Teacher raises $70,000 to feed Ferguson, Mo., children.. UPDATED: Over $100.000 & Counting! [View all]

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A schoolteacher from Raleigh, N.C., has helped raise more than $70,000 in just five days to feed the children of Ferguson, according to FeedTheStudents.org.

Julianna Mendelsohn, 33, started a Fundly campaign on Aug. 14 with the aim to raise $80,000 for the St Louis Area Foodbank. The teacher said she was driven by the fact that many children in the U.S. rely on school for their only meals.

"When I found out school had been canceled for several days as a result of the civil unrest, I immediately became worried for the students in households with food instability," Mendelsohn wrote on the site. "With school out, kids are undoubtedly going hungry."

Because of ongoing protests, officials for the Ferguson-Florissant School District announced Monday night they were pushing back the first day of classes to Aug. 25. School had been scheduled to start Aug. 14 for the more than 11,000 students in the district, which encompasses all or part of 11 communities."

More to the story..
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/19/feedferguson-raises-money-for-kids/14272499/

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EDIT: Beaverhausen http://www.feedthestudents.org/