The earthquake that devastated Haiti has spurred local students to action.
At ROWVA High School, the charitable efforts have taken the form of a jeans collection drive, where elsewhere students are raising money for various charities.
Ashley LaGrow, a junior from Rio, is the main teen behind ROWVA’s “Teens for Jeans,” which asks school and community members to bring in “gently worn” jeans to be shipped to Haiti.
However, an outpouring of community support already has filled the large box she placed at the high school’s office on Jan. 25.
LaGrow decided on the jeans collection after finding it on the teen-driven volunteer Web site DoSomething.org. She says it was easy because the only thing she had to do was make posters and put out the box, inside ROWVA High’s main office.
For the rest of this story, see the Feb. 4 Galva News.
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