Redeemer Lutheran School Sets Up Cereal Domino Run

Photos and Video Provided | Liz Kerns

By ERIN LARISON

The Kokomo Post Staff

Small acts of kindness can really have a domino effect — and the students at Redeemer Lutheran School got to see that firsthand this week. 

Every March, the student council selects a project for the whole school to complete. This year, the students paired the collection with a March Madness theme — complete with free throw contests and prizes for the class with the largest collection. 

But the highlight was Wednesday’s cereal box domino run at the school. 

A video taken by Liz Kerns, the parent of a student at Redeemer Lutheran, shows hundreds of boxes snaking through the school’s gymnasium — then toppling, one after another, to the cheers of the children. 

“When we do an event like this, we don’t short change it,” said Redeemer Lutheran principal Eric Frisco. “We try to make it a big deal.”

Projects like the cereal collection — or the upcoming penny wars — allow children to grasp complex concepts in a way that is memorable and fun. 

“Our church and school reflect that service mindset and mission orientation,” Frisco said. 

The boxes of cereal will be donated to Coordinated Assistance Ministries and food pantries in the area.

The students at Redeemer Lutheran had a goal of collecting 500 boxes of cereal and ended up edging just past that at 513 boxes, from the 140 preschool to eighth-grade students, said fifth-grade teacher Erin Jorgensen. 

“We just made our goal with a little to spare,” said Jorgensen, who also oversees the student council.

She said the lesson teaches the students key ideas that are at the heart of Redeemer Lutheran.

“Do something kind with Jesus in mind,” Jorgensen said, adding that the kids did that “by taking something as small as a box of cereal and providing for people in different circumstances, just as Christ did for us.”

Frisco said the school lives by three ideas: welcome, equip and send. 

“We try to welcome kids from the community, equip them with the skills and knowledge to be lifelong participants, and then we send them into the world to be good Christians,” said Frisco.