Kissing a pig for a good cause in Arlington

The Arlington High School chapter of the Future Farmers of America raised roughly $200 just prior to the school’s winter sports assembly by promising their classmates that at least one school staff member would be forced to kiss a pig.

By Kirk Boxleitner • January 27, 2011 1:45 pm
Vonni Walker to give it a quick smooth during the AHS Future Farmers of America chapter’s “Kiss a Pig” fundraiser Jan. 7
Vonni Walker to give it a quick smooth during the AHS Future Farmers of America chapter’s “Kiss a Pig” fundraiser Jan. 7

ARLINGTON — The Arlington High School chapter of the Future Farmers of America raised roughly $200 just prior to the school’s winter sports assembly by promising their classmates that at least one school staff member would be forced to kiss a pig.

The “Kiss a Pig” fundraiser is a tradition at AHS, and it drew donations from Jan. 4 through the assembly on Jan. 7, as students voted for one of 10 school staff members who they wanted to see sharing a smooch with a pig.

“We took turns collecting tickets all week during lunch,” said Erin Peek, a 15-year-old AHS sophomore. “It was great to see the teachers wince every time they saw a student drop a couple (of tickets) into their jar.”

In the end, AHS Assistant Principal Vonni Walker wound up with the most tickets in her jar. She stoically applied a fresh layer of lipstick and puckered up as the assembled students whooped and hollered in anticipation.

“It was so cute,” Jordan Rengen, a 16-year-old AHS sophomore, said of the pig. “I wanted to kiss it myself.”