A fundraising event for the Bethel-based Scotty Fund is being recognized by the Connecticut Association of Schools.  The Bethel High School Kindness Week project has been selected as a 2019 Challenge to Educational Citizenship Award statewide winner, according to the Commissioner of Education. 

A school plaque acknowledging the accomplishment will be presented at a reception next month.

The second annual Kindness Week was part of a senior project to improve the school climate and to foster inclusion.  The students raised $7,000 for the non-profit Scotty Fund, which provides financial and family support to children with life threatening or critical illness in Bethel and surrounding areas. 

The students also helped to fill the Brotherhood in Action Food Pantry, supplies for the shelter of the Women’s Center, and collected over 80 gift cards for Scotty Fund families in need.