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Ridgewood School Helps Kidney Foundation

By QNS Editorial Posted on May 30, 2013

Fifth-graders at St. Matthias School in Ridgewood recently held a dress-down day to raise funds for the National Kidney Foundation. As noted, the students collected $1,000 in donations from their peers for the privilege of not wearing their uniform for a class day. The funds will be sent to the foundation for its efforts to help treat patients battling various kidney ailments and diseases. The fifth-grade Class 5B is pictured with the poster they made for the fund-raiser. They are (front row, left to right) Matthew Sacktig, Mauel Benitez, Zarahi Diaz, Preston Jennings, Jaime Barrios and Robert King; and (back row, left to right) Stephanie Paez, Bianca Rodriguez, Gabriela Sieszynska, Priscilla Estevez, Amanda Rios, Roselyn Sosa, Hannah Santana, Theresa Chin, Mark Durak, Bartosz Orzechowski, Angel Vasconez, Matthew Wawrzak, James Sudern and David Fernandez.

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