School children throughout the Tristate continue to put forth extraordinary efforts to help in the disaster relief.

        Students in the Lakota schools in West Chester have raised more than $43,800 to help victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. That money has been forwarded to the American Red Cross.

        Money was raised in the district's schools in a number of ways, including:

        • Diverting proceeds from a Sept. 14 dance at Hopewell Junior School from the athletic department to the relief effort.

        • Selling spirit T-shirts with a patriotic theme at Shawnee Elementary.

        • A sixth-grade Read-A-Thon at Liberty Elementary School, with sponsors' donations going to the Red Cross.

        Delhi Middle School students collected $2,969. Rapid Run Middle School students are sending messages in cards they designed, titled: “Cincinnati Cares.”

        Delshire Elementary School, on Glenhaven Drive, Delhi Township, will commemorate the one-month anniversary of the attacks at 2:15 p.m, Thursday by honoring police and firefighters.

        Sycamore Junior High School students will present two checks to the Red Cross today. A $15,000 check represents the amount collected by the 960 students.

        Another check for $15,000 represents matching funds donated by Reader's Digest. Sycamore has worked with a Reader's Digest subsidiary, QSP, on school magazine sales projects.

        Five years ago, for a “Make A Difference Day” project, Sycamore students started making sandwiches for Mercy Franciscan at St. John, a center that serves the poor and homeless in Over-the-Rhine.

        Last week, the students made their 50,000th sandwich for the shelter.

        Nearly every student, extracurricular organization and athletic team has made sandwiches, averaging from 200 to 350 sandwiches a week. The students have also contributed $9,000.

        In St. Leon, Ind., students at the Sunman-Dearborn Middle School collected $3,000 and sent the money to the Clear Channel Relief Fund.

        In Maysville, Ky., students in the health sciences program have started a fund drive through bake sales and buying T-shirts. Money will be sent to the Salvation Army.

        Students in grades 1-8 at Mercy Montessori Center in East Walnut Hills have created doves as peace symbols in response to the Sept. 11 tragedy. Each three-dimensional dove carries in its beak an individual message from the children. The doves hang in the school library.

        Allen Howard's “Some Good News” column runs Monday-Friday and Sundays. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements, or people who are committing random acts of kindness that are uplifting to the Tristate, let him know at 768-8362; at ahoward@enquirer.com; or by fax at 768-8340.
       

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