Bensalem School Gets $5,300 Grant After Teacher Kisses a Pig

Students in the Future Business Leaders of America Club at Bensalem High School fundraise throughout the year for different projects. When they were asked to help fundraise so the school would receive a grant for personal finance resources, they didn’t hesitate.

They were even more motivated when they learned David Miller, curriculum leader in the business technology department, had to kiss a pig at TruMark Financial Credit Union’s annual Kiss-A-Pig Financial Literacy Fundraiser held on Sept. 28, at the Abington Art Center, in order to receive the grant.

Participants of the fundraiser secured sponsors and donations for the chance to kiss a pig in support of financial literacy.

The Kiss-A-Pig fundraiser is one component of TruMark Financial’s Building Financial Futures initiative which heightens awareness for financial literacy and raises money for local schools in need of personal finance resources. Miller’s puckering power prevailed.

In 2016, TruMark Financial raised $78,000 through Building Financial Futures and Bensalem High School received a $5,300 grant along with 14 other schools that participated in the Kiss-A-Pig fundraiser.

Would Miller kiss a pig again? This is the third time he has participated in the fundraiser and has no qualms about doing it again to help secure a grant for the students at Bensalem High School.