Last month we told you about 7 year old Salima Barrow's mission to fundraise for children living with cancer.
It's a mission funded by proceeds from a Limeade stand. Today she set up the stand at her school.
Under the theme Children Helping Children, Salima and her Standard 1 classmates at Hummingbird Elementary held a Limeade sale during their lunch break.
The juices were going for only 2 dollars but their ambitions are far greater. We spoke to her teacher:..
Sonia Bennett - Std. 1 teacher
"This initiative is an effort to help the cancer children down in Dangriga. They are selling limeade to support the children down there who are sick with cancer."
"They are divided into 4 groups and as you can see we have the ice group, we have the servers, here are the people who are serving the juice and over there we have the people who are collecting the money."
Reporter
"Can you tell us about the enthusiasm for the children while preparing for this?"
Sonia Bennett - Std. 1 teacher
"Oh my gosh! I can't keep this still. I could keep them in check at all. They are so excited about this whole thing."
Salima Barrow, Std. 1 student
"We were serving the limeade juice."
Monica Bodden
"What were you doing Haley?"
Hayley Thurton
"I was getting the ice."
Student
"I was serving."
Gianna Saldivar
"I was collecting the money."
Sofia Solano, Std. 1 student
"I was putting the ice in the cups."
Monica Bodden
"Tell me a little bit about getting prepared for this this morning?"
Salima Barrow, Std. 1 student
"We were very excited."
Sofia Solano, Std. 1 student
"We just wanted to help the children with cancer because it's a very strong sickness and so we want to give them the money so that they can buy what they need - their medicine and stuff to help them get better."
Monica Bodden
"Did you come out and support the limeade stand out at the BTL Park?"
Sofia Solano, Std. 1 student
"No, I didn't go there. I don't know why, maybe my mom was busy. I don't why I didn't go."
Monica Bodden
"But today you are helping out right?"
Sofia Solano, Std. 1 student
"Yes."
The earnings from this afternoon sale will be added to the two thousand, fifty one dollars and 20 cents that was already fundraised and arrangements will be made to visit the cancer treatment center in Dangriga where the money will be handed over.
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