There are a variety of ways to raise money, but 16 year-old Ciera Clevenger thought that a walk-a-thon would be the best way to raise money for hurricane victims in Haiti.
"Normally we do a fundraiser every year for H.I.S. Home and with the recent activity with Hurricane Matthew, I decided that this would be a good time to have a fundraiser," said Clevenger, who is a sophomore at Allen East High School. "For my yearbook at Allen East High School, we had a walk-a-thon to help raise money and funds for the yearbook, and I remembered that we brought in a lot of money with that so I thought that it would be a good idea for H.I.S. Home."
H.I.S. Home is an orphanage run by Ciera’s grandparents in Haiti.  That home, with the recent hurricane damage, has taken on more people and needs donations to keep helping them.  The walk-a-thon involved people giving their time to help raise the money; pledges were collected and walkers were encouraged to walk as many laps as possible around the track at the school to keep collecting more.
This event isn’t the first fundraiser that Ciera has put on to help her grandparents’ orphanage.
"She did one about a year and a half ago, she did a spaghetti dinner that brought in about 700 dollars, so this isn't the first time that she's raised money for the orphanage," said Kendra Mulholland, Ciera's mother. "She has got a good heart, and she's really got a heart for the orphanage and for the kids down there, so it was a proud mom moment."
And for the people that the money will definitely affect - the people and children staying in the orphanage -Â Â the walk-a-thon is something that goes a long way.
"It could bring more people to Haiti so that they could get adopted and feel like they're home and get a new life so that they can start learning things that they didn't know before," said Meline Peck, who lived at the orphanage.
100% of what is made at the walk-a-thon goes back to h.i.s home to help out the people that are staying there.Â
