in their garden, recycle, and compost food from their cafeteria, among other things.

Teacher Vicki Leonard did a great job leading the fundraiser and helped inspire motivation by offering a fundraising certificate for the Pride seal when students sold 2 or more We Add Up tees. Ms. Leonard says, “Our kids were so excited about these t-shirts. Environmental science is very much embedded in our science program and school culture. Every day you see someone wearing one – staff or student. And, every time I wear one of the t-shirts, people always ask – what does that t-shirt mean?”

Ms. Leonard and the students used their earnings to help fund a trip to their port on Puget Sound. They saw the operations there and got to see and touch the 125 foot wind turbine blades that arrived at the port, bound for a wind farm in Eastern Washington.

Congratulations to Komachin Middle School!