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10
SPRING
2013
The public school officials were waiting at the door to meet their donors who had come to see the school for themselves. More
specifically, the benefactors had come to see the bathrooms which were said to be in an undesirable condition.
As the officials approached, six third-graders – accompanied by two teachers – stepped off the IC bus.
The eight-year-olds were representing the French and English sections of IC. During the Christmas holiday, they and their class-
mates had worked very hard to earn enough money to buy the public school new sanitary equipment.
Some were paid for doing chores at home. Some sold their artwork or belongings. Some worked for a few days in a parents’ shop.
Others held ‘lemonade-for-sale’ stands.
The Donors