Bristol Twp. Elementary School Remembers Student, Raises Funds For Animal Center

January 21, 2020

Students at Bristol Township School District’s Mill Creek Elementary School recently raised more than $1,000 to help animals in a shelter.

Last Friday, students and staff who donated $2 or more to the Women’s Animal Center in Bensalem, formerly the Women’s Humane Society, could wear a superhero outfit to school as part of the Mill Creek Elementary School Student Council Superhero Day.

The student and staff raised $1,018.72 to fund purchases of dog beds, scratching posts, and adoption fees for harder to place animals and elderly dogs and cats.

The district said Superman and Superwoman, Spiderman, Batman and Batwoman, and Wonder Woman were among the most popular costumes.

Superhero Day was inspired by “little Superman” Christopher Becker, 11, a Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School fifth-grader who passed away in 2015. The boy’s organs were used to save six other children. The school has honored Becker’s legacy since his passing.

Two brothers at the school dressed up as Becker for the event last Friday.

Fourth-grade student council members tallied the collection during their Friday recess.

The three top earning classrooms were Mrs. Benton’s kindergarten class ($86), Mrs. Barton’s and Mrs. McGuckin’s first grade inclusion class ($80), and Mrs. O’Neill’s first grade class ($62). The top earning classrooms will all receive a visit from animals from Women’s Animal Center.