HUMBOLDT 鈥� When Grade 2 student Makayla Futoransky visited the emergency room earlier this month, she discovered something was horribly wrong 鈥� there were absolutely no toys or games for kids.
鈥淪he felt afraid, and kind of bored,鈥� her teacher, Beth Gebauer, said Makayla explained to her class at Humboldt Public School. 鈥淪o then the classes decided, 鈥榟ey, what can we do to get toys?鈥欌��
Their answer was an ice-tea sale within the school on June 13. The students wrote letters to Co-op grocery store and had their product donated.
鈥淭hen they made posters, made announcements, and learned how to count money so they could get change back,鈥� Gebauer said.
The class made $62.75 for the Humboldt Hospital Foundation, who will pick and purchase the toys based on how easily they can be sanitized, Gebaurer said.
During a resulting class trip to the emergency room on June 18, 鈥渨e looked around and saw there really were no toys,鈥� said Gebaurer. 鈥淸The foundation] said they were going to do some searching to see the best toy they could find.
