A group of Grade 7 students in Surrey, B.C., have already raised thousands of dollars for COVID-19 relief in India and they’re hoping to collect even more with an art auction next week.

Teacher Dale Cope’s class at Newton’s Khalsa School wanted to make a difference for the people of India, and so they spent two weeks gathering belongings they were willing to part with and buying snacks to sell at a table set up in the school’s hallway.

They’ve