Fireworks worth $16,000 stolen from a Sacramento Title 1 school's fundraiser stand

The A.M. Winn Public Waldorf TK-8 School is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District

The A.M. Winn Public Waldorf TK-8 School is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District

STEPPING UP TO HELP THEM OUT. REPORTER. PERFECT. YOU CAN JUST TAP THAT ON THE BACK. I GOT THE CRACKLING BALL. WE’VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE, UM, COME OUT AND LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE COMING TO SUPPORT AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY COME UP. THEY WERE LIKE, WE’RE NOT BUYING FIREWORKS THIS YEAR, BUT WE’D LOVE TO JUST GIVE YOU $20. AND IT ALL IS. IT’S BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S LOVELY. WHEN COMMUNITY DOES THAT. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL. WE APPRECIATE YOU. COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE A M WYNN WALDORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AFTER A BIG LOSS FOR ITS BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR, SELLING FIREWORKS. WE PUT IT IN THE CONTAINER. WE HAD TWO LOCKS ON IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS AS THOUGH BASED ON KIND OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH A CAR MAY HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THIS, AND THEY WERE YANKED OFF BECAUSE THE KIND OF DAMAGE THAT THIS WAS SUSTAINED ISN’T CONSISTENT WITH JUST BOLT CUTTING $16,000 WORTH OF PRODUCT. THEY WERE HOPING TO SELL. NOW GONE. HE STOLE OUR FANS. BOTH OF OUR FANS. WE ARE. WE ARE SAD AND SWEATY. THE MONEY RAISED IS SUPPOSED TO HELP FUND PROGRAMS AND POSITIONS AT THE TITLE ONE SCHOOL, WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF FAMILIES ARE AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. I THINK THEY PROBABLY MAYBE IT DOESN’T MATTER, BUT THEY PROBABLY DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU STEAL FROM THIS KIND OF ORGANIZATION, YOU’RE NOT STEALING FROM PHANTOM BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR IT. YOU’RE STEALING FROM KIDS IN THIS CASE, ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE PAID FOR FROM US, WHETHER WE MAKE A DOLLAR A PROFIT OR NOT. THAT’LL TAKE YOU TO 2044. I STILL GET THREE PACKS, ONE, JUST ONE ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT IN GOLD RIVER, BRITTANY HOPE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT FOURTH GUYS. KCRA THREE NEWS. OH MAN, SUCH A SHAME THIS HAS HAPPENED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE A M WYNN SCHOOL, YOU CAN VISIT THEIR FIREWORKS STAND. IT’S AT THE GOLD RIVER TOWN CENTER JUST NORTH OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND COLOMA ROAD. THEIR FIREWORK SALES WILL END AT 7 P.M. ON JULY 4TH. AND I’M SAD THAT THEY’

Fireworks worth $16,000 stolen from a Sacramento Title 1 school's fundraiser stand

The A.M. Winn Public Waldorf TK-8 School is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District

A Sacramento City Unified Title 1 school is hoping for community support after thousands of dollars worth of fireworks were stolen from its fundraiser stand in a parking lot.The A.M. Winn Public Waldorf TK-8 School has had its annual fireworks station in Gold River at 2155 Golden Centre Lane near the Bel Air and Mimosa House for roughly six years.Cyd Jaghory, a parent and kindergarten aid at the school, is helping sell fireworks this year.She says she and her husband closed down the booth and locked up all of the fireworks and products they were selling in a storage container. The next morning, they returned to the parking lot to open the stand and found their large storage container had been broken into. The suspected thief or thieves seemed to have broken off both the locks, leaving behind damage to the large storage unit as well."They probably don't understand that when you steal from this kind of organization, you're not stealing from Phantom because they're not the ones who are going to be on the hook for it," Jaghory told KCRA 3. "You're stealing from kids. In this case, all of that has to be paid for from us, whether we make a dollar profit or not. That's ultimately what it's going to come down to." This fireworks stand leading up to the Fourth of July is the school's biggest fundraiser of the year. A.M. Winn is a Title 1 school which means a large portion of its population is living at or below the poverty line. "Without the funds that we earn from this, a lot of our programs that are essential to the Waldorf program can't be funded," Jaghory said.If you would like to support the school, you can visit the fireworks stand from Tuesday until 10 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and then on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.You can also donate online here.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

GOLD RIVER, Calif. —

A Sacramento City Unified Title 1 school is hoping for community support after thousands of dollars worth of fireworks were stolen from its fundraiser stand in a parking lot.

The A.M. Winn Public Waldorf TK-8 School has had its annual fireworks station in Gold River at 2155 Golden Centre Lane near the Bel Air and Mimosa House for roughly six years.

Cyd Jaghory, a parent and kindergarten aid at the school, is helping sell fireworks this year.

She says she and her husband closed down the booth and locked up all of the fireworks and products they were selling in a storage container. The next morning, they returned to the parking lot to open the stand and found their large storage container had been broken into.

The suspected thief or thieves seemed to have broken off both the locks, leaving behind damage to the large storage unit as well.

"They probably don't understand that when you steal from this kind of organization, you're not stealing from Phantom because they're not the ones who are going to be on the hook for it," Jaghory told KCRA 3. "You're stealing from kids. In this case, all of that has to be paid for from us, whether we make a dollar profit or not. That's ultimately what it's going to come down to."

This fireworks stand leading up to the Fourth of July is the school's biggest fundraiser of the year. A.M. Winn is a Title 1 school which means a large portion of its population is living at or below the poverty line.

"Without the funds that we earn from this, a lot of our programs that are essential to the Waldorf program can't be funded," Jaghory said.

If you would like to support the school, you can visit the fireworks stand from Tuesday until 10 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and then on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

You can also donate online here.

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

Fireworks worth $16,000 stolen from a Sacramento Title 1 school's fundraiser stand

The A.M. Winn Public Waldorf TK-8 School is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District

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