In this season of giving, most of us have a shopping list for family and friends. Ten girls in the 6th grade at Bluffton Middle School set their sights on a bigger circle.

The girls decided to make and sell more than 60 dozen cookies to help their classmates with overdue lunch charges. Over 110 students in the elementary and middle school have been helped by their donation of $900.

In a letter addressed to Bluffton Exempted Village Schools, the girls said, "We hope this will spread cheer and benefit some of the students in need. 'Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.'" The letter was signed by Evie Boyles, Piper Culver, Ari Goings, Leah Granger, Morgan Martini, Adalynn Rettig, Madelyn Sterrett, Anya Thompson, Bella Walters and Kaydence Welch.

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Money raised beyond that $900 was donated to Amanda Markley and her family. Markley is a Bluffton Elementary school teacher who is battling breast cancer.

Middle School principal Josh Kaufman remarked, “In a world today that often pegs this generation as lazy, unmotivated, and not always in a positive light, this is a prime example that there is so much good left in the world.” Kaufman hopes that such kindness “can provide hope that in the Christmas season that hope can prevail.”