{"id":25787,"date":"2012-11-30T16:23:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T00:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=25787"},"modified":"2012-11-30T18:32:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T02:32:33","slug":"students-go-above-and-beyond-for-sandy-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/11\/30\/students-go-above-and-beyond-for-sandy-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Students go \u2018above and beyond\u2019 for Sandy victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All 600-plus Rancho Vista Elementary students took part in a loose change fundraiser dubbed ‘Nickels for New Jersey’ to help victims of Superstorm Sandy. In 10 days, the students raised $1,400, which they donated to the Antelope Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Student Council President Destiny Solis presented the check to local Red Cross Director Jeff Baumgartner Friday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 Sixth-grader Destiny Solis<\/strong> beamed with pride Friday morning as she presented a check for $1,400 to the Antelope Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n

The money represents a collective effort by Rancho Vista Elementary students to help those who lost everything to Superstorm Sandy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought that they need help out there so we decided to raise \u2018Nickels for New Jersey\u2019 to help them,\u201d said Solis, who is the Student Council President.<\/p>\n

Nickels for New Jersey was a loose change fundraiser organized by the students earlier this month as a response to the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard on the news that there was a hurricane in New Jersey, and then we decided to raise money to help families in need,\u201d said sixth-grader Briana Campiano<\/strong>, who is the Student Council\u2019s Public Relations Chair.<\/p>\n

The students solicited family members, friends and people in their neighborhoods for spare change.<\/p>\n

The pitch was simple, but effective, and went something like this:\u00a0 \u201cIf you care about people, instead of yourself, you would help them too, so give money please,\u201d said Campiano.<\/p>\n

The community responded.<\/p>\n

In just 10 days, the students managed to raise $1,400.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m gonna ask them if we can maybe have a meeting and I can learn how they do it, because that\u2019s pretty amazing,\u201d said Jeff Baumgartner, Executive Director for the Antelope Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. \u201cIt\u2019s such a great sign for our future to see kids stepping up and having the compassion\u2026 seeing the need in being active and doing something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faculty members at Rancho Vista Elementary were also moved by the students\u2019 efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m totally impressed with the involvement from our students and their families and the Rancho Vista community, they all went above and beyond,\u201d said sixth-grade teacher Bonnie Stidfole.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe teach our kids to be good citizens, to help one another, and to help everybody in their country, and they stepped up,\u201d said Principal Tom Morreale. \u201cWe are all very proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 Sixth-grader Destiny Solis beamed with pride Friday morning as she presented a check for $1,400 to the Antelope Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. The money represents a collective effort by Rancho Vista Elementary students to help those who lost everything to Superstorm Sandy. \u201cWe thought that they need help out there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}