Glendo School students in kindergarten through seventh-grade are getting sponsors to help on a read-a-thon with the money they raise going toward purchasing animals though ChildFund International to help provide nutrition for starving children and families in many different countries.
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GLENDO – Worldwide, 385 million children live in extreme poverty, according to an analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF. But some students in Glendo hope to put at least a small dent into the problem.
Twenty-six Glendo School students in kindergarten through seventh-grade are getting sponsors to help on a read-a-thon with the money they raise going toward purchasing animals though ChildFund International to help provide nutrition for starving children and families in many different countries.
“They’ve set a goal of how many hours they are going to read in a two-week period,” said Amy Pindell, the kindergarten and first-grade teacher at the school who was the brainchild behind the idea. “Their sponsors pay either by the hour that they read or pay a flat fee. When the students bring in all the money that they’ve raised, they will sit down and look at what animals they can purchase.”
ChildFund International is an independent development organization that works for the well-being of children worldwide, assisting more than 19 million children and family members in 29 nations.