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Parker students sell books, raise money for Smile Train

Parker kindergarten students visit the fourth grade book sale, and to understand who their money spent will be helping, look at pictures of children needing cleft surgery. (Photo courtesy of Parker School)

Parker kindergarten students visit the fourth grade book sale, and to understand who their money spent will be helping, look at pictures of children needing cleft surgery. (Photo courtesy of Parker School)

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Parker fourth grade students hosted a book sale last week on campus to raise money for Smile Train. Smile Train is an organization that funds cleft surgeries for children in developing nations.

The students were moved to hold this fundraiser after as a class they read the novel “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio. The theme of the novel is kindness. It’s about a boy born with a severe facial deformity, who goes to school for the first time as he’s entering fifth grade.

“As a class we have taken a kindness pledge for the year of 2013,” fourth grade teacher Tanya Everts said, and the students working the sale offered customers the opportunity to do the same when paying for their books.

The children set a goal of raising $250, which covers the cost of one surgery, but ended up raising $600.

— Find out more:
www.parkerschool.net

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