Small gestures make big impressions
By LARRY PETERSON - CNA assistant managing editor lpeterson@crestonnews.com
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| Showing the snowman tablets they produced and sold to raise funds for Haiti relief, Creston third-graders in Sue Bergstrom's class are, front row from left, Brenton Barber, Emma Pingree, Samantha Sweat and Jade Conley. Second row, Jenna Shimer, Tessi VanScoy, Dean Mongar, Haley Miller, Tony Perry and Yasmine Stevenson. Back row, Emily Donner, Trenton Stull, Nicole Stafford, Dale Boyer, Ashley Heacock, Zac Hague, Chaz Miller and Bergstrom. (LARRY PETERSON) |
A little bit can go a long way.
That’s what Creston students are learning, when it comes to providing Haitian earthquake relief.
Several different projects have collected more than $950 to be sent to organized relief efforts still in need, three weeks after the devastating earthquakes believed to have killed more than 170,000 people.
There has been $1 billion in relief aid from around the world, including $100 million from the United States. Getting food and water to residents of temporary tent cities has been difficult with many damaged roads.
Creston High School senior Jeova Flores saw those heart-wrenching images of death and destruction on a CBS television news report, and decided to take action.
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Students in Sue Bergstrom’s third-grade class recently studied the Industrial Revolution. It was the “Age of Inventions,” and many inventions were made on an assembly line.
These tablets were sold for 25 cents each. The money was to be donated to a worthwhile cause, and the class decided to turn over the $50 in sales to the Haiti relief fund.
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St. Malachy School has a “Help for Haiti” campaign going on, which has raised nearly $500 to date.
“We did a noisy-can collection at Mass last Wednesday that raised $230,” said St. Malachy Principal John Walsh.
• Read more of this story in the Feb. 3 edition of the Creston News Advertiser.
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