Albany Students pay it forward.
In this March 5 photo, New Scotland Elementary School fifth-graders in Kim McDonough and Kristen Clancy's class shower coins and dollars on Rylyn Swierzewski, center, a Hackett Middle School sixth-grader and New Scotland alum who is a leukemia survivor. After Rylyn spoke to the class about her illness, the New Scotland students decided to hold a coin drive to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In three weeks, they raised $1,457. New Scotland Elementary is one of 12 elementary schools in the City School District of Albany. (Lisa Angerame)