The town of Severance, Colorado, gets nearly 4 feet of snow each winter. But throwing snowballs there was against the law—until recently!

In October, third-grader Dane Best learned that his town had a law against throwing rocks and other objects. The 99-year-old law even banned snowballs!

Dane thought it was silly to ban snowballs. “Today’s kids need a reason to play outside,” he says.

Dane started an effort to get the law changed. He wrote a letter to town leaders and got his classmates to write too. Then he gave speeches at town meetings. In December, town leaders voted to change the law to allow snowballs!