HEBRON — Some students at the Hebron Station School are making a difference.

Sixth-gradeers Hayley Pinard, Sarah Malo, Hannah Hartnett and Jayra Bray decided they wanted to make sure people in the area have good, clean clothes to wear. So they put the word out to their fellow students.

By Tuesday the girls had 938 items of clothing for the Salvation Army and more was expected before the week ends.

At first the group thought about sending the clothes to an orphanage, but they wanted to make a local impact. When they heard the Salvation Army was in need of items they jumped at the chance.

“They called my house twice,” Bray said of the messages her family received from the Salvation Army about their needs.

Pinard said the students worked on the school’s Peace Day earlier this year and were so excited about the results, they asked school counselor Greg Grisby if there was something else that they could do. Make A Difference Day came to the mind.

Make a Difference Day is a nationwide effort that brings in several million volunteers each year. The idea was created by USA Weekend magazine, which last weekend announced the winners. Included was Auburn, Maine, for a plan by Maine McDonald’s owners and operators to stage five projects statewide to benefit the Ronald McDonald Houses of Maine.

As part of their project, the Hebron girls are giving each student a raffle ticket as they bring in donations. On Friday, they will pick the winning ticket. The winner will receive a large Easter basket.

The items donated have ranged from new bags of socks to a bicycle and designer clothes.

“We’re giving people a chance for us to give people clothes they don’t have,” Bray said.

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