Among the 3,257 students in Southern California Conference academies and elementary schools, students at Adventist Union School (AUS) in Bellflower donated more than $464 from their allowances and snack money to help the tsunami survivors. This money was given to ADRA to help reach its $500,000 goal for the North American Division.

They called their project, "Helping Hands across the ocean." Second and third grade teacher Tricia Klebba helped organize the drive to put up a helping hand for each dollar given. Each dollar donated was represented by a helping hand illustration placed on the cafeteria wall. In addition to the AUS donation to ADRA, SCC students donated a total of $3,475.38 to the SCC Tsunami Relief Fund for disbursing to the affected areas in South Asia.