Students at Joe Cook Fine Arts Magnet School in Columbus recently collected more than 2,000 pencils for children in Brazil who cannot attend school without one. Pencils will be delivered in June by a First Baptist Church of Columbus Brazil Mission Team that will build a chapel and perform medical work. Pictured in front are students Albany Mercer, left, and Kinsley Hendricks. Behind them, from left, are Dee Davis, school counselor Lisa Elmore and Karen Hall. Davis and Hall are members of the FBC mission team.
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