More than 400 members of the Public School 269 community in Brooklyn, NY ran a quarter of a mile to raise more than $3,000 for Haiti.

This Brooklyn neighborhood has a large Haitian population, and the students wanted to do something to help. As Justin Mercure, a 10-year-old Haitian-American fifth-grader, told
the New York Daily News, "I'm excited to get to run for my country." He raised $150 and said, "I asked everybody in my building. They were willing to help out."

Said fifth-grader Tiana Lacaille, "I feel good helping a country that I am not from, especially for my friends' families."

This community came together with the help of Mighty Milers, a New York Road Runners program that promotes fitness in city schools.

You can find the full text of the New York Daily News article here.