Jimmy Fallon Surprises Fields Road Elementary with a Donation (VIDEO)

Twitter PHOTO | Erica Williams

Fields Road Elementary School was featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Friday night.

That’s because the Gaithersburg-based school recently raised over $13,000 during a record-breaking Read-A-Thon, and the fundraiser caught the attention of Fallon because of its “Egg Roulette” video starring the school’s principals.

On Friday night’s show, Fallon played a clip from the school’s video and he announced that the elementary school would be receiving another $13,000, thanks to Reddi-wip.

“Congratulations on raising $26,000 with your Read-A-Thon,” said Fallon. “I thought that was so cool.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_spJnZy17tg&feature=youtu.be

According to the PTA’s online newsletter, the money is being used for “move more” activities at the school.

On her Twitter account, Principal Erica Williams thanked Fallon and Reddi-wip for the matching donations. “We are so eggcited,” she tweeted.

Thank you @FallonTonight ! Thank you @RealReddiWip for matching our Read-A-Thon donations! We are so Eggcited!

— Erica Williams (@Principal_FRES) April 22, 2017

Fun day when u get a call saying The Tonight Show’s on line 1. Check our Egg Roulette video out tmr night on @FallonTonight @Principal_FRES

— Kristi Ricca (@FieldsRoadES_AP) April 21, 2017

Doubling down on a fun Tonight Show inspired fundraiser – Congrats to everyone at Fields Road Elementary! #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/pnUBGzyzMA

— Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) April 22, 2017

Hey @Principal_FRES and @FieldsRoadES_AP, congrats on your record-breaking Read-A-Thon! Check out our show tonight for a surprise!

— Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) April 21, 2017

Fun at the FRES Read A Thon assembly! We met our goal..?Egg Roulette..Anything for our students! @FieldsRoadES_AP pic.twitter.com/jhNTku0ToD

— Erica Williams (@Principal_FRES) April 2, 2017

Want to see me & @Principal_FRES in the “Egg Roulette” challenge? Help us reach $13k by donating 2 the Read-a-thon! https://t.co/rIaPjc6wKU

— Kristi Ricca (@FieldsRoadES_AP) March 17, 2017

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