Pennies for Pasta

We had a visitor at school today from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, who spoke first at a middle and high school assembly and then came to speak in the elementary school. She introduced the children to a program called Pennies for Pasta, which raises money to help children with blood cancer.



The poster of these brave children, who have survived cancer, now hangs on our classroom door



and each of the children have been given a collection box to take home. Parents, please help your child/children to fill these boxes. Take the boxes to work, church, sporting events, family, and friends.

The children in the elementary felt so strongly about helping, after hearing that this money would go to help sick children, that they wanted to give whatever change they had in their backpacks and lunch boxes. It's really touching to see young children being motivated, not by the promise of the prize at the end of the contest, but by a true desire to help other children in need.