More than $2,200 was raised over a four-day period last week to benefit a first-grader struggling with a rare illness.

Marci Jones, a first-grade teacher at Stourbridge Primary Center, was moved to launch the effort for Meadow Quinn after reading about her in The Wayne Independent and seeing a story about her on WNEP. Jones, a first-grader student at Wallenpaupack North Primary School, has Neurofibromatosis ­ -- a tumor disorder without a cure. Wallenpaupack is running a “Big Give” effort to raise $70,000 for Quinn. 

Wayne Highlands, Western Wayne and Wallenpaupack school districts have closed their campuses today due to poor road conditions following Tuesday' night's storm.

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