Kids Take Part In Red Nose Day, Learn About Child Poverty

WESTHAMPTON BEACH — Students with red noses in Westhampton Beach Wednesday weren't just clowning around.

Westhampton Beach Elementary School first-graders in Meaghan Moran’s class took part in Red Nose Day on May 24, the district said.

The students wore red noses and learned about childhood poverty. Students watched informational videos, read a story about a boy in Africa who lives in an orphanage and wrote down ways that they can help those in need.

“The students were very moved by the lesson,” Moran said

According to the rednoseday.org website, "Red Nose Day is a fundraising campaign run by the non-profit organization Comic Relief Inc., a registered U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity. Red Nose Day brings people together to have fun, raise money and change the lives of kids who need our help the most."

Red Nose Day launched in the United States in 2015, the site said, focused on ending child poverty nationwide and internationally; globally, Red Nose Day has raised over $1 billion since its launch in the UK in 1988.

Photo courtesy of the Westhampton Beach School District.