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Hinsdale D-181 Students Raise $15K For Ukraine

The six girls made and delivered more than 400 bracelets as part of the effort.

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Walker Elementary students Maddie Wenzel, Mila and Chloe Feeney, Savannah Wiklund, Rowan Flood and Rosie Abramson took part in the fundraiser. All the girls are in second grade, except Chloe Feeney, who is in kindergarten.
Walker Elementary students Maddie Wenzel, Mila and Chloe Feeney, Savannah Wiklund, Rowan Flood and Rosie Abramson took part in the fundraiser. All the girls are in second grade, except Chloe Feeney, who is in kindergarten. (Courtesy of Erica Dietz Marano, Cute as a Button Photography)

CLARENDON HILLS, IL – Six students from Walker Elementary School in Clarendon Hills raised $15,000 for Ukraine relief efforts.

On Monday, they made and delivered 430 handmade yellow and blue Rainbow Loom bracelets as part of a fundraiser.

When Rainbow Loom heard about the effort, it contributed $2,000.

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"We are so proud of our Walker students and their inspirational efforts to help those in need," Walker Principal Eric Chisausky said in a statement.

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