Four Olathe middle school students collecting goods for kids at school with special needs

Four metro girls are spending some of their lunch hour collecting supplies for a special needs class at Mission Trail Middle School in Olathe.

“The whole reason why we’re doing this project is because we’re reading ‘Flower for Algernon.’ The lead character has a disability. It made me feel like I wanted to help and do something,” Kolby Brown said.

This may have started out as a class project. Now, it’s turned into something even bigger.

Right now, Kolby and her friends, Laci Lister, Lydia Fink and Emmy Harkrader are collecting everything from laundry detergent to board games.

“We asked her (special needs teacher) her specific needs. What do you not have enough of? What do you need new?” Lister said.

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