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Area residents continue to reach out to victims of the mid-January earthquake in Haiti.

Students collect pennies. Elementary school students in the Halifax Area School District, Feb. 19, completed a project to donate money to Haitian children through the American Red Cross.

Soon after news of the earthquake was made known, each elementary student received penny wrappers and was encouraged to ask a parent if he or she could go on a "penny hunt" around their homes, or in their family's vehicles, to find pennies to donate to the relief effort.

Students also received information on the disaster's impact on the children of Haiti, according to a press release from the school district.

"We wanted to increase the students' awareness of the devastation," according to Erique Klinger, president of the Halifax Area School District PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization). "More importantly, we wanted them to realize that their individual efforts could make a difference in the lives of others.

"Because the activity required only a few cents to get involved, all students were able to participate," Klinger added.

As of press time Feb. 22, the total amount of money collected had not been calculated. According to the press release, the money was to be counted at the Halifax branch of Susquehanna Bank, and a check would be issued by the bank to the PTO to send to the American Red Cross.

Halifax Elementary Principal Dr. J. Craig Raisner said he was "proud of how inspired the students have been to help others.

"The energy and cooperation this effort has generated among members of the Halifax School community is the type of behavior that we encourage through our emphasis on character education among our students," he said.

Benefit Breakfast rescheduled to March 13. Light of Hope Community Church, located at 100 Floral Lane in Dauphin, has rescheduled its breakfast fund-raiser for Pastor Benite Jeune's ministry in Haiti.

The breakfast will be held Saturday, March 13 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the church. It originally had been scheduled for Feb. 20.

A free-will offering will be received.

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