At Kennedy’s we get some different requests from time-to-time and the story behind this short video is a great one. This is the video of Tamques Elementary School Principal Michael Cullen on his latest visit to our Kennedy’s Club in Westfield, New Jersey. As part of Principal Cullen’s annual tradition he challenged students to read a combined total of 150,000 minutes and, in exchange, he would perform one of the crazy stunts they suggested. In past years he has kissed a python, been duct taped to a wall and spent a day on Roller Blades.

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The students surpassed the goal reading (or being read to) for a total of 378,000 minutes, and raising over $10,300 that will be used to purchase books for the Tamaques library and to assist Union Beach Memorial School after damage sustained from Superstorm Sandy.

In return Principal Cullen had to grow out his hair and beard and then visit Kennedy’s to undergo a transformation into school mascot Tami the Tiger for an assembly. Visit http://thealternativepress.com/articles/westfields-tamaques-school-principal-gets-extrem for more on the story and for pictures of his completed transformation. We can’t wait to see what he does next year.