A group of Turrill Elementary School students held fund raisers recently and collected $300 for the American Association of Zoo Keepers for the preservation of endangered animals.Students in Mrs. Cheryl Roy’s fifth grade class and Mrs. Phyllis Van Horn’s split fifth and sixth grade class held a two-day bake sale, a stuffed animal day and an East/West Day to raise the money.
“I’m proud of all the students for taking an active interest in such an important issue and raising money for it,” said Mrs. Roy.
According to AAZK’s website, the organization “supports the promotion and implementation of zookeeper education and strives to make the general public aware of our concern for all deserving conservation projects and the need for the preservation of our natural resources and the species that depend on those resources.”
