Koins for Kids

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Neighbors | Submitted.Aiden Thompson (middle) and his grandmother Alice Colella were interviewed by Dan Rivers from WKBN 570 Radio regarding the donation from Poland Union Elementary School to Akron Chrildren's Hospital through the Koins for Kids program.

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Neighbors | Submitted.Aiden Thompson held a copy of Denise Brennan Nelson's book "Penny, the Forgotten Coin," which was donated to the hospital from the students and staff at Poland Union Elementary.

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Neighbors | Submitted.Alice Colella and her grandson, Aiden Thompson, gave a check to Jim Brown, from Handel's, and a copy of the book "Penny, the Forgotten Coin" for the patients at Akron Children's Hospital.

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Neighbors | Submitted.Aiden Thompson and his grandmother, Alice Colella, talked with Jim Brown from Handel's and Dan Rivers from WKBN 570 AM Radio.

Poland Union Elementary School participated in the Koins for Kids program this year, sponsored by Handels Ice Cream.

The students in kindergarten through fourth grade were asked to bring in coins of any denomination in the month of December. Each year, the school donates to a charity at holiday time. This year, the students and staff collected the coins and donated them to Akron Children’s Hospital through the Koins for Kids program.

Each student who brought in any amount of coins was given a snowman that they wrote their name on and then hung it on one of three Christmas trees in the building.

The donations were collected at Perkins Restaurant in Boardman Dec. 17. Representing Poland Union Elementary School was first-grade teacher Alice Colella and her grandson, Aiden Thompson, a student at Poland Union preschool.

Aiden was chosen to help present the check by Carmella Smallhoover, the school principal, because he had been a former patient at the hospital.

Poland Union students and staff donated $655.

In November, Denise Brennan Nelson, author of “Penny, the Forgotten Coin,” visited the school. Her visit was due to second-grade teacher Lynne Stoll winning a contest. The story’s theme was that every coin counts even if it is a penny.

The money was donated in her honor along with a copy of “Penny, the Forgotten Coin” to the children of Akron Children’s Hospital in Boardman.