For the fourth year in a row, the Greenwich Public Schools’ 8th Grade DC Trip Scholarship Fund is hosting a fundraising event. This year they are hosting a comedy night on Wednesday, January 21 at the NY Comedy Club in Stamford, CT.
For the comedy show, there is a fantastic lineup of comedians confirmed who are moms and teachers: Patricia Dinglasan, Ted Barton, Ashley Austin Morris and Jared Waters.
The DC Trip Scholarship Fund raises money for the 8th Grade DC Trip, a decades-old, beloved capstone trip for Greenwich Public Schools’ 8th graders who cannot afford the $900 trip and need financial aid. During the 3 day, 2 night trip to Washington DC, students tour key US government locations, monuments, and museums such as Capitol Hill, the Capitol building, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, the Vietnam Memorial, the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and more.
The trip directly corresponds to the GPS 8th Grade Social Studies curriculum and encourages a lifetime of civic engagement, not to mention provides a social emotional bonding experience for our GPS students before they head off to high school.
The entire Greenwich community is welcome to attend this fundraiser. Tickets are $50/person and proceeds will go toward current and future scholarships for the 8th Grade DC Trip. Click here to buy tickets.
If you can’t attend the Comedy Night, you can still support the DC Trip Scholarship Fund by purchasing raffle tickets for amazing prizes including a bowling party at Innis Arden Golf Club and a $500 AMEX gift card. Buy 1 ticket for $10, 6 tickets for $50 or 13 tickets for $100. You do NOT have to be present at Dancing for DC to win any of the prizes!
Finally, if you wish to make a general donation to the DC Trip scholarship fund, click here.
No donation is too small and every gift is appreciated and tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Thank you in advance for your support of the Greenwich Public Schools’ 8th Grade DC Trip!