by Alexandra Frisch

This year’s Color Throw has made $31,000 and counting.

In the Color Throw students and teachers walk around the track and throw bags of powdered color while raising money for the school.

This year’s Color Throw to date has raised $11,000 more than the previous year’s Color Throw and TNT fundraiser. Last year’s Color Throw and the last year of TNT each raised approximately $20,000. Eleven thousand dollars is enough to pay for a year at STA, which is exactly where the funds may go.

“The money goes to help ease the burdens of tuitions; it goes to scholarship and endowment. It is so we can give out more scholarships next year” said STA president Nan Bone.

One of the changes made this year was the method of raising money. Last year funds were raised by students asking for money. This year students addressed five envelopes to potential donors and the school sent the envelopes asking for money. “I went back to the seniors this year asking what we could do to make it easier on the students instead. They supported the idea of just sending it out through the mail.” said Bone. “It seemed like it might be an easy fundraiser for the girls…You just had to bring in at least five envelopes. If they send us money great, if they don’t that’s okay too.”

According to Bone the idea for the Color Throw came from various sources. Several local schools such Bishop Miege and St. Peter’s as well as schools on the east coast hold similar fundraisers, where students will walk around the track. According to Bone the administration wanted a fundraiser that would not only raise money but promote health as well. “We’re trying to look at wellness…we liked the idea that we’re out there and walking and exercising as a whole faculty staff and student body.” Bone said.

“I thought it was really fun. I enjoyed that you could spend more time with people you didn’t have classes with, and that it was low key and all the vibrant colors.” freshman Olivia Jackson said.

Originally, the only thing planned was to walk around the track. When Bone asked last year’s senior class for ideas on making the walk of fame more fun and they decided a color throw would be a good addition.

“It was really our STA girls who came up with the color throw piece of it and that’s the most fun of the whole thing.” said Bone.

The TNT, a huge garage sale hosted in the Goppert center at STA ran for 30 years. Parents, students and people from all over the community could come to buy everything from furniture to trinkets. “It was different and something that was unique to our school.” said junior Viridiana Hernandez.

However, after 30 years of the TNT, “it had run its course.” Bone said. “The thing about TNT was that it just evolved over time and people in this era seem to be saving more and more of their good furniture and clothing and so it was just not creating the revenue that it used to.”

According to Bone the school plans to continue the Color Throw, if all goes well. “We’ll do it until you it runs its cycle too. We always look at new ideas if there’s something, but we hope to do it for…I’d like to say five to ten years but we’ll see.”