At North Mianus School, P.E. Teachers Get Mowhawks, Kids Raise $5,000+ for Neighbor to Neighbor

At long last, at North Mianus School, the event the 500+ students have anticipated for weeks, the Turkey Fowl, went off without a hitch. In fact, the event took a new, exciting twist when the school’s two PE teachers, Scott Moroney and Patrick Prisinzano followed through on a promise to have their heads shaved into mohawks. All for a great cause.

Nancy Coughlin, executive director of Neighbor to Neighbor, was on hand to explain. “They do a food drive and have a free throw shooting contest,” she said. “Whoever shoots the most baskets in the ‘fowl shooting’ contest wins the turkey and donates it to Neighbor to Neighbor.”

Coughlin said the school has previously done a food drive, but this was the first year to migrate it to the internet. “The goal was $5,000 and they exceeded it. People are still donating. Having the drive online has several advantages,” Coughlin continued. “This has been by far the most successful online food drive so far. Though GYFL also had a greatly successful drive online too.”

Coughlin said the way the online fundraiser works is the donor goes online to AmpYourGood.com and buys food for Neighbor to Neighbor. “We pick out  on the website what we need – It’s mostly fresh produce,” Coughlin said. “It saves us from having to go to the store to get it.”

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

North Mianus School PE teachers Patrick Prisinzano and Scott Moroney before their Mohawks, at the Turkey Fowl event. Nov 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

Nort Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Students watch in awe as their PE teachers volunteer to get their heads shaved to Mohawks, Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Students watched in awe as their PE teachers got their heads shaved to mohawks, Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Students watch in awe as their PE teachers volunteer to get their heads shaved to Mohawks, Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Caoilinn Moroney watches her dad, North Mianus School PE teacher Scott Moroney get his head shaved, part of the payoff for students who had a record setting online food drive for Neighbor to Neighbor. Nov 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Caoilinn and her dad, PE teacher Scott Moroney at the North Mianus School Turkey Fowl event, Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Students watch in awe as their PE teachers volunteer to get their heads shaved to mohawks, Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

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Allie Barnett gets a reaction to her successful “Turkey Fowl” free throw at North Mianus School, Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Tukrey Fowl

Students watch in awe as their PE teachers volunteer to get their heads shaved to mohawks, Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Students watch in awe as their PE teachers volunteer to get their heads shaved to mohawks, Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Good sports during the Turkey Fowl contest at North Mianus School, Nov 23, 2106 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Good sports during the Turkey Fowl contest at North Mianus School, Nov 23, 2106 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

North Mianus School PE teacher Patrick Prisinzano makes good on his promise to get a mohawk courtesy Generations Barber Parlor. Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

North Mianus School PE teacher Patrick Prisinzano makes good on his promise to get a mohawk courtesy Generations Barber Parlor. Nov. 23, 2016 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

Good sports during the Turkey Fowl contest at North Mianus School, Nov 23, 2106 Credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

North Mianus School Thanksgiving tradition, the Turkey Fowl, Nov. 23, 2016 credit: Leslie Yager

North Mianus School Turkey Fowl

All the participants in the Turkey Fowl hoop shooting contest with their certificates pose with their PE teachers. Nov. 23, 2106 Credit: Leslie Yager


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