Summer Kids Club Students Raise Nearly $3,000 for Campus K9s

Penny Wars for Paws: Northville Kids Club Raises Funds for Campus K9

This summer, Northville Public Schools’ Kids Club students are putting their compassion into action through a friendly competition with a meaningful mission—raising money for Campus K9, a nonprofit that trains and places Social Emotional Learning (SEL) dogs in schools. Through “Penny Wars,” students donated coins and bills to support the cause, with a little twist—silver coins were used to sabotage the competition! The classroom with the most points won an unforgettable reward: a puppy party!

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This summer, students in Northville's kids club program are putting their pennies and their hearts to work. We had an assembly one morning for a a dog, a penny war for dogs. We would bring in money for the Penny War to put in our jars. There is going to be three challenges and if you win one of them you get to have a puppy party. And three rooms get to have a puppy party and the first challenge was Penny Wars, we brought in money. So Campus K9 came to our early childhood professional development day, the last one of the school year, and brought their puppies, so we had our own puppy party and then Campus K9 reached out to have us do fundraisers during summer kids club. We raised $1,781.08 for Campus K9 and kids could put money in other jars to sabotage, silver was negative points, money and cash was positive points and the room that raised the most money also happened to be the room that had the most points and they won the first opportunity for a puppy party for this summer. Light blue. cheering They were yelling and cheering and jumping up and down. Why? Because we won a puppy party. I brought in $177 or $187 and I really like dog and I want to I want to help people with dogs because these dogs are going to help people when they have a rough day. Even during the school year at Silver Springs, we have the therapy dog there and the kids like it's just such a positive thing for them to look forward to, for them to interact with. We have scooter and Scarlett. I really like that our schools have therapy dogs too. We found out that doing good things can sometimes award you really really really good things. From pennies to puppy parties, these students are proving that small acts of kindness can make a big difference for kids, for schools, and for the dogs who help them thrive.

This summer, Northville Public Schools’ Kids Club students turned friendly competition into heartfelt impact by raising money for a meaningful cause: Campus K9s, a nonprofit organization that trains and places Social Emotional Learning (SEL) dogs in schools across Michigan.

Inspired by a staff professional development day visit from Campus K9s—complete with puppies!—Kids Club launched three fundraising challenges throughout the summer. One of the most spirited was Penny Wars, where students donated coins and bills to earn points for their classrooms. Silver coins? Those were sabotage points for rival teams!

The results were incredible. Penny Wars alone raised $1,781.08, and by the end of the summer, students raised a total of $2,918.91 and 30 FreezBones (frozen dog treats) to support Campus K9s' mission. The three classrooms that won the individual challenges were rewarded with something extra special—a puppy party, filled with cuddles, laughter, and wagging tails.

To wrap up the summer, the students came together for a joyful assembly to present their donation to Campus K9s, proud of the difference they made and excited to continue supporting the well-being of students and staff—one paw at a time.

Published July 31, 2025 Print