Bellevue Elementary second graders in teacher Lynn Tennant Heffley’s class led the way in a school-wide coin collection to benefit the Bellevue Dog Woods, an off-leash dog park being built with private funds in Bellevue’s Memorial Park. In one week, the school raised nearly $800, with the second graders pictured here bringing in a heavy 30.8 lbs. of coins to lead the primary grades and the entire school. In the upper grades, two fourth grade classrooms -- taught by Gail Bernauer and Wendy Santelli -- tied with 17.8 lbs. collected by each. The winning classrooms had a popsicle party on Tuesday, with The Citizen’s Great Dane Arthur a special guest. The students were able to ask questions about Arthur and Great Danes in general, as well as about the dog park. Volunteers with the Bellevue Dog Woods Association are working every Saturday morning beginning at 8 a.m. to prepare the site above the baseball field in Memorial Park. Anyone interested in helping is welcome to stop by on Saturday morning. Checks payable to the Bellevue Dog Woods Association can be sent to the BDWA at 535 Citizen Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15202.