Help for Haiti

I had my students write a journal about how they could help the people of Haiti after the devastating earthquake. Quickly I knew we needed to do more than just write. We started a fundraiser asking students to bring in donations every morning. At the end of the announcements we played the song Imagine by John Lennon. The support was overwhelming. We reached our goal of $500 in the first day. By the end of the week we were over $2000 and we decided to continue our efforts with a cookie sale. The teachers generously baked dozens of cookies and my students sold them on Tuesday.

Along with the cookie sales and a cheque for $1000 by a family at our school our total became $3411.50

This overwhelming display of caring was heart warming.