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Making A Difference
The week before holiday break 2009-2010,
our 3rd, 4th & 5th Graders earned 1,384,040 grains of rice at freerice.com. This rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Programme.
 
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Making a Difference
Haiti
 
In January 2010 our Estes' Students earned 2,091,380 grains of rice at freerice.com to help the people of Haiti.
HUNGER--it hurts for a lifetime, leaving a taste in one's heart and mouth that can never be forgotten. What can a child at Estes, a parent, or a teacher do to help conquer world hunger that is both free and challenges the intellect? freerice.com, a website sponsored by several Fortune 500 companies and others, offers such an opportunity. Simply log on to this site, read what its goals and achievements are (see FAQ), choose a subject (levels from elementary school to PHD) and begin what is always fun and occasionally frustrating. It can be a family affair! Perhaps together, we can enliven our children to the joy felt through knowing they can all contribute to deeds for the greater good of humanity.
 
This site is committed to ending world hunger. It is run for free. All rice donations go to the United Nations World Food Programme.
 
Start today. A child will go to bed hungry tonight.