A dime for ‘every’ mile!

New Ulm - A fun St. Anthony Elementary School project to raise money for the New Ulm Diocesan Mission Parish of San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala began as an Advent project and lasted through Catholic Schools Week.

The goal was to collect enough dimes to represent each mile between Minnesota and Guatemala - over 3,000 miles! To monitor their collection, various colored racing stripes, laced with dimes in increments of $10, ran from one end of the gym floor to the other. Each line represented a different classroom. In total, the students collected $1,608 or 16,080 dimes, 5 times the distance to San Lucas.

The check was presented to Father Gregory Schaffer, a priest of the New Ulm diocese and pastor of San Lucas Toliman Mission.