This fall, Olivia Dunbabin decided "you don't have to be that old" to be able to make a difference in the world.
Dunbabin, an English Early Learning student at St. Anne School in Hanmer, along with her four- and five-year-old classmates, think they are just the right age to stand up and be noticed.
They have been making such a difference, they don't want to be referred to as Kindergarteners anymore — now they are “ABC'S” — All Because of Caring students.
These young students within the Sudbury Catholic School Board have been on a mission. They have been raising money to help out Sudbury's animal population.
After discussing animals in the fall and enjoying a presentation from the Wild At Heart Animal Refuge, the young students told their teacher, Cheryl MacRury, that they wanted to do their part to help animals in the wild.
With technological help from Mrs. Belanger's Grade 7 class in transferring the Kindergarten-generated logo entitled the "ABC'S" onto the computer, the students have placed donation cans asking for one penny within Valley businesses.
The donation cans, the Kindergarten logo and brief explanation placards have been placed at Hanson's Family Dentistry, Paula's Canine Country Club, Evolve Active Therapy and Nor-Ont Veterinary Hospital.
Thanks to the caring staff at these businesses, as well as family members of the students themselves, the ABC'S are on a mission that seems to be paying off.
The young students have collected $40 to date, and were able to present the Wild At Heart Refuge with some food and household items necessary for the animals.
Posted by Arron Pickard
