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African continent who were exposed to hazards and couldn't attend
school without shoes, he told his teacher, Susan Seyfarth, that
he wanted to do something about it.
Ms. Seyfarth contacted Sally McClintock, coordinator of Project
LATTICE, an educational group committed to providing children skills
to function in a global environment. Ms. McClintock, in one of life's
little pieces of serendipity, had just seen a copy of Communiqué
in her dentist's office outlining MSUCOM's Heart and Sole shoe project.
The women contacted Ann Cook, Heart and Sole coordinator.
Chris mobilized his classmates to make posters and envelopes and
to set up a system to manage donations. He also solicited everyone
with whom he came in contact. Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
poured into the classroom, where the students counted them, rolled
the coins, and deposited them in a special account.
When he was done, Chris and his team had raised $330.00, about
the equivalent of the per capita annual income in most African nations.
The money will allow Heart and Sole to ship about 225 pairs of shoes
to the worksite of Terrie Taylor, D.O., professor of internal medicine,
in Malawi, where they are distributed to people who most need them.
Chris is the son of Kevin and Yvonne Lander of Eaton Rapids.
"I was impressed at Chris' internalizing what he'd learned
at school and caring enough about other people to carry it through,"
said Ms. Seyfarth.
Chris, a guy more of action than of words, just grinned.
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