How about those of you complaining about sending money to help those who had nothing to begin with, stop complaining and do something about it and help those here in Janesville and America who can use your help.

I thought President Obama was supposed to be taking care of our joblessness???????? Joke.

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Bobb: I give to my community and I gave to Haiti. The last time I checked though we didn't have 200,000 people die and have the infrastructure of our government crumble because of a natural disaster. The situation over there is much more dire than anything in the states. It is a great way to teach our youth to be charitable. If you want change so badly then why not do something about it? Why don't you start a charity for local matters only?? You said you're not waiting for your handout but yet you complain about how bad off we all are over here in the U.S. Either start a charity, relocate to where there are jobs or quit complaining.

bobb1951, and others against teaching these students to think about the wider world around them and how they can make it better:
Your points would be valid IF these students weren't first shown how they can help the immediate world around them and how they can make it better.
These students, ALL of Milton's students (and I suspect students from around the country) are shown and encouraged from the beginning of their school careers (yes, including preschool) how to share with their neighbors in their community.
Specifically, Milton schools are direct major "suppliers" of their local food pantry from the beginning of the school year through the end of the school year and often in-between school years. Should they not also be shown that there is a world beyond that where they can also make a difference in the lives of ordinary people everywhere? They are not choosing one over the other, but you can be sure their collective hearts are ALWAYS open to their neighbors first. Maybe they just had some heart left over. We should all be so fortunate.
As others have pointed out, your woes ARE thought about by your neighbors and many do what they can to help in their immediate area, but they choose to also aid these distant people in their emergency. But while you are reading this from a computer over your available internet connection, the people that this article is highlighting as needing help right now often don't even have a pot......

this is not an event that could cure local problems...but it is an event that teaches our children the value of helping others. regardless of whether you think the 'others' are the right 'others' or not. this is a GOOD idea. rock the beard mr kleist youve got some of my pennies coming your way!!

Bobb, you must lead a very sad, depressing life.

It's too bad someone always has to complain about stories like this. They do also raise money and have food drives for the local food pantry.

I agree with Napalm and Bobb, keep our money here! Here it comes, I am ducking!!! Last time I wrote this I got a lot of p__p slung my way! Watch out!

sorry but i feel the same as bobb. our school was doing the same thing in raising money for other countries. i dont agree with it at all we have people here that dont have shelter, food, or clothing. we need to take care of our own before we worry about others! dont agree with me talk crap to me whatever this is how i feel. and no i did not send money to school with my daughter!

My kids love this program, they hit me up for 20 bucks each, they have 2 of the teachers, Devine and Sersch, sorry guys they wanted to do this to you....LOL, its all fun and for a good cause

No matter how "bad" the economy is here, we have it far better off than most Hatians, disaster or not. In fact, anyone making more than $5000/year makes more than 95% of the worlds population.

bobb1951, did you wake up under the wrong side of your rock today?
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The money is not going to the dysfunctional government in Haiti. The American Red Cross distributes aid directly.
http://www.redcross.org/www-files/Docume...
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And even though we are going through a tremendously stressful recession and terminally slow recovery, the United States remains the richest country on Earth, with 30% of the world's economy for under 5% of the globe's population.

Nice story.