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annual fall
fundraiser
Two Mile Walk and Pancake Breakfast
The St. Theresa Stampede is
the annual fall fundraiser held in October. Money raised is
used for items not included in the school's
operating budget. A two-mile health walk begins and ends at Colby
Park in Windsor Heights followed by a pancake breakfast in the Parish Hall.
The St. Theresa Stampede, now in it's 24th year, has generated
over $350,000 in funding for non-budgeted items for the children
attending the Westside Catholic elementary school that serves families
from nine communities (Des Moines, Windsor Heights, Clive, Johnston,
Urbandale, West Des Moines, Grimes, Polk City and Ankeny). Fall 2008
enrollment is 300+ students, with children coming from more than 200
families.
St. Theresa School is accredited by the Iowa
Department of Education and has its own 501c3 foundation, the St.
Theresa School Foundation. Gifts to the school or to its foundation are
tax-deductible within limits established by the Internal Revenue
Service.
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