Students at Meadowbrook Elementary have shown that even the smallest hands can make a big difference.  The second grade classes of Janet Brubakken and Kara Schroeder have collectively raised over $400 for the Red Cross Haiti Relief efforts since the devastating earthquake took place on January 12, 2010. 

Tomorrow at 10:30 am Black Hills Area Chapter Executive Director Richard Smith will be presented with the funds and will speak to the students about what their fundraising efforts will help accomplish in Haiti and how the Red Cross is helping the people who were victims of the earthquake. 

“The outpouring of the community in response to the Haiti earthquake has been tremendous. Its times like this that the best comes out in our community,” explains Smith. 

The Black Hills Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, a nonprofit organization, continues to provide services to the Black Hills and throughout Western South Dakota in times of need. We do not receive federal monies for operations. Our mission is to provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Because of donors and volunteers, we are able to provide food, clothing, shelter, health and mental health services to clients and help them get through the emergency. 
  
The Black Hills Chapter of the American Red Cross is a United Way Member Agency.