Elon University students have teamed up with students from Elon Elementary School to raise funds for children in Afghanistan. Details...
Students from the university and the elementary school asked for $1 donations to answer President Bush’s call for American children to help Afghan children.
Neil Oakley, a 2000 Elon graduate and a physical education teacher at Elon Elementary, says the fund-raising effort offers his students an important lesson. “It shows our students, and students here at the university, that we can make a difference, even though it might seem small.”
Elizabeth Brown, a fifth-grade Elon Elementary student, says she hopes money collected on campus will help her peers in Afghanistan. “I hope we collect enough money to help the children of Afghanistan get food.”