By Rhonda Iovino, Times Correspondent
Friday, December 24, 2010
Students at Sugar ‘N Spice Learning Center of Clearwater make cookies to raise money for an orphanage in Haiti. The kids are, from left, Jack Greenwood, Jarvis Boatwright, Ariyanna Resto, Kenyon Boswell and Josiah Jones.
CLEARWATER — It all started in April with the letter C.
Fatima Talbird, a prekindergarten instructor for ages 4 and 5, said teachers were helping students at Sugar 'N Spice Learning Center learn words that start with C, like "cat" and "care."
But in the aftermath of the January earthquake in Haiti, they decided to expand on their lesson.
"I guess because of the earthquake, we were gathering our words and we were talking about caring. And it led to children helping children, and we talked about what they could do," Talbird said.
A letter went home to parents, asking them to send in $1 each, so ...