Kids & Family

Girls' Summer Project for Wounded Marines Gets More Help

The girls collecting bottles and cans to raise funds for the Semper Fi Foundation got a little help from some neighbors recently.

By now most of you may know what a handful of schoolgirls are doing for their summer vacation.

But, if you're not, here's a quick primer: They all decided that since they weren't going to summer school, they'd spend the summer collecting bottles and cans to , a group founded by the family of that helps wounded Marines and those close to them.

During the , the girls followed along and were able to . After the parade, 9-year-old student Allanah Roberts and her father Bill dropped off even more bottles and cans.

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Sherman Chu, the father of two of the girls in this project, shared a few photos of the drop off and this blurb:

9-year-old Creekside Elementary School Student Allanah Roberts and father Bill Roberts just dropped off her own collection of cans and bottles to our home. She recycles to save up money for her vacations. Her father Bill read the story about the girls' Summer Project and she was thrilled to donate to their cause. This is a summer the girls will remember for the rest of their lives. And I took her on a Pedi Cab ride!

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If you'd like to donate your recyclables to the girls email Sherman Chu.


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