Schools collecting money for Japan
A fundraising effort to benefit the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan will begin in 1,500 Maryland schools on April 1 and run through May 13. Nancy Grasmick, the state superintendent of schools, is asking school systems to encourage students, who she says have shown their compassion before, to bring in their change or dollar bills to help the Japanese people. The state will partner with the American Red Cross. Maryland school children raised $1.3 million six years ago after Hurricane Katrina.
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