Shorewood Students To Attempt Umbrella Mosaic World Record June 1

A group of Shorewood High School students is trying to break a world record and need the public's help in doing so.

The Schools for Kenya club at Shorewood is "paying it forward" to show its appreciation for the new Shorecrest and Shorewood high schools that are being built in Shoreline by building a school for children in rural Kenya through the organization Free the Children. http://www.freethechildren.com/

"We committed ourselves to complete this project at the end of this year. We are close to our goal and going out with a blockbuster fundraiser," said Bethany Smith and Evan Levy, leaders of the club.

The students have been given permission by Guinness Book of World Records to attempt to break the record for the largest "umbrella mosaic."

(Here's info about the current record holder: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-5000/largest-umbrella-mosaic/)

They plan to form the shape of an African elephant with umbrellas raised at the same time and held for 10 minutes. To break the record, they need to fill that elephant body with about 2,400 umbrella-carrying participants.

The record attempt will be held at Shoreline Stadium at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 1, and the public is invited. The students have already raised more than $6,000 toward their goal of $8,500.

"This is a fantastic club, said Sally Tonkin, Shorewood teacher and the club's advisor. "I hope the community will come support them, build a school, have a little fun and maybe we'll end up in the record books!"