FORT WASHINGTON, Penn.. — Bensalem High School business curriculum leader David Miller and his department were awarded a $5,500 grant after he puckered up nine times with a pig at TruMark FinancialCredit Union’s annual Kiss A Pig Financial Literacy Fundraiser, which provide grants to the schools’ business departments.
“I have a straight running record and I would not want to have anything interfere with that,” said Miller. The school plans to use the grant to purchase updated resources for its accounting classes and business department.
“We have been able to provide opportunities and enrich the business curricula with the help of TruMark Financial’s generosity. It has been a great partnership,” said Miller.
Tara Carroll, business education teacher, spearheads the school’s fundraising efforts while Miller gets the honor of kissing Raines, a pot-bellied pig.
The fundraiser, one component of TruMark Financial’s Building Financial Futures initiative, heightens awareness for financial literacy and raises money for local schools in need of personal finance materials.
The following schools also participated in the Kiss-A-Pig Financial Literacy Fundraiser and will receive a $5,500 grant:
- Abraham Lincoln High School
- Archbishop Wood High School
- Baldi Middle School
- Cheltenham High School
- Herbert Hoover Elementary School
- Maritime Academy Charter School
- Norristown High School
- Our Lady of Calvary School
- St. George School
- St. Jerome School
- Stephen Decatur Elementary School
At right, from left: David Miller, Tara Carroll, TruMark Financial representatives Randi Marmer, Marnicia DeVore, Kim Rivera and Jason Bowman