Goffstown families ran through color to fund school trips

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Students from Maple Avenue Elementary and Bartlett Elementary in Goffstown, New Hampshire, ran with their families on the Goffstown Rail Trail, WMUR reported. The event was a Color Fun Run, the kind where runners pass through clouds of colored powder. It raises money for field trips, school supplies, and playground equipment. The story is about that run and what the money is for.

1. Why do schools sometimes raise money for field trips instead of paying for them from the usual budget?
2. How can a run on a rail trail include whole families, not only students?
3. What could playground equipment and school supplies have in common as things a fundraiser supports?

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