Redeemer Lutheran School, Redwood City, CA: Kid Power for Water!

Ms. Kinstler’s 3rd grade class chose Blue Planet Network for their community project for 2008. Their decision coincided with our 30-Mile Challenge to bring safe drinking water to schools in Tanzania! At the beginning of the project, parent Heathery Perry spoke with the class about the difficulties of a life without access to safe water and was surprised how well the students seemed to understand the issue.  The whole class pledged to participate in the 30-Mile Challenge. Each child wore pedometers at school and at the end of each day they turned them in to receive a sticker for each mile covered.  They tracked their miles at home and added this number to their total miles.  Miss Kinstler and our third graders ran/walked/cycled/scootered an impressive 596 miles and raised an amazing $2,330!

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