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=Pennies for Peace=

Cowell Elementary raised $518.77 in our Pennies for Peace fundraiser! However due to the controversy centered around the founder of Pennies for Peace, Greg Mortenson, and the way his organization, the Central Asia Institute, is distributing funds the school has decided to donate those funds elsewhere. We are currently planning on donating the funds to help build a school at an orphanage in rural Tanzania. We believe that this aligns with our mission of helping places in need of quality schools. We still believe that the work Greg and his organization does for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan is incredibly important, however considering the current situation we feel these funds could be best used elsewhere. Once more information is available about what these donations are exactly doing, the information will be posted here. Thanks for all your donations and support, it is truly amazing how much money the students of Cowell raised for children around the world in need.

--Mr. Lepert and Room 101

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These are posters that room 101 did


Here's a [|link] to the rest of the things Room 101 has been working on.