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WEBVTT A FIRST GRADER WHO IS GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME. >> SOMETIMES KIDS JUST MAKE YOU STEP BACK AND SAY WOW. CLASSES HAD JUST STARTED IN SEPTEMBER AT THE TINY BATH VILLAGE SCHOOL WHEN FIRST GRADER SAWYER FENOFF LOST HIS MOTHER TO CANCER. THE STAFF AND 77 STUDENTS GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH ALL SIGNED A SYMPATHY CARD AND WERE, ESSENTIALLY, HEARTBROKEN. >> WE FELT AS UPPER GRADES AND AS A STAFF WE REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING MORE AND A COUPLE , OF STUDENTS CAME FORWARD AND REALLY WERE SHARING THEIR FEELINGS. >> EVERY OTHER YEAR, THE FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADERS HERE TAKE A TRIP TO BOSTON. THEY WALK THE FREEDOM TRAIL, RIGHT THE DUCK BOATS AND EVEN , GET A TOUR OF FENWAY PARK. THEY STARTED RAISING MONEY LAST YEAR, THROUGH PENNY SALES AND THE LIKE, BUT THE KIDS DECIDED TO TAKE THAT AND GIVE TO THEIR $1500 SCHOOL MATE. >> BOSTON IS A TRIP THAT THEY LOOK FORWARD TO PRETTY MUCH SINCE KINDERGARTEN AND SO FOR , THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR TRIP THAT'S A LOT FOR THEM BUT THEY , KNOW WHAT SAWYER'S GOING THROUGH AND WHAT HIS FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH. >> IT'S KIND OF MIXED FEELINGS OF HAPPINESS AND SADNESS BECAUSE I FEEL SAD THAT HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY, BUT I FEEL HAPPY THAT'S WE'RE DOING THIS FOR HIM. >> I FEEL REALLY BAD AND I WISH THAT I COULD HELP EVEN MORE THAN I AM. >> SO THERE'S NO BOSTON TRIP FOR THESE BOYS AND GIRLS. THE MONEY IS GOING INTO AN ACCOUNT SET UP FOR SAWYER AT A LOCAL BANK AND THE SCHOOL IS , HOPING TO ORGANIZE ANOTHER FUND RAISER IN THE SPRING. IF THESE KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE,

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Update Nov. 6, 12:20 p.m. -- Timothy Cariganan told WMUR on Sunday that they have raised more than needed for their goal. "The response has been so overwhelming. We are so thankful for this outpouring," said Cariganan. He said that the extra funds will be donated to Sawyer Fenoff and his father. If you would like to make a donation, you can visit their GoFundMe page. --Previous story below--- A group of elementary school students are making a big sacrifice to help another student who is going through a very tough time. A first-grader at the Bath Village School lost his mother to cancer about two months ago. The boys and girls in the fifth and sixth grades wanted to do something special for him, and they did. Classes had just started in September at the tiny school when Sawyer Fenoff lost his mother to cancer. The staff and 77 students in kindergarten through sixth grade all signed a sympathy card but knew that they wanted to do more. "We felt as upper grades and as a staff, we really wanted to do something more, and a couple of students came forward and really started sharing their feelings," fifth-grade teacher Timothy Carignan said. Every other year, the fifth- and sixth-graders take a trip to Boston. They walk the Freedom Trail, ride the Duck Boats and even get a tour of Fenway Park. The classes started raising money last year, but the students decided to take the $1,500 they raised and give it to their schoolmate. "Boston is a trip that they look forward to pretty much since kindergarten, and so for them to give up their trip, that’s a lot for them, but they know what Sawyer’s going through and what his family is going through," sixth-grade teacher Leslie Waterman said. "It’s kind of mixed feelings of happiness and sadness, because I feel sad that his mother passed away, but I feel happy that we’re doing this for him," fifth-grader Dory Roy said. "I feel really bad, and I wish that I could help even more than I am," sixth-grader Aidan Lewis said. The money will go into an account set up for Sawyer at a local bank, and the school is hoping to organize another fundraiser in the spring.