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District U-46, students continue relief efforts


By Seth Hancock
  Students and staff in School District U-46 have continued fundraising efforts to help those affected by recent natural disasters in the nation as well as in Mexico.
  A recent district press release said over $7,200 was raised as well as “hundreds of flashlights and batteries” donated to help those affected in the United States territory of Puerto Rico by recent hurricanes and those affected by earthquakes in Mexico.
  Earlier in October, U-46 said over $10,000 had been raised after fundraising efforts started to help those affected in the states of Texas and Florida after Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma caused devastation.
  “We’ve seen overwhelming generosity from U-46 students, their families and our staff in responding to the needs of those in Texas and Florida,” U-46 CEO Tony Sanders said in a release. “Now we are seeing the same spirit of giving aimed at those struggling in Mexico and Puerto Rico, where many in our District have family and friends.”
  Hurricane Harvey was a Category 4 storm that hit southern Texas in late August, including the state’s largest city of Houston, which included the highest measured rainfall in the nation’s history. Hurricane Irma in September reached Category 5 status with 185 mile per hour winds and was a Category 4 when it hit the Florida Keys which dissipated to a Category 2 by the time it hit Florida’s mainland.
  Hurricane Maria was a Category 4 storm that hit Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in late September.
  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, these storms “caused catastrophic damage” in those states and territories hit, and both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands not only suffered from Maria but “already had suffered damage from Hurricane Irma earlier in the month.”
  Mexico was hit by two earthquakes in September with 8.1 and 7.1 magnitudes on the Richter scale, 10 being the strongest magnitude.
  The Examiner previously reported on some of the efforts to help Hurricane Harvey victims, including the “Miracle Minute” held at Streamwood High School on Friday, Sept. 8 in which Principal Michele Chapman said a goal of raising $2,000 had been set. At a Board of Education meeting following that fundraiser, Sanders said Streamwood had raised $2,800 to exceed that goal.
  Chapman said teachers Nicole Fernstrom and Jaimee Shearn spearheaded those efforts. Shearn said her AP world history class adopted a class in Houston to provide encouragement, and Fernstrom said the Student Council and National Honor Society helped in organizing the fundraiser.
  Recently to help those in Puerto Rico and Mexico, Streamwood’s Oakhill Elementary School raised $1,234 with its “Penny Wars” fundraiser.
  According to a district release, $4,275 was given to the Puerto Rican Relief Fund and $2,956 to Chicago Con Mexico to aid in rebuilding efforts. There were also 176 flashlights and 232 batteries donated to Happy Kids Chicago to send to Puerto Rico which has struggled with power since storm’s hit there.
  Funds from the Hurricane Harvey fundraisers went to the American Red Cross, Autism Society of Texas’ Hurricane Harvey Disaster Fund, Houston’s C.E. King High School, Feed My Starving Children and the Salvation Army.

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