Monday, December 17, 2007

Newport elementary students give to struggling New Hampshire town

Giving back to Groveton

By LORNA COLQUHOUN

New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent

Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007
NORTHUMBERLAND – Lessons learned in Groveton yesterday weren't out of a math or English book but in a delivery of rice from a school 1,500 miles away and a donation of presents by an Exeter High School senior.

In the season of giving, elementary school students in Newport, Ark., spent several weeks collecting rice to send to students at Groveton High School and Groveton Elementary School after hearing that the town's largest employer, Wausau Paper, would be shutting down at the end of the year, putting more than 300 people out of work.

Complete article at: "http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Giving+back+to+Groveton&articleId=bae7e6bc-ccce-494e-a0e8-6f3513c3a1d1"

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