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Plantation Key School Students Save Lives Around the World with Measles Book, Host Book Signing Monday, May 14

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (171 words) – What can a dollar really do any more? In the U. S. it can’t even buy a cup of coffee. But around the globe $1 can save a life through the Red Cross Measles Initiative by providing a measles vaccine. When students in the character education and art class at Plantation Key Middle School (PKS) heard about this life-saving possibility they wanted to be the change.

PKS students created an original full color children’s book called “Have No Fear, Walk With Me.” The public is invited to their book signing event Monday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m. at PKS. All proceeds benefit the Red Cross Measles Initiative.

Monroe Youth Challenge Program, who initiated the $1,000 Monroe County Service Learning mini-grant that made the project possible, is a project of the Monroe County Education Foundation to foster acceptance, respect, and success in the youth of Monroe County. For more information contact Michele Sutter at (305) 852-1664. To save a life with $1 or purchase a book, email Donna.Brinkman@Keysschools.com or Joanne Dunn Joanne.Dunn@KeysSchools.com.