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Pasta for Pennies drive raises $5.2 million for charity ...
Olive Garden said students who participated in its annual Pasta for Pennies fundraiser raised $5.2 million nationwide for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society....
More than 2 million elementary, middle and high school students collected spare change in classrooms across the country during the three-week program.
The money collected through student contributions supports research and services at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
The classroom in each school that collected the most funds receives a pasta party served by a local Olive Garden restaurant. The Pasta for Pennies program has raised more than $36 million since its inception in 1994.
Olive Garden is operated by Orlando-based Darden Restaurants Inc.
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