Alarms blared bright and early as 40 campus high school leadership students and Feather staffers hopped out of bed to head out to street corners near FC to sell newspapers for Kids Day, by 4:30 a.m., March 6.

Since 1988, Valley Children’s Healthcare has partnered with ABC30, The Fresno Bee and high schools around the Fresno/Clovis and surrounding communities. Volunteers sell special edition newspapers on street corners for a suggested donation of $1, but more is encouraged. Campus students claimed the street corners of Cedar/Alluvial and Maple/Alluvial and raised over $2,500 selling over 900 newspapers during Kids Day from 4:30-8:15 a.m.

Kids Day has raised over $8.6 million for Valley Children’s Healthcare over the last 30 years. About 8,000 volunteers across Fresno County participated in the 2018 event. According to The Fresno Bee, “last year’s Kids Day raised a record $628,611 for Valley Children’s. The goal this year is $650,000.” As of March 8, the total collected is over $491,368, but that is expected to rise significantly as community volunteers turn in their collected donations. Please return to The Feather Online for updates over the next two-three days.

To read more about this years Kid’s Day, check out Join the Discussion: Kids Day 2018 and return to The Feather Online for a full Kids Day article in the next day or so. #KidsDay2018