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TELETHON NETS $45,400 FOR MAKE-A-WISH F ox Chapel Area School District students held their 29 th annual telethon December 21 and raised $45,438. This brings the money raised by Fox Chapel Area students and staff to more than $854,000 over the last 29 years for various local and regional charities. Make-A-Wish is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of children between the ages of 2½ and 18 who are living with critical illnesses. For the second year, the telethon raised money for Make-A- Wish ® Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and involved students and staff from all six schools in the district. The telethon was planned and produced by the high school student government and advanced digital media students. Courtesy Students from all six schools made donations on air during the fundraiser for Make-A-Wish. Multimedia teacher Ryan Devlin and his students coordinated the live video feed during the telethon. The high school principals got into the holiday spirit for one of the fundraisers. School Board members Somer Obernauer and Eric Schmidt supported a student fundraiser for Make-A-Wish. High school teachers Scott Karavlan and Mark Earley participated in the pie-in-the-face fundraiser. FOX CHAPEL AREA ❘ SPRING 2019 15