| Our students have again
been involved in a small fundraiser, for fighting cancer. Pennies
for patients is a campaign through the School and Youth program that
encourages students to collect spare change to support the mission to cure
leukemia. This "Pennies for Patients" activity, has been
over whelming. We collected pennies and lose change to improve the
quality of life of patients and their families in Canada.
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When students brought in
lots of pennies their efforts were celebrated.
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Our junior high students sorting,
counting and rolling change.
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Ten dollars weighs about 5
lbs ( we have a pound scale), so in the first 4 days our staff and
students had collected about $400.00. By the end of the week the
school had collected, counted and rolled $1157.00. |
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| We started the event with
students "rock / paper/ scissoring for bags of pennies, and then we
set the competition up with the elementary vs the jr / sr high students.
The older students complained that their younger siblings had taken all
the pennies from home. |
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At the end of the
competition it was too late to catch the elementary kids. We feel
these friendly competitions for a good cause is good for our
students. We have had so much to be thankful for. |
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When we can appreciate what
others lack in health, finances, love and then help to make their quality
of life better, it is a great thing we do. Our kids are doing great
things and we are so proud of them. |
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