{"id":18267,"date":"2026-06-04T13:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lance\/blog\/news\/lance-middle-school-raises-nearly-47000-for-make-a-wish-through-student-led-walk-a-thon\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:15:19","slug":"lance-middle-school-raises-nearly-47000-for-make-a-wish-through-student-led-walk-a-thon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lance\/news\/lance-middle-school-raises-nearly-47000-for-make-a-wish-through-student-led-walk-a-thon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Middle School raises nearly $47,000 for Make-A-Wish through student-led walk-a-thon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KENOSHA, Wis. (Thursday, June 4, 2026) \u2014 Lance Middle School is hosting a school-wide walk-a-thon benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation today, <strong>Thursday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0at <strong>Lance Middle School, 4515 80th St., Kenosha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Every three years, Lance Middle School hosts a walk-a-thon to support a charitable organization selected through a student-led process. Students research potential charities, create and deliver presentations, and participate in a school-wide vote to determine the recipient of the fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>This year, students selected Make-A-Wish as the beneficiary of the event. Through the combined efforts of students, staff, families and community supporters, the school has raised $46,933\u00a0to help grant wishes for children facing critical illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser highlights Lance Middle School&#8217;s commitment to student leadership, civic engagement and service to others. Staff and students extend their gratitude to everyone who contributed to the campaign and helped make this year&#8217;s fundraising efforts a success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18268,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[8],"class_list":["post-18267","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/18267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}