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Third graders at Oak Grove School follow business plan to feed kids in Haiti

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Mark Crea, CEO of Feed My Starving Children, thanks students during a visit to Maria Luce's third-grade class Monday at Oak Grove School in Green Oaks. The students made and sold more than 2,000 bookmarks and raised $700 for the organization.

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Sample bookmarks made by Maria Luce's third-grade class were presented Monday to Mark Crea, CEO of Feed My Starving Children.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

Sarah Dowden, a third-grader at Oak Grove School in Green Oaks, explains the process for making and selling bookmarks during a visit Monday from Mark Crea, CEO of Feed My Starving Children. The students sold more than 2,000 bookmarks and raised $700 for the organization.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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A third-grade class at Oak Grove School in Green Oaks formed a company to raise funds for hungry children in Haiti. Their effort raised abouit $700 and earned a visit of thanks Monday from the CEO of Feed My Starving Children. "Kids provide a significant amount of the volunteering and support," CEO Mark Crea said. "It's kids feeding kids."

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