UPDATE: Check out the comments below to find out what students from Brook Hill Elementary School and St. Lutheran School have done with their fundraisers. Is your school doing something? Let us know…

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Coyote Valley Elementary School third graders are chipping in to help Haitians. The students started a dollar drive and gathered $680 for Save the Children.

The fundraiser quickly spread beyond the third grade and the whole school got behind it, organizers said.

“The majority of the money came from the students themselves,” said third grade teacher Jenny Diaz in a statement.  “They asked for extra jobs at home and shared their allowances.  Many felt a real connection because of the pictures in the news, and their personal experiences with California earthquakes.  Sixth graders, Yesenia Garcia and Asia Firebaugh went the extra mile and distributed a flyer of their own to the local businesses.”

Elsewhere in the local school world of giving, Rincon Valley Middle School and Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter School raised a combined $1,683.53 for the earthquake-ravaged country.

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