They’re awesome enough to raise about $15,000 for the Cooper Booster Club and earn themselves a Day of Awesomeness event featuring inflatables, games and snacks.

All outside on a beautiful spring day.

Kelly Hinds, president of the Cooper Booster Club, said the fundraiser was conducted digitally.

“They had to send texts or emails,” she said.

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Trystin Lyon, 6, a kindergarten student at Cooper Elementary, shows off her prize winning hula hoop form Friday during the Day of Awesomeness. The event was a reward for the students fundraising efforts.

A company called Step It Up Kids worked with the boosters to conduct the fundraiser and host Friday’s event.

The students seemed to take well to it.

“I’m super proud of them and their families too,” she said. “There was much more involvement with this fundraiser than in the past. The kids were pretty excited.”

She said it’s safer too.

“You’re not going door to door with a box of chocolate bars,” Hinds said.

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Lane Hansen, 8, a second-grader at Cooper Elementary School, shows off his fine ball tossing form as he plays a game of giant darts Friday during the Day of Awsomeness celebration. His friends Max Lara, 8, center, and Teagan Grandors, 8, got a few center hits too.

The booster club raises funds to purchase equipment and host activities that are not in the school budget. Hinds said the proceeds from the latest fundraiser will go towards the purchase of an interactive digital whiteboard. They would also like to help the school get a digital sign for the school similar to the ones at the Middle School and the High School.

Janel Salvatore, social media chair for the Booster Club, is proud of the students and their families too.

She said that as one of the oldest schools in the system, “We want to help them keep up with technology and make it fun for the kids.”

So much fun where they having?

Quite a bit, each of the inflatables had a constant line going and the hula hoop contests barely had enough hoops.

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One student rested her prize in her shoe during the Day of Awesomeness at Cooper Elementary School Friday.

Emerson Pender, 8, a second-grader, won a pair of super thick joke glasses.

Her favorite?

“Probably all the bouncy houses,” she said.

She couldn’t remember how much money she raised, but she did enjoy sending out the texts and emails.

Bruce Hartley, Cooper Elementary principal, made several trips outside to watch his students enjoying themselves.

He would neither confirm or deny rumors that he had won several heats in the hula hoop contests.

He would confirm however, that he’s very proud of his students.

“The kids and their families did a wonderful job of supporting our school and teachers,” he said.

He thinks the digital format helped.

“It’s all done electronically,” he said. “Some of our donors are from a long ways away. It’s much safer than sending the kids out door to door.”

He said the school has one of the digital whiteboards but he welcomes more of them.

“They let the kids be interactive with the lessons,” he said.