Edina Teachers 'Get Silly' for UNICEF

From eating bugs and shaving hair to getting pied and dressing up, there was no shortage of strange feats teachers would do for a good cause.

In the first annual “EHS Teachers Get Silly for UNICEF” competition, teachers pledged to partake in a certain silly action if they won. Students voted for the winner by putting money in teachers’ respective bins, with the teacher who raised the most money having to make good on her promise to get silly.

All of the EHS teachers made valiant efforts to raise funds and encourage their students to donate. Social studies teacher Amy Kampf even agreed to match her students’ donations if more than $250 was raised.

Kampf, who wound up raising the most money and thereby had to make good on her promise to eat three bugs, said she was pleased with her victory and was glad to have particpated in the event.

"It also helped me overcome a phobia," she joked.

Teachers participating in the event were Principal Bruce Locklear, David Boone, Bradley Dahlman, Diane Daniels, Amy Kampf, Joel Nasset, Emese Pilgram, Katie Russell, Jeffrey Krause, Page Kinner, Patricia Corcoran, Stephen Sanger, Michael Roddy, Colleen Raasch, Dana Weiland, Allison Engmark and Eric Burfeind.

The competition raised $1,351.52 in total.

The event was organized by EdinaAIMS, the school's UNICEF youth group and part of the Youth Serving Youth program. EdinaAIMS’s student leader, Hunter Pribyl-Huguelet said it was "great to see the teachers get so involved."

"They had some really good ideas and were very brave to participate," Pribyl-Huguelet said. "The teachers showed that they are extremely dedicated to ending child starvation and to supporting student clubs. We hope even more teachers will participate next year."