🎃📚 WE’RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE READ-A-THON — AND COLLISTER IS CRUSHING IT! 📚🎃
Posted Date: 09/28/26 (11:39 AM)
We’re at the midway point of our Read-a-Thon, and WOW… look what our amazing Collister readers have already accomplished!
43,223 minutes read
$16,399 raised
$13,119 in net proceeds for Collister!
And remember… our original fundraising goal was $6,500 — the goal that turns Principal Gibbons into a pumpkin!
Well, Collister didn’t just meet that goal… YOU BLEW IT OUT OF THE PUMPKIN PATCH! 
But we’re not done yet!
We have until Friday, October 2 to keep reading, logging minutes, and raising funds. That means these numbers — and our leaderboard — can keep climbing!
So keep those books open, keep those minutes coming, and keep sharing your Read-a-Thon pages with family and friends. Every minute and every dollar helps support Collister and the PTO’s school projects.
And now that Principal Gibbons is officially becoming a pumpkin… we need your help with the important details. 
WHAT SHOULD WE ADD TO THE PUMPKIN COSTUME?!
Giant bow?
Googly eyes?
Fairy wings?
Crown?
Tutu?
Spiders?
Something completely ridiculous?Drop your silliest ideas below! Let’s make Principal Gibbons’ pumpkin transformation legendary. 
Keep reading. Keep raising. Keep climbing that leaderboard!READ-A-THON ENDS OCTOBER 2! 
43,223 minutes read $16,399 raised $13,119 in net proceeds for Collister!And remember… our original fundraising goal was $6,500 — the goal that turns Principal Gibbons into a pumpkin!
Well, Collister didn’t just meet that goal… YOU BLEW IT OUT OF THE PUMPKIN PATCH! But we’re not done yet! We have until Friday, October 2 to keep reading, logging minutes, and raising funds. That means these numbers — and our leaderboard — can keep climbing!So keep those books open, keep those minutes coming, and keep sharing your Read-a-Thon pages with family and friends. Every minute and every dollar helps support Collister and the PTO’s school projects.
And now that Principal Gibbons is officially becoming a pumpkin… we need your help with the important details. WHAT SHOULD WE ADD TO THE PUMPKIN COSTUME?! Giant bow? Googly eyes? Fairy wings? Crown? Tutu? Spiders? Something completely ridiculous?Drop your silliest ideas below! Let’s make Principal Gibbons’ pumpkin transformation legendary. Keep reading. Keep raising. Keep climbing that leaderboard!READ-A-THON ENDS OCTOBER 2!
— COLLISTER ELEMENTARY PTO