Madison Wilson, a Santa Ynez Valley elementary school student, is raising money to donate multicultural crayons and books to local schools.
Wilson learned that Crayola will be releasing a 24-pack of multicultural crayons called 'Colors of the World' in July and asked her mom if she could raise the funds to donate these crayons to her school.
Wilson said she wanted children of all colors of skin to be able to accurately draw themselves in school.
She also wants to use the money she raises to purchase multicultural books from local book stores and donate them as well.
Wilson's deadline to raise the money is June 30. She had raised $2,790 of her $3,000 goal as of Tuesday afternoon. Once Wilson's initial goal is achieved, she wants to continue raising money for other Santa Ynez Valley schools.
Her GoFundMe can be reached by clicking here.
Wilson's goal is to donate 500 books.
ElHombreSmokin on July 5th, 2020 at 20:25 UTC »
What are exactly "multicultural" crayons?
gamer_official on July 5th, 2020 at 19:56 UTC »
the fact that teachers have to pay for their own supplies is unacceptable. How come we can immediately arm the police in full riot gear but can’t give teachers school supplies or medical workers PPE to protect themselves? Regardless, love to see this positivity, even if this sort of responsibility shouldn’t have to fall on an elementary school student, at least in my eyes
iruoma on July 5th, 2020 at 19:53 UTC »
Crayola should distribute the packs for free/sponsor the schools. That’d be uplifting.