Bellingham's Lowell Elementary school students participated in the Pennies for Peaceprogram for six weeks recently and raised a phenomenal amount of coins, $1,341.
Pennies for Peace is a national fund-raising organization that is helping students in Afghanistan and Pakistan obtain access to quality education. Pennies here in American don't have much value, but they do in other parts of the world, and Lowell kids have helped a lot of children in a far off part of the world.
The school-wide fund-raiser was organized by Hadley Frazier a fourth-grader .
"When we first started, I thought we'd raise $100, but that's it," she said. "It really means a lot to me that everyone chipped in."
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