TOLEDO—A parade of students, teachers and parents from Toledo St. Clement School marched to the work site of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to deliver donations and catch a glimpse of the progress Sept. 11.

St. Clement first-graders Terressa Anayan, Ellie Duvall and Alexus Chapman watch eagerly as Toledo firefighter Paul Pratt autographs their sign at the work site of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” (Chronicle photo by Laurie Stevens Bertke)

The popular television reality show selected the Frisch family of Toledo to be featured in an episode airing this November, and their home at 6044 Edgedale Circle is located less than a mile from St. Clement.

To show their support, students from every grade at the school walked carrying signs with slogans like “Hope, Hope Hooray” and “God Bless the Frisch family.” A sign carried by fourth graders also thanked the family for adopting children from Haiti.

Aaron and Jackie Frisch adopted five of their sons from an orphanage in Haiti. Three others are adopted from central Toledo, and the couple has three biological children as well.

In honor of the family, ISOH/IMPACT of Perrysburg took up a collection at the EMHE work site to benefit Hope for Haiti. The charitable organization constructs schools and other facilities, provides medical services and manages an orphanage in Haiti.

Arriving at the site, the students clamored around two tables to pile school supplies and 20 cases of water they collected for Hope for Haiti. They also presented the organization with cash donations totaling $350.

Kindergarteners from Toledo St. Clement hold their sign high at the work site of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” (Chronicle photo by Laurie Stevens Bertke)

The Frisch family was to present the donations to Hope for Haiti on Friday in Florida, where they are spending the week at Disney World while their home is razed and rebuilt.

Patti Irons, principal of St. Clement, said doing something positive for others was a perfect way for the students to commemorate 9/11.

Students, parents and teachers also had the unexpected opportunity to participate in the brief ceremony held at the site to commemorate the tragic events of the day.

Several minutes before 9 a.m., construction ceased and workers and spectators observed a moment of silence. The sound of a trumpeter playing taps broke the stillness while workers slowly raised a giant flag on a lift.

The crew concluded by starting a chant of, “USA! USA!” Spectators then broke out singing “God Bless America,” and children from St. Clement followed the song by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

The students stayed to watch the construction for a while longer and collect autographs on their signs from workers bustling by on the other side of the barricade.

Designers from EMHE, Buckeye Real Estate and countless local volunteers are working around the clock to complete the 4,500-square-foot home that will be revealed to the Frisch family this Sunday.