“When appropriate, help someone else” is one of five simple rules practiced by Emily Brittain Elementary in Butler, Pa. Following that credo in helping other schools recover from Hurricane Katrina earned the group recognition for an Outstanding Job on a Completed Major Project in 2006. In late fall 2005, Emily Brittain adopted Saucier Elementary in Mississippi as part of the school’s Kids Helping Kids project. Organizers collected goods that overflowed boxes, and within months, shipments were arriving not only from Emily Brittain but from five other Butler schools that Emily Brittain’s parent group leaders had reached out to. All told, Emily Brittain managed to collect and ship nearly 11 tons of goods to Saucier—so much that Saucier began distributing extra items to other schools in need.
