After several class discussions and a visit from Holly MacEwan and Dede Bennell, our school Service Learning Coordinators, the kids decided that they would like to hold a children's book drive. The students plan to send the books they collect to children in Guatemala with the students who are traveling to Safe Passage in the spring. Using the money raised at the bake sale, we will also be purchasing new copies of books written by Maine authors such as Robert McCloskey, Heather Austin, Maureen Heffernan and Barbara Cooney. They plan to use these books to create "books on CD" recordings. They will also be designing covers for these audio book CD's which will include their picture and a personal note to the kids in Guatemala. They hope that these CD's will encourage literacy and help these students to learn the English language. Money from the bake sale will also be used to purchase portable CD players to send along with the books and recordings.
We had a great time preparing for the sale and the kids were excited to get started on the project...
Connor puts in the first batch of cookies
Elena, Molly and Andy hard at work in the kitchen - thanks Mrs. Tartre for loaning us your room!
Elena, Andy, Mrs. Horton and Josh waiting for customers...
At the end of the sale, we were almost completely out of baked goods and had raised $101.50 towards our Books on CD project to benefit Safe Passage!
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