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Rio Vista Elementary School students raised $1,703.50 for hurricane victims in Honduras. Principal Kjell Taylor recently presented the money to the American Red Cross.
The school decided to raise cash donations because of the problems of transporting goods to Honduras. Students were asked to bring $1 and administrators $10--and the school surpassed its goal by $200.
John F. Kennedy High School juniors in Scott Burns’ and Amy Blanks’ U.S. history classes also raised $1,900 for relief efforts in Honduras and Nicaragua. The money also was given to the Red Cross.
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