School supports oil spill cleanup

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 4:00 a.m. June 9, 2010
  • East County
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First-graders in Cris Edwards’ class at McNeal Elementary School collected 143 bottles of Dawn dishwashing liquid as a project to assist in the cleanup efforts for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The soap will be donated to Save Our Seabirds.

 

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