Nevis' penny wars raise over $1,000 for Akeley shelter
Nevis Student Council sponsored this fundraiser and all the coins added up to a big donation.
Nevis Senior Student Council representative Reese Mowell is pictured with the sixth grade class at Nevis School. The sixth graders raised over half of the total proceeds of $1,040 donated to the Akeley Regional Community Center emergency shelter during penny wars the first week of November. Contributed / Nevis School
Lorie Skarpness has lived in the Park Rapids area since 1997 and has been writing for the Park Rapids Enterprise since 2017. She enjoys writing features about the people and wildlife who call the north woods home.
