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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Saline Students Raise $1,500 for UNICEF

The Harvest Elementary School students raised money for communities to have access to clean water.

Harvest Elementary School third grader Colin Stack had $100 in his piggy bank -- money saved up from Christmas and birthday presents. He was going to buy a pair of skis with the money, but that changed the day his teacher, Anne Callison, taught him a lesson in science and introduced him to the Trick-or-Treat for United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) fundraiser. Students throughout Saline participated in the fundraiser and raised thousands of dollars by creating their own Halloween collection box, and collecting cash. In total, students at Harvest Elementary raised over $1,500, including a $500 donation from Colin. Callison, who teaches Quest science classes, used the fundraiser as a teaching tool and taught lessons about water cycles and…

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4:12 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

If you check out the link above make sure you read past the original article to the fact check below it. FYI, the CEO is a woman named Caryl M. Stern. UNICEF has a 91% efficiency rate.   more ›

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