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Our Haiti project was first inspired by Greg Mortensen. He spoke about Pennies for Peace which is an organization that raises money to build schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan for children who are less fortunate than us. The money was raised by kids. We were inspired and took his ideas and thought that we could make a difference too, but this time in Haiti.
The motto of Haiti, “Strength in Unity,” came true at Greenhill. We all worked together in unity from first to fifth graders. Four to five volunteers were scheduled to help out the first five days that we collected money. On the fifth day, students started coming off the steps asking to help. Before we were through we had twelve to fourteen volunteers. We were impressed. We are always getting requests to volunteer. I think we have more dollars than students at Greenhill. This is impressive too! We doubled our goal raising $2,000. All the money we collected will be going to Haiti’s cause through the Red Cross. I think that Greenhill responded boldly to our project to help Haiti. We would like to give thanks to all of the volunteers.
Thanks to everybody for donating over the past two weeks. The past two weeks have been tiring, but fun. Greenhill has made it possible for Haiti to have food, water, and medical supplies. All of the Lower School can take pride in this accomplishment. Many of the students gave up their time and their sleep to help us collect money. Many students brought their own money out of their own piggy banks as an act of generosity.
A very big thanks to Mr. Simpson, Ms. Boulware, Mrs. Rosenberg, Mrs. Flanagan, Mrs. Hall, and our parents.
Sincerely,
Daniel Brickman and Sam Grimsley
Greenhill Fourth Graders
The motto of Haiti, “Strength in Unity,” came true at Greenhill. We all worked together in unity from first to fifth graders. Four to five volunteers were scheduled to help out the first five days that we collected money. On the fifth day, students started coming off the steps asking to help. Before we were through we had twelve to fourteen volunteers. We were impressed. We are always getting requests to volunteer. I think we have more dollars than students at Greenhill. This is impressive too! We doubled our goal raising $2,000. All the money we collected will be going to Haiti’s cause through the Red Cross. I think that Greenhill responded boldly to our project to help Haiti. We would like to give thanks to all of the volunteers.
Thanks to everybody for donating over the past two weeks. The past two weeks have been tiring, but fun. Greenhill has made it possible for Haiti to have food, water, and medical supplies. All of the Lower School can take pride in this accomplishment. Many of the students gave up their time and their sleep to help us collect money. Many students brought their own money out of their own piggy banks as an act of generosity.
A very big thanks to Mr. Simpson, Ms. Boulware, Mrs. Rosenberg, Mrs. Flanagan, Mrs. Hall, and our parents.
Sincerely,
Daniel Brickman and Sam Grimsley
Greenhill Fourth Graders
Sam and Daniel,
ReplyDeleteYour project has really lifted my spirits.
Every now and then, we adults start thinking everything in the world is bad. Political fighting and tragedy is all we see on the news.
Thank you for reminding me that there is hope in this world...in our children. You will be our leaders in the future, and that reassures me.
Good job with this remarkable project. I am very proud of both of you.
Thank you for your words of kindness.
ReplyDeleteIn our project, it wasn't just us. We had kids volunteer which was very exciting.
Hope to see you soon!