Kinser students donate money for Katrina assistance

Marine Corps News ^ | Sep 29, 2005 | Pfc. Terence L. Yancey

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CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 28, 2005) -- Students from Kinser Elementary School show off some of the money they have collected to support the ongoing relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive tropical storm in recorded U.S. history, in the school’s lunchroom Sept. 28.

The students have been taking donations during their lunch periods for more than a week and have collected over $1,000. After the hurricane, members of the local community immediately started collecting money in order to help in any way they could.

According to Chuck Miller, assistant station manager for the American Red Cross office on Camp Foster, as of Sept. 28, the Red Cross station here has received approximately $42,000 in donations from local units, organizations, service members and families, including $3,000 from the local Japanese community.

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Students from Kinser Elementary School show off some of the money they have collected to support the ongoing relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive tropical storm in recorded U.S. history, in the school’s lunchroom Sept. 28. The students have been taking donations during their lunch periods for more than a week and have collected over $1,000. After the hurricane, members of the local community immediately started collecting money in order to help in any way they could. According to Chuck Miller, assistant station manager for the American Red Cross office on Camp Foster, as of Sept. 28, the Red Cross station here has received approximately $42,000 in donations from local units, organizations, service members and families, including $3,000 from the local Japanese community.

Photo by: Pfc. Terence L. Yancey

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