Centereach first
graders are doing their part to help
Ukraine.
The students are running a coin collection, which
has become a schoolwide initiative leading to hundreds of dollars raised.
The class at Our Savior New American School
started the coin collection and their
teachers said they expected to
collect a "few" dollars.
Their little collection turned into a school-wide
collection, and
students started to empty out their piggy banks and donate their funds. Other
students donated their snack money.
Within a week, the donation grew from 2 cents to
$1,166 and is growing.
A teacher who is of Ukrainian descent offered to
match the total funds collected!
The funds will be presented to a representative
of Our Savior Lutheran Church, of which OSNAS is a ministry of. The funds will
be combined with a collection taken at the church and be distributed to St. John
the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead, Samaritan's Purse, and
Orphan's Promise.