By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
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Third-graders at St. Rose of Lima School show the lemonade stand they operated for a charity. The students raised 0 over two days to provide clean water in Kenya.
MIAMI SHORES | Hand a bunch of lemons to a motivated group of third-graders, and you will get much more than lemonade. You'll get kids who make a difference -- in this case, clean water in another land.
Danielle Harvin’s third-grade class at St. Rose of Lima School have raised $700 selling lemonade to provide clean water in Kenya. On March 1 and 2, the students worked in shifts selling lemonade during lunch.
The money raised will go to Ryan's Well Foundation, a Canada-based organization that provides water in some of the world’s poorest regions.
The idea was sparked after the class read the story of 6-year-old Ryan Hreljac, who learned that children in some of parts of the world must walk miles for clean water and miss school as a result. His community rallied to help him raise funds to build a well in Uganda. The group has since funded 1,166 water projects benefiting more than 892,000 people.
After learning about the foundation, Harvin's class wanted to help. So they got permission from their principal, Stephen Brown, and had a lemonade stand built. They also got supplies donated and even made a commercial for the student body to get the word out.
