Teacher challenges students to raise $500 for Haiti - and kids come up with $3,000 more | Prior Lake American

Teacher challenges students to raise $500 for Haiti - and kids come up with $3,000 more | Prior Lake American: "By Meryn Fluker, Staff Writer
If it wasn’t for a teacher’s inspired bout of insomnia, some Prior Lake High School students would have missed out on an opportunity for organized altruism.

High school social studies teacher Ryan Wagner and students in his Advanced Placement world history class raised $3,500 for Partners in Health, an organization dedicated to providing health care to those in poverty in various locations throughout the world, including Haiti."

Local children helping Haiti with Families for Families - News - By Sarah Kelford Kanata Local Community News

Local children helping Haiti with Families for Families - News - By Sarah Kelford Kanata Local Community News: "EMC News - Students at The Greenwoods Academy in Kanata have been raising money for the last year with their Families for Families non-profit campaign, which will provide shelters for Haiti."

Locals’ Domestic Efforts Reach Haiti Earthquake Victims Abroad | Falls Church News-Press Online

Locals’ Domestic Efforts Reach Haiti Earthquake Victims Abroad | Falls Church News-Press Online: "ishop Ireton High School (BIHS) in Alexandria has a sister school in Haiti, the Louverture Cleary school. Area students have been conducting mission trips there for seven years, donating $10,000 to 15,000 on average to the school annually."

Mobilizing the Millennials | Hispanic Marketing Blog

Mobilizing the Millennials | Hispanic Marketing Blog: "A foundation to promote youth philanthropy, an interactive game to promote financial literacy, and electronic budget journals for daily ”wealth watching” are among the award-winning ideas generated at the recent Youth Summit sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Mobilize.org."

Students dive into Haiti fundraising

Students dive into Haiti fundraising: "Schools in and around Saskatoon have been collecting money all week for various charities and organizations working in Haiti to improve the lives of people left homeless and sick after a massive earthquake shattered the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince.

E-mails from school and organizations flooded inboxes at The StarPhoenix. Here’s a list of some of the fundraising activities:"

CBC News - Calgary - Students raise money for Haiti

CBC News - Calgary - Students raise money for Haiti: "As Calgarians rally in record numbers to help the people of Haiti recover from last week's devastating earthquake, elementary school students at many schools across the city are emptying their piggy banks to help."

Students issue fundraising challenge | Edmonton | News | Edmonton Sun

Students issue fundraising challenge | Edmonton | News | Edmonton Sun: "Students at an Edmonton-area school are sending their hearts out to Haiti for Valentine’s Day.

Touched by the earthquake that struck the Caribbean island last Tuesday, Calmar Secondary student Cadence Mutch asked her teachers if instead of exchanging candy grams, students could buy paper hearts with proceeds going to Haitian relief."

Student volunteers prove pivotal to Sacramento-area nonprofits - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Student volunteers prove pivotal to Sacramento-area nonprofits - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee: "A major side effect, it turns out, is what the requirement has given to local nonprofits.

'It's a whole volunteer force, or work force, that wasn't there before,' said Christine Wallace, community resource coordinator at the Volunteer Center of Sacramento."