The Bodine School students collected 110lbs.in can tabs this school year for the Ronald McDonald House, a home for families who are in Memphis while their child is receiving treatment for cancer or another catastrophic illness at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Francesca Yasseri, a second grade student at Bodine, says "You look at this tiny can tab and don’t think it can’t do anything, but a lot of tiny things built this house.” The students delivered the can tabs to the Ronald McDonald House and were thanked by the staff for helping support the facility that offers families a bright, safe and free place to stay while their child undergoes treatment at the hospital.
The reason students collect the tabs instead of the whole can is because the tab is made of a purer, higher-grade aluminum and there is more money to be made from the tab itself.
