Change 4 Change message from ~ by Micah Esteves Cooper, Ali Mesiya, Harper Smith, Maddie Theodore and Grace Toolan.

Hi Unquowa!

We are the original members of the Change 4 Change community! We have been collecting your loose coins for Change 4 Change for a long time, and it has become a tradition.

Since second grade with Mrs. Young, we have been donating to Save the Children. It all started when we made refugee cards to send to refugee camps. We thought it would be a good idea to create an organization that would support kids in need. It was clear that we needed others’ help to make this possible. We put up posters around the school to inform others about what Change 4 Change was all about. We would like to continue this tradition until we graduate from Unquowa.

Our announcements at the weekly Wednesday assemblies reminded our fellow schoolmates and parents to donate. It was fun to write the scripts and make the announcements. This year, we also wrote and performed a rap with Mrs. Hall for a little added inspiration.

We chose Save the Children because we wanted to help kids around the world like us. We have been donating to Save the Children for three years now. It has helped them a lot, and we hope we have made a difference in their lives. We donated money to help buy food, clothes, and other essential items they needed. This would not have been possible without you.

We all worked together by sorting the money into pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, and  then putting the coins into coin wrappers. Every year, we have done this, and it has been so much fun. We all helped each other count, sort, and roll the coins!

Thank you all for your donations over the years. This community has helped thousands of people through their challenges. This would not be possible without our Unquowa community.

We would like to thank Mrs. Young again for helping us start Change 4 Change. Thank you for everything! This year, we raised $411.55! We are so proud of our class for carrying on this tradition!

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Change 4 Change Update: All of the rolled coins the kids counted were taken to the bank and the check is in the mail! Go Gators!