Students and staff at Vernon Middle School honored a former classmate by collecting over $2,500 for her family on Wednesday. 

The money was collected during a donation drive at the Harlingen CISD campus where Anllelith Moreno Solis attended.

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Solis was the 14-year-old teen who drowned after she was after swept away by a rip current at South Padre Island early Sunday morning.

The monetary donation drive will continue on Thursday during drop off and pick up times at Vernon Middle School from 7:20 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., and 3:45 p.m. to 4:05 p.m.