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Some
of the great folks who are helping Hands help schoolkids in
the Caribbean!
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Awesome
job, ladies! Thirteen-year-old K.B. (above), of Cold
Spring Harbor, New York, raised $1,000 for Hands through
a school dance. Twelve-year-old Madeline (below), of
Linconville, Maine, organized a book drive that brought
in over 1,000 books for Caribbean kids!
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Awesome! That's the word that best describes
supporters of the Hands Caribbean
Literacy and School Support (CLASS) program.
And "awesomely awesome" is our word for Hands kid
contributors — our pint-size powerhouses!
Like K.B., 13, from Cold Spring Harbor, New
York, who raised $1,000 for Caribbean schoolkids at a dance
at her school, Cold Spring Harbor Junior High, K.B., a hot
racing sailor in the Optimist sailboat class, came up with
the fundraising idea on her own, and she made a presentation
about Hands to the student council committee to get things
rolling. Meanwhile, Madeline, 12, of Linconville, Maine, who
is also at home in a sailboat, likewise took the initiative
to spread the word about Hands and convince her classmates
to lend a hand to Caribbean students. Madeline organized a
book drive (working with the school librarian, Mrs. Weaver)
at Lincolnville Central School that brought in an amazing
1,000 books! Both Madeline and K.B., who have visited the
Caribbean not long ago and met the kids being helped by their
contributions, are ready to make a return trip to Dominica
and Union Island!
From Tennessee, sending warm wishes
— and lots of books — to Caribbean schoolkids!
The students of fifth-grade teacher Sandra
Little, at the Roosevelt
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Awesomely
awesome! Fifth-graders at the Roosevelt Elementary School
in Kingsport, Tennessee, sort and pack the 200 pounds
of books they've collected for Caribbean school kids
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Elementary School in Kingsport, Tennessee,
are unstoppable! When Little suggested supporting Caribbean
kids through the Caribbean
Literacy and School Support (CLASS) program,
the kids mobilized — big time! Every year, books are set
in piles outside the school classroom waiting to be discarded.
Little, an avid sailor, had read about Hands Across the Sea
in Cruising World magazine and decided that she and her
students could sort and pack all of the year's gently-used books
— 200 pounds of them — and send them to a new home
in the Caribbean.
Want to lend a hand? You can make a real difference!
It's easy and rewarding to lend a hand
to these island schools. If you'd like to donate books, please
go to the Hands Book Drop
page. And take a look at the new Hands
Wish Lists page, which details the specific items that
schools and clinics need. Also, don't forget that you can make
a tax-deductible cash contribution to Hands by going to our
Donate page, using the secure
PayPal service. Hands Across the Sea, Inc., is an IRS-registered,
501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and we will furnish a receipt
to you for your tax return. Your donation can be any amount,
either via credit card on the Donate
page or by sending a check to the Hands Across the Sea, Inc.
mailing address. Remember
that one hundred percent of your gift goes to the children,
teachers, and schools of the Caribbean
Literacy and School Support (CLASS) program.
—T.L.
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