Kids lined up in a Mount Airy Middle School classroom, the four sets of desks used as stations — poster making; soil filling; and watering, seed planting and label cutting.
Like an assembly line, the small group went to work filling compostable cups with soil and water, while others tucked flower seeds into the moistened dirt. The flowers — once grown — will be sold for Mother's Day.
And while the flowers will ultimately be bought for a mom, an aunt, a family friend, the proceeds will go much, much farther from home.
Students in multiple Mount Airy Middle School clubs are working toward this year's Mother's Day sale, which will run from May 8 to May 12.
The money made from the sale will go to a local organization, A is for Africa, with which the school partners. The organization is a "501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to improving the safety, well being and prosperity of the children of Tanzania by working directly with local communities to increase access to education," according to its website.
Last year, the school's fundraiser helped the kids in Africa get new computers, Nickole McGurk, a sixth-grade social studies teacher at the school, said. Last year, kids raised just over $1,000 for the organization, she said.
"The money continues to grow every year," McGurk said. "Hopefully we'll be able to top that this year."
William Stromberg started with making posters to advertise the Mother's Day sale. William, a sixth-grader at the school, is in the Green Club and loves being a part of a club that helps the environment, and helps others, he said.
"Some people don't have it as lucky as we do," he added.
In addition to the Mother's Day sale, the kids have been doing a change drive collecting coins. William donated to that, too, he said.
It's important to help others, he said. Not everyone has as much — some people don't have food or water, William said.
"We want them to be able to survive and have a good life," he added.
Taylor Evans worked making earrings for the sale, sliding beads into different designs. She likes getting to be creative, she said.
And while it's fun making the jewelry, Taylor, a seventh-grader at the school, knows it's important to help others, particularly the kids in Africa.
"They're a lot less fortunate than us, and they don't have as much," she said.
Being in Unity Club has taught her about being kind and helping others, Taylor said. They've learned about being together, and about how they're all the same, no matter age or skin color.
"You can all be one," she said.
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