How I Helped

Here are stories from kids and families who have helped!

Kid Scoop Reader's Bandaid and Dollar Give Joy to a Child in Haiti

When we at Kid Scoop received three bandaids and a dollar from one of our young readers, we wanted to be sure that this gift went directly into the hands of a child in Haiti. When we found out our friend, Sara, was going to Haiti to help at a hospital, we asked her to give this heartfelt gift to a child while she was there.

Here are pictures of the child that received the gift, along with a note from Sara. You can read her entire blog about the experience.

Sara said, "I was thrilled to give him the donation from the Kid Scoop reader to a boy named David. His English is excellent, so I was able to speak to him directly. I told him, 'Children in America want to help children in Haiti. One little girl wanted to send this kado (present) to a child in Haiti. It is her very own dollar, and her band-aids, and they are for you.' He shyly accepted them and agreed to pose for a photo before bounding off, ready to go back home."

I helped by giving money for Fundraisers with my family. I felt good because I helped the kids get good and stuff in Haiti.
Nadine,
Southgate, Michigan

Hey Kid Scoop,

We are 8th graders from Brownsburg west middle school and we just wanted to tell you what our NJHS students did to help Haiti. At first we had trouble because we all were concerned on how to help. We first wanted a food drive but then we contacted Red Cross and decided that we should raise money for them. But then we came to another problem at our school we can't just ask for money from the staff and students.

So finally we came up with a way that would be somewhat easy and involves the whole community to make awareness and raise money for Haiti. We had a spaghetti dinner!!! I was a huge success it was hard work but the end result made up all proud. We had slide shows running, music playing, waiters, cleaners (to remove waste and trash), servers, we had the works. We raised over 1,000 dollars! I can't tell you how happy we were to make 100 dollars but a 1,000 was just way over our expectations.
Thanks,
Brownsburg WEST NJHS

Dear Kid Scoop,

Our School helped by donating money, saying "thanks" to others who have also donated money to Haiti. We have donated $172.36 to Haiti thru the CLinton-Bush fund. Kids have even used money from ice cream to help. We hope that this money helps to make Haiti beautiful again. We thank you all for donating to help Haiti.
San Augustine Elementary Students
San Augustine, Texas

Hi, I'm Jennifer. I'm in 6th grade and the school I go to is Pittsburgh Public School. Me and my class help Haiti a lot. The last few weeks or so we've been gathering clothes, toys, shoes, and even puzzles. There are about 9 or 10 boxes of clothes and there are canned goods too. When I heard about the earthquake in Haiti it just hit me I was about to cry. And the earthquake was so bad and sad too. When we started talking about it I thought we could help. A friend of mine gave a report on Haiti and she said there were about 50 aftershocks. When I saw the pictures of what happened to Haiti, it just made me cry. A lot of people from the U.S.A are trying to help the Haiti people. And I'm trying to help too. When I was a baby I lived poor too at one point of my life too. We have about 22 bags of stuff that we still need to put in boxes. I hope all the people out of the buildings. The ones that are dead are in a better place and the ones that are alive are very happy to be alive. I am very sorry for the pope he died in the church. All I'm trying to say is I help Haiti and so did my class mates too. You can help too by giving your small clothes away and the toys you don't want or play with anymore.
Jennifer
Pittsburgh Public School

What I did to help Haiti was I help put pictures on the posters and write on it and we all work together. It made me feel happy because we are helping a country that doesn't have anything and has nothing to eat or have supplies, shoes, shirts. That's what I did to help Haiti.
Darlajia
Pittsburgh Public School

I helped Haiti by doing a drive at my school. I helped inform people by making posters to inform people about the drive. I also gave people information about how they are suffering and how they need our help. I also donated a big bag full of things. I encouraged people to do their own drive. I felt like I need to do something for them because they don't have anything while I do.
Raven
Pittsburgh Public School

I helped the people affected by the earthquake by having a donation drive. We collected clothes, shoes, blankets, pillows, stuffed animals, and toys. My class decided to send these objects because we have life easier here in Pittsburgh. We have many things here that are not necessities. So we are sending everything we can to help. My class and I will help make a difference in Haiti. Helping the affected people makes me feel proud because many people there have a more difficult life than me.
Gabrielle
Pittsburgh Public School

I help by bringing shoes, clothes, books also toys. I felt food about myself that helped Haiti. I started to think about Haiti and how there are hungry people. My and my friends at our Pittsburgh public school decided to collect items for Haiti. Now that we started collecting clothes and food, our classroom is full of clothes puzzles, shoes and underwear. I am proud to help Haiti and glad that i helped thousands of people.
Ledaja
Pittsburgh Public School

Hi there,

My third graders from Greenbrook Elementary created a book of haiku, "Haiku for Haiti" to help raise funds for the people in Haiti. For each book purchased, $3 goes directly to the people of Haiti.

Take a look at our published book! blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1156926
Cheri Eplin, Third Grade Teacher
Greenbrook Elementary School

Can Wars for Haiti
We, at Saint Clement Catholic School, participated in a can war between Kindergartner's through sixth grades in hopes of donating money for the people of Haiti. The devastating news has traveled to our homes, classrooms and into our hearts. We wanted to help!

You may ask why did we do this! We did this to raise money to send to the people in Haiti to help them through this most difficult time in their lives. Many have no water, food, shelter and other essentials to sustain life! Can you imagine not having any clothes to change into, no money to buy food, no store to buy that food at, and no place to call home. Many have bruises, cuts, and broken legs and arms to deal with on top of the loss of their community. Some have even lost those closest to them in the earthquake. We have prayed for them and now we are acting through our can war. We wanted to help!

Our sixth grade class got together and brainstormed ideas to help the people of Haiti with our can drive. We deiced the rules and presented them to all the classes at St. Clement. We encouraged everyone to bring in his or her cans as a grade to compete. All cans needed to be crushed and bagged. Anyone with Dr. Pepper cans were instructed not to crush them as they would be our "bombs" that would take away 5 cans from that grade. The contest was started on January 15, 2010 and will end on January 20, 2010. The grade with the most counted cans will win a pizza party! Everyone wanted to help!

The next day cans started coming in. We all were excited to help. Last Friday, while we where counting the cans for our class we found a dead baby mouse! It made us wonder what conditions in Haiti were like. Jack put on a glove and pulled it out. He threw it in the dumpster outside. We were thankful he was willing to help us. We also had to change the rules because it was taking too long to count all the cans and we wondered what else we might find. The new rules saved us some time because we decided to weigh the bags of cans instead. We were helping as a team!

The students collected 1,846 pounds of cans. We received 50 cents a pound, which totaled $923.00. With three donations of money, our grand total came to $1,173.00!

The people of Haiti are in need of many things but the most crucial are those items needed for daily living and survival! Over the last few days all the cans that were donated overwhelmed us at our school! We hope that our giving spirit and prayers will help many people in Haiti recover and encourage others to help as well.
Alyssa B, 6th grade
St. Clement School

I helped the people in Haiti by donating $5.00. I'm going to make a poster and show it to the dentist on February 1st, 2010. I think the $5.00 I donated will at least give the people 2 pairs of fresh clothes. I hope my money makes a GIANT DIFFERENCE!
Sincerely,
Neha K, 1st grade
John Muir Elementary

I am donating $10 to the American Red Cross. It makes me feel happy that I am helping the people of Haiti in this time of great need. For a ten year old boy that hardly gets money $10 is a lot of money but the people of Haiti need it more than I do. $10 can buy about 10 gallons of water that the Haitians need more than I do. With 10 galling of fresh and clean water may give about 30 very thirsty Haitians that aren't getting any water. That's why I'm donating $10 to the American Red Cross for the Haiti relief effort.
Ameya K, 5th grade
John Muir Elementary

I would get together with my school and raise money for Haiti. I would try to raise four hundred dollars for Haiti. I would send the money then I would start another fundraiser.
Skylar F
Western Jr. High

I would help by raising money. I could ask people to give money for people in Haiti. I could also sell stuff. My goal would be at least $500. It would be awesome if I raised more. If I raise $1,000 I would use some of that money to buy food and get water for the people of Haiti.
Hannah K
Western Jr. High

Dear Kid Scoop,
I helped by sending some of my mom's clothes to them. My mom's old clothes are all different sizes so many people can wear them. I hope the people of Haiti enjoy and like them.
Kylee S
Western Jr. High

Dear Haiti,
I am in grade 5. I go to Western Jr. High in Kinderhook. I helped my friends put up posters that said donate money to help out the Haiti to Red Cross around town and it really worked. They are donating money.
Morgan C
Western Jr. High

I helped the people that were affected by the earthquake by bringing donuts to sell at the bake sale. I brought money I had saved in my room. I bought a lot of toys and a tea set for my mom. All of the money from the sales will help a lot of people. I feel happy that the money I spent went to people that need it more than I do.
Eric, 3rd grade
St. Mary Magdalen

I helped Haiti by donating money and items. I also helped by buying goodies and items. Last, but not least, I donated extra money. ($5 dollars)
Jasmine, 3rd grade
St. Mary Magdalen

Today at school we had a sale to help people in Haiti. I donated some money too. I bought lots of toys and food. I felt good after donating all the money and buying some stuff.
Annalea, 3rd grade
St. Mary Magdalen

Nelson Counties Horizon Academy recently just had a luncheon and to raise money for the people in Haiti. We are going to have 3 of these. We are planning on giving the money to American Red Cross. The members of the student council that helped make this happen is Whitney L, Courtney T, Josh W, Rickey C, Natasha C, Josh M, Kevin C, Zach G, Braydon J, Taylor M, Dr. Debbie Edds, Mrs. Belinda Blatz and Mr. Scottie Collier. All these helped to make this successful.
Taylor M, 11th grade
Horizon Academy

Bake Sale in Haiti
On Tuesday, January 19 (Election Day), the fourth graders at Jackson Street School held a bake sale for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. All the students in the fourth grade thought it would be nice and fun to do a bake sale. The whole fourth grade is happy to say we raised $2082.31!!!!!! We are thrilled to be helping in Haiti because it makes us happy to help people in need. We are giving all the money to Partners in Health (a good organization that has been helping Haiti for years.) There is one last thing we would like to say... THANK YOU to the people who bought something, baked something or donated money!
Jenna S and Claire N, 4th grade
Jackson Street School

We (the Wieber kids - Roisin age 9, Quinn age 8, Moira age 5 and Tadgh age 3) do chores each week. Each day we earn 25 cents if we finish our chores. On Saturday our Dad pays us $1.00 if we did our chores all 6 days.

We all wanted to help. We learned in the "kids scoop" section how we could help. We each decided how much of our hard earned money to give. It added up to $13.36 cents.

Our Mom and Dad said they would "match" whatever we decided to give. So now we have $26.72 to send to Haiti.

Roisin says "I feel sad that there was an earthquake in Haiti, but I am happy to give them some of my money".
Quinn says "I was happy to give money to help a whole country".
Moira says "I feel proud and happy I am giving some of my money to Haiti".
Tadgh says "I feel happy".
We love the "Kidscoop" section,
Love the Wieber kids

As for my family and myself we donated money to the American Red Cross. My mom went on phone and she did text messenging (and they were doing matching donating and also there were websites that people could purchase T-shirts and other items. At my church we all donated Health Kits. I even made my Savings contributions at Giant , and Ukrop's. I also helped by posting posters to get collections of donations of clothing and canned goods and to make sure they got dropped off at its designated place(s).

It was a feeling that I knew that the people was going to be appreciative and that I am helping someone in need. It's the purpose of giving and not expecting to receive something in return. It's very rewarding and beneficial to people who are in really in need. It has made me feel happy, joyful, good and knowing that I was able to help in some way. I was reliable and in a good cause effort.
Rayne
Spotsylvania County

Many people in Haiti have been killed, endangered and sick because of an earthquake. So we need to help and support the people of Haiti that we love. People are helping right now by donating money. So help the people of Haiti now and make a better life for them.
Alexandra, 2nd grade

Here's an inspiring story of a seven-year-old London boy who was so saddened by the pictures coming from Haiti that he resolved to raise £500 (about $800) by riding his bike for 5 miles. His story has captured people's hearts around the world and so far he has now raised £120,000 ($192,000) for Unicef - the children's charity. Click here for the story.

Thank you to Caitlyn G, of Elizabethton, Tennessee for her generous donation and bandaids for Haiti. Below is her poster: