Gilmer Free Press

OddlyEnough: WV Principal Kisses Frog for Charity

Forget Prince Charming: it turns out kissing a frog can be a way to feed hungry families.

Bluefield Intermediate School Principal Cathy Daniels found that out this week when she kissed a fire belly toad to fulfill a pledge she made to students.

Since they donated 1,426 canned goods to the Bluefield Union Mission, Daniels applied her lips to the amphibian, which was donated for the occasion by a Princeton pet store.

Craig Hammond, director of the Bluefield Union Mission, says the school’s contribution is the largest donation they’ve received this year.

Daniels, incidentally, reports the toad’s kiss was “sticky.‘’