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Fourth-Graders Raise $10 M to Save Eagle Habitat

5/18/2026

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Story summary

Fourth-grade students have opened lemonade stands and bake sales to raise $10 million for a shoreline parcel protecting bald eagles.
Sara Stinson’s class backs the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust’s Moon Camp purchase, with a July deadline and 25 % of the $10 million already raised.
Students started fundraising after hearing the shoreline might become luxury housing, while a 24/7 webcam monitors the eagles Jackie, Shadow, their chicks, and endemic ash-gray Indian paintbrush.

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Story summary

Fourth-grade students have opened lemonade stands and bake sales to raise $10 million for a shoreline parcel protecting bald eagles.
Sara Stinson’s class backs the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust’s Moon Camp purchase, with a July deadline and 25 % of the $10 million already raised.
Students started fundraising after hearing the shoreline might become luxury housing, while a 24/7 webcam monitors the eagles Jackie, Shadow, their chicks, and endemic ash-gray Indian paintbrush.