NAPPANEE — Three Nappanee schools were surprised when they found out they were winners in this month’s Second Saturdays contest. Key Bank, Nappanee, held a contest where students could vote for their favorite school during the citywide event and donated $500 to three winning schools.
The winning schools are Nappanee Elementary and Woodview Elementary (each received $125) and New Burlington Amish School (received $250).
Penny Huffer, branch manager of Key Bank, said the bank sponsored the contest as a way to help promote Second Saturdays and since the theme this month was “School Daze” thought voting for the schools and giving them a donation went along with the theme.
Key Bank officials hope the donations will be used to help purchase additional school supplies for the respective schools. A ballot box was located at Key Bank and students were invited to come and cast their ballot between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
According to Ron Bedward, director of Second Saturdays, 189 votes were submitted. New Burlington received the most votes of the 15 Amish schools voted for. Of the five Wa-Nee Public Schools (Nappanee Elementary, Wakarusa Elementary, Woodview Elementary, NorthWood Middle School and NorthWood High School) there was a tie for the schools receiving the most votes — Nappanee Elementary and Woodview Elementary each received 39 votes.
The plan was to award $250 to one public school and one Amish school.
“We couldn’t believe there was actually a tie after 189 votes,” Bedward said. “Penny (Huffer) made me and another volunteer each recount the ballots twice, just to make sure and sure enough — 39 votes each!”
Bedward said the committee felt the fairest way to handle a tie was to simply split the $250 evenly between the two winning public schools.
Nicki Wiggins, guidance counselor at Woodview Elementary, Paula Zercher, guidance counselor at Nappanee Elementary School and Fred Miller, treasurer at New Burlington Amish School, picked up the gift cards Wednesday.
Wiggins said school personnel hadn’t yet talked about how to spend the $125, but purchasing supplies was likely.
Zercher said Nappanee Elementary staff were “very excited” about the win/tie. “We want to know who the 39 kids were that voted!” she said.
Miller said the win was a great thing for his school. “Funding is very tough,” he said. New Burlington covers two church districts and has 55 students in grades one through eight. Fifteen of those students showed up to cast their ballots — a high percentage.
“I just want to thank Key Bank for putting it on and making the funds available,” Miller said.
September
For September’s Second Saturdays, Key Bank will once again hide Red Keys inside various shops, stores and restaurants throughout the Nappanee area. Each key represents a $100 “Key Possibilities Card” (debit card).
According to Mark Knierim, regional marketing manager for Key Bank, “The idea is to encourage people to visit various shops and stores around Nappanee. It’s our way to help stimulate the local economy and to support Second Saturdays!”
Huffer said visitors to Second Saturdays simply need to go into any store marked with a balloon bouquet, find one of the hidden keys, bring it to the Nappanee Key Bank branch location and receive a gift card (limit one key per family.) Huffer said that if someone finds a key, but can’t make it to the bank before noon, they can bring it to the bank the next week to redeem it for the $100.
Bedward said, “Key Bank’s participation in Second Saturdays has been wonderful!” Each month they add a special program or incentive that helps make the monthly event more exciting. Their support has helped make the first four Second Saturdays a success and we look forward to working with them as we continue to grow Second Saturdays!”
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Nappanee Key Branch Manager Penny Huffer (center) hands Nappanee Elementary Guidance Counselor Paula Zercher, left, a gift card for $125. Nicki Wiggins, Woodview Elementary guidance counselor, right, also accepted a $125 card on behalf of the school. The two elementary schools tied in a Second Saturdays “vote for your school” contest held earlier this month. The winning Amish school was New Burlington School and treasurer Fred Miller came to accept the $250 card for his school. DENISE FEDOROW | THE GOSHEN NEWS
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