It was a day of recognition and giving at Pella Middle School Thursday. The seventh grade social studies classes presented checks to non-profit organizations, which has become a long-standing tradition from a fundraising concession stand at winter activities. Hear more about the check presentation on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.

Crisis Canines – $1000 (presented by Eden Jones, Ellie Hardman, Gabi McAninch & Cora Terlouw)

Marion County Humane Society – $650 (presented by Camille VandeLune & Elizabeth Sharkey)

SWIM for Him – $400 (presented byOlivia VanBeek, Lily Zimmerman & Danielle Smith)

Freedom House – $800 (Mackenzie Faber, Jasmine Buse & Anna Hartman)

Many Hands – $400 Kevin (presented by Paige Pfoltner, Piper Hastings, Nora Schroder & Justice Bailey)

Care Bags – $300 (presented by Evelyn Tjeersdsma)

Sensory Wall at Lincoln Elementary – $300 (presented by Beau Visselman & Reagan Cross)

Pella Middle School — IPAD and Movie Theatre – $600 (presented by GW Grimm & Silis Vos) – not pictured

A group of seventh and eighth grade students were also recognized for their character by the Pella Middle School student council:

Seventh grade – Khy Edgeton, Keegan Shaw, Emmett Manning, Evelyn Tjeerdsma, Mercy Cranmer, Whitley Sorheim

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Eighth grade – Zylie Hoekstra, Nina Carlton, Ady VanEssen, Drake Nominee Maddox Bare, Henry Place, Andrew Roe