“What are those pink feathered animals doing all over that lawn?” As you drive through Wayland this month week, you may see a random flock of flamingos placed on someone’s lawn. Continuing your drive, you might catch a glimpse of an even larger flock of flamingos. Where did these flamingos come from? Why are they suddenly invading Wayland?

These pink flamingos are a part of a fundraiser sponsored by the Class of 2011. To help earn money for their upcoming prom, 2011 is now taking orders from students and parents who want to temporarily place large flocks of pink flamingos on the lawns of unsuspecting Wayland residents.

“I was really confused when I first saw them,” says Madi Brown, a freshman, “but then I heard about it at school. It’s a pretty cool idea.”

Students and parents can place orders based on the number of flamingos they want to be placed on any Wayland resident’s lawn. It costs ten dollars for a flock of ten flamingos, twenty dollars for twenty flamingos, and thirty dollars for a flock of fifty flamingos.

Additionally, in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the class of 2011 is donating ten percent of the profits from this fundraiser to breast cancer research.

“The ten percent donation to breast cancer research is a great addition to the fundraiser because it gives more incentive to spend money on flocking,” says junior Jasmine Masand. “I don’t feel guilty spending twenty dollars on sending a large flock of plastic birds to a friend’s lawn, because it also helps a good cause!”

The idea of flocking unwary friends is spreading rapidly around the school. Some students are even flocking teachers. “Everyone in one of my classes is pooling money to flock a certain teacher,” says one student who wishes to remain anonymous, “I can’t wait to see the look on his face.”