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2nd grader Trevor Deseck Starts Project To Help Victims of Japan Quake
A Washtenaw Christian Academy student helped raise $810 for earthquake and tsunami victims.
Trevor Deseck, a second grader at Washtenaw Christian Academy in Saline, organized a fundraiser that raised $810 dollars for earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. Deseck and his fellow students sold lemonade, Dr. Pepper slushies and baked goods during afternoon break and recess March 15 -18.
“As a family, we had prayed about it the Saturday that it happened,” said Geneva Deseck, Trevor’s mom. “The next day, on Sunday, Trevor was adamant and said, ‘Mom, I want to have a lemonade stand.'”
At first Geneva misunderstood, thinking her son just wanted to have a lemonade stand for fun, and that he should wait until summer. When Trevor pushed the issue, it became clear.
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“He said ‘No Mom, I have to have a lemonade stand now for Japan!’”
A massive earthquake struck Japan on March 11, and was followed by a tsunami that has taken the lives of over 10,000 people.
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“I just prayed about it,” Trevor said, “and the next day I had the idea.”
Deseck walked right into his principal’s office on Monday morning to ask permission to rally his fellow second graders.
“I started it off with twenty-four dollars from my orange piggy bank,” Deseck said, “The most fun part was when I got to work selling the slushies and baked goods. I took the money and put it right where it is supposed to go.”
Parents and high schoolers also joined in to help work sale. To advertise, each second grader made a sign to be hung around the school, and flyers were sent home to parents.
All items were priced at $1. Students in all grades (K-12) were allowed a thirty minute afternoon break each day, for four days, to purchase refreshments from the sale.
Trevor noted that he and his classmates didn't make 810 sales for $810.
“We did not sell 810 things, that is not correct. We also got a donation of $50 and that really helped a lot,” he said. The money is being sent to Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian, international relief organization founded by Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham.
“I wrote a letter to Samaritan’s Purse to send with the check,” Trevor said. “I told them how I told my classmates about the idea, and how I helped with the money from my orange piggy bank.”
Trevor said he would do it again, raise money for those who need it.
“It was very fun to do it."
