Grade 4 students Vivien Avinou and Carter Gilchrist present HALO's Paul Carolan with $410.60 on Thursday after selling their Eco Bee Kind Food Wraps at the school.--SUBMITTED PHOTO
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Grade 4 students at River Heights Elementary School got together Wednesday to sell eco-friendly food wraps in support of HALO.
Two classes of the students work together every year to sell their Eco Bee Kind Food Wraps. This year the teachers and students in charge of the student-run business decided HALO would be a good cause to support.
Teacher Sherry Avinou is proud of the students for raising $410.60.
“We decided that this would be a great year to show support for HALO,” she said. “We run this business every year and it is a great way to teach the students about math, social studies and language arts.”
The business was established as a way to reduce plastic consumption in the Hat. The wraps are fabric and coated in beeswax as an alternative to single-use plastics.
