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School Dance-A-Thon nets more than $58,000
Luke Walton
Luke Walton busts a move in Maggie Hayes' kindergarten class Friday morning. Aria DiPaolo (left) and Mallory Howard are behind him Aria DiPaolo (left) behind. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff

GUYTON -- South Effingham Elementary School students jumped, wiggled and twisted for a good cause Friday, generating $58,289.

Proceeds from the school's first Dance-A-Thon will be used to purchase picnic tables and other amenities for a recently built shelter that rests on a cement pad behind the school. The PTO exceeded its fundraising goal by 232 percent.

Each student received pledges from sponsors. Donations were made on a per-minute basis or a flat fee.

Read more about it in the Feb. 10 edition of the Herald.