A number of students at Denver schools have started taking action to help relief efforts in Japan.
Tonight, the anime club and UNICEF club at the Denver Center for International Studies, 574 W. Sixth Ave., will be accepting donations in the school cafeteria during the school’s travel and study abroad fair at 5 p.m.
The funds will go to UNICEF for relief efforts in Japan.
* At Lowry Elementary, students, teachers and staff will be allowed to pay $2 to get a dress code waiver and wear a jersey during school on Friday.
Proceeds will go to the American Red Cross.
* Fifth graders at Southmoor Elementary, 3755 South Magnolia Way, are sponsoring a Japanese Relief Fundraiser, “Caring for Kids.”
The students have placed coin jars in each classroom, to encourage students to donate pennies and spare change. All proceeds will be donated to the “Save the Children” foundation.
* At Rachel B. Noel Middle School, 5290 Kittredge Street, social studies classes studying the destruction in Japan are organizing a T-shirt sale to support Japan relief efforts.
Students will be selling T-shirts they designed, starting Wednesday at the school. T-shirts will be $17 for adults, and $10 for students.
Both cash and checks will be accepted. All proceeds will from this fund raiser will also go to “Save the Children” foundation.
For facebook updates on additional opportunities to purchase the T-shirts, go to /161552907231273
