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Students learn about water, empathy, citizenship in fundraising effort
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A 2018 photo of Jenny Prom's second grade class at Crescent Elementary with members of the delegation that visited Rhinelander. They took water filters back with them to Africa, purchased with funds raised by these students. Submitted photos.
By Eileen Persike
Editor
What do Rhinelander third graders and clean water in Africa have in common? Many things, as it turns out. The students are in the final days of a “penny challenge” to raise money for water filters to provide clean drinking water for villages in several African countries.