The Tritt Elementary School student council raised more than $5,000 from student donations. An anonymous donor agreed to match that amount and the Pope High Student Council and Key Club added another $800, bringing total donations to $12,208.
Photos courtesy Marrietta Daily Journal/Todd Hull
Eleven-year-old Noah Amsterdam labels envelopes full of hand-drawn cards from his classmates at Tritt Elementary for the East Rockaway district students.
Photos courtesy Marrietta Daily Journal/Todd Hull
Third-grader Eli Medof approached approached Tritt’s principal and student council for their support. In photo, Eli helps box up cards and letters written for the East Rockaway school district.
Courtesy Marietta Daily Journal/Todd Hull
By Lindsay Field
lfield@mdjonline.com
This story ran in the Marietta Daily Journal on Dec. 20. The students attend Tritt Elementary School in East Cobb, Ga. It is reprinted here with permission.
What started as a third-grader’s idea to help out elementary school students whose school was damaged heavily by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29 has become one of the largest student-only fundraising projects for Tritt Elementary School in East Cobb, Ga.