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LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD: Rural Iowa school gives teens opportunity to travel [Video]

  • Students at the Hamburg Charter High School in Hamburg, Iowa are raising money for a school trip to Europe. We met up with them at their school in Hamburg to hear about their fundraising efforts.
  • The superintendent of schools, Dr. Mike Wells says that, without a big fundraising effort, this trip would be out of reach for most of his students. Fremont County has one of the highest poverty rates in Iowa.
  • We spoke with three students who are signed up for the trip and have big goals for their futures.
  • “It’s definitely something that I think everyone needs to experience is traveling and – being stuck in one place … and not ever seeing how the rest of the world lives, it just gives you perspective on life,” said senior student Paycee Holmes, 17.
  • Learn more about Hamburg Community School District: hamburgcsd.org

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:

“I’m Jacelyn Huntley”

“Paycee Holmes”

“I’m Keith Thompson”

And I’m Katrina Markel at Hamburg Charter …

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Community rallies around local nonprofits for Give BIG Green Bay fundraising event [Video]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) Nonprofit representatives gathered at Johnsonville Tailgate Village Wednesday at noon for the kickoff to Give BIG Green Bay 2024. The 24-hour giving day event, hosted by the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation in partnership with the Green Bay Packers Foundation, encourages everyone to learn about and support participating nonprofits serving []