the cold wind blows against a young 5th grade girl; her long dark  brown hair blowing in the wind, the leaves swirling around her, as  she adds lemonade powder to a large cooler while fourth, eighth and  fifth graders prepared for their fundraiser for Haiti, “Haitian food for Haitian lives”. It was a lunch and bake sale to raise money for Haiti at cornerstone learning community,(http://www.cornerstonelc.com/). on jan 29th. about 3 weeks after the earthquake hit Haiti.

“100% of proceeds will got to a non-prophet orization helping Haiti.” says Augie Soder

“The lunch is only $5.00 for an adult and $3.00 for a kid, but yet we made about $1,400 to give to Haiti!”said Paige Machie.

”It was a fundraiser to help Haiti recover from the earthquake. By doing that we had a bake sale and a Haitian meal.” says Paige Huewan

” i dont know why we didnt star doing this sooner.” Liam Martin

Kids put up colorful sings, and posters. Also some pie graphs about the Haiti stats, a poster that had some basic language, and another with Haiti proverbs.

under a covered area there are random teachers and some parents who volunteered to help; also some eight graders and some more parents are frying the plantains while the fourth graders are helping the fifth graders and bringing down the ladles and large forks and wooden spoons from the Slader house, “a house at the top of the quarter-mile track”    Paige Machie describes. the fifth graders are arranging the paper plates, plastic forks, and getting the lemonade ready,  laying out the cold salad and the beans and rice, and getting ready to man the bake sale’s  stampede of hungary people with a serious sweet teeth.

As the three classes cook and prepare, the rest of the school remains shivering up in front of the stage as they watching the FAMU director for the international student program talk about what FAMU is doing to help Haiti. He talked about how they were going to give Haiti some supplies and that they would need people like us to donate some

• Blankets

• Towels, Washcloths and Toothbrushes

• Hygiene Products (soap, toothpaste, feminine products, alcohol swabs, diapers etc.)

• First Aid Kits (self contained)

• Antibiotics (ointment)

• Medical Supplies (bandages, gauze, peroxide, etc.)

• Bug Spray

• Flashlights and Batteries

• Detergent

• Toilet Paper

See more at http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?haitirelief&DropOffCenters

How do you feel about giving Haiti $1,400?

“It thinks it was encouraging that we knew someone other than us was taking charge, helping Haiti.” said Paige Machie.

“I feel good, because they will use the money in a good way to help all of the people who need allot of help” Aliyah Kimelman

“I think it’s a big accomplishment.” said Abby Stone

“I feel good.” Lilli Hanks said.

“A big success!” Oscar Patterson noted

“Awesome” said Noah Wise.

“I thought we would only rise like, $100 dollars, but we made a mind blowing $1,400!” Paige Machie commented.

They brought cameras and microphones and they made us feel like we were seen, like we were really helping like we were making a real difference.  We were; we made a difference. We made a $1,400 difference.

Big thanks to:

Paige Machie ,Augie Soder, Abby Stone ,Paige Huewan ,Oscar Patterson, Noah Wise, Lilli Hanks, Liam Martin and Aliyah Kimelman