March 18

Coe kids to host bake sale for Japan relief Sunday

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Students from Coe Elementary School will be hosting a bake sale this Sunday, March 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. in front of the Upper Queen Anne Starbucks, at the corner of Queen Anne Ave N and Boston St., to raise money for the post-earthquake and tsunami relief effort in Japan.

The fundraiser is being run by Coe Cares, a project of the Coe PTA with a mission “to engage our children in meaningful charitable endeavors that provide an opportunity to learn, grow, and develop into compassionate citizens of today’s world.”

“Teachers, Parents, and Students at Coe Elementary CARE about our school, our community, our country, and our world. Coe Cares, a committee within the school, works to teach our children and ourselves the importance of reaching out and acting when events, good or bad, happen where we can,” wrote Coe parent and Coe Cares committee member Stacy Lawson.

“Our kids will grow up one day, and we want them to be compassionate caring adults who do not avoid getting involved and do not get bogged down by thinking that they cannot make a difference. All help is needed big and small,” she wrote.

All proceeds from the bake sale will be sent to aid the Japanese people via Global Giving Japan Relief Fund.

Update 3/21 10:50 a.m.: Originally Coe Cares planned to send the money to international independent medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, but after learning that DWB could not guarantee the money would end up in Japan, the group decided to change the charity.


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