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Tate Woods Students Raise More Than $800 with Reading Makes Cents
The students collected a penny for every book read, and used the money to benefit several sea creatures.
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students collected a penny for every book they read through the Library Resource Center’s Reading Makes Cents program. The grand total was 88,045 pennies, or $880!
The funds will benefit several sea creatures from the Brookfield Zoo and other institutions, including:
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- Coral, humpback whale, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
- Noelani, Spree, and Tapeko, dolphins, Brookfield Zoo
- Sterling, harbor seal, Brookfield Zoo
- Josephine, California sea lion, Brookfield Zoo
- Ariel, penguin, Brookfield Zoo
- a grey seal from the Lincoln Park Zoo
An additional donation was made to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital.
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