Mitchell Elementary students with Changemakers present check to Animal Aid | News [Video]

TULSA, Okla. — Students in Mitchell Elementary School’s Changemakers program presented a $250 check to Animal Aid of Tulsa.

“Tulsa Changemakers is an after-school leadership program,” explained Tulsa Changemakers Coach Lexi Goodnough. “We follow a listen-listen-act campaign where students will first listen to themselves about issues that they experience in their communities. They also hear from each other about each other’s issues. They then go out into the community and interview friends, family members, schools, staff, teachers, anyone they can talk to who will share their issues in their communities and then students get back together. They vote and they build consensus to decide which topic is the right topic for that time.”

Goodnough said the cause the students at Mitchell Elementary School chose for this year was to help stray animals in need.

“It’s incredibly important. In fact, one of the days that we were hosting our fundraiser there …