Mr. Elder Changes For Haiti

by Angie LaFave

Conditions in earthquake-stricken Haiti have taken their toll on the heart of our vice principal, Mr. Elder... or should I say Mrs. Elder? Our new program to help the victims in Haiti is called Change For Haiti – kids collect spare change and donate it to Haiti. If everyone together as a school saves up $750 for Haiti, Mr. Elder will “change for Haiti”... in other words, he'll don a wig, a dress and lime-green fuzzy slippers and serve lunch to us! Mr. Bolduc, upon hearing the news, said in a completely serious tone, “It wouldn't surprise me if he did.”

To save $750, each student only needs to bring in two dollars in change, but we need everyone's cooperation!

Many of the fifth, sixth, and even seventh graders were totally psyched about seeing Mr. Elder in a pretty dress! However, eighth graders are going to be a lot harder to convince. “No one wants to see that!” said Ty Doncaster.

Briah Davis commented, “[Mr. Elder is so silly that] he would do that anyway. He doesn't need money.”

“Make the skirt pink, and make him wear high heels!” Storm England said.

But again, like I said, fifth graders are all for the idea. Colin Brinkley, a fifth grade magazine student, said, “That would be really weird, yet really funny.”

Teachers are in shock, but when they got over the mental image, they, too, supported the idea. “I think that will definitely motivate kids because it provides incentive,” Ms. Darling, the eighth grade LA teacher said.

We only need about a hundred more dollars! That may sound like a ton, but look at it this way. If one hundred people save up only one dollar each, we'll have enough. Or, twenty people can each save up five dollars! We have almost 400 hundred kids in this school, so it should be pretty simple.

So, if you want to see Mr. Elder serving lunch in a pretty dress, save up as much change as you can find! Even if we can't reach our goal, we'll still be helping the victims of Haiti!