David Cameron elementary students learned the value of giving as a result of their recent fundraising efforts.

The Colwood schoolB次元官网网址檚 Parent Advisory Committee voted to donate half the money collected from a recent raffle fundraiser where students sold over 1,000 tickets at $2 apiece. Half those funds will go to a Fort McMurray school that was so damaged it wonB次元官网网址檛 reopen this year.

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Beacon Hill public school is the recipient of the funds raised through a raffling of a donated Drift Trike, a Samsung tablet donated by Staples, and $100 cash.

David CameronB次元官网网址檚 principal and a teacher even offered to dye their hair a bright colour if they reached the $2,000 total goal, which the students achieved.

B次元官网网址淚 think for the kids, the more we talk to them, the more they understand they can make a difference in their community or the community surrounding them,B次元官网网址� Smythe said.

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