LEWISBURG — Handmade get-well cards from Kelly Elementary School third-graders highlighted an outpouring of support Tuesday for a 9-year-old Kulpmont girl who was mauled Sunday by a dog.

Their former classmate, Amanda Smith, moved from the Lewisburg Area School District about two weeks ago, Principal Dustin Dalton said.

Amanda’s former teacher, Jodi Jarrett, hand-delivered more than 60 cards to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, where Amanda is hospitalized after being attacked by a bullmastiff in an alley off Chestnut Street in Kulpmont.

Amanda was listed in fair but stable condition Tuesday night.

“She is still a part of our kids,” Dalton said. “We’re family here. For 180 days a year, we cry together, learn together and play together. We’re going to give her as much support as we can.”

Jarrett said several students came to class Tuesday morning with a copy of The Daily Item’s report of their friend, immediately asking what had happened. Creating the cards served as therapy for the students, Jarrett said.

“They were really concerned,” Jarrett said. “Doing the cards was a way to process their feelings. She was a very popular girl and always seemed to be in the center of things. Our students wanted to do something to help her and her family.”

Amanda suffered multiple fractures. Her sinuses were torn out, her skull punctured, her jaw broken and the bridge of her nose ripped away, family members said.

The dog was taken to the Sunbury Animal Hospital for 10 days of observation.

It wasn’t just Amanda’s former classmates who were reaching out to help. Multiple phone calls and e-mails were received by The Daily Item from area residents, like Mandie Morgan of Coal Township, eager to help out the young girl and her family through financial support.

“When you hear something like that, it hits so close to him,” Morgan said on Tuesday. “It broke my heart.”

Morgan said she has a 9-year-old daughter and if she were in that situation she also would be thankful of the community’s help.

She and a few of her co-workers were hoping to pitch in money and help the Smith family afford a night or two at a hotel to stay close to Amanda.

“It’s leaves you speechless,” Morgan said. “It’s a devastating thing. It’s so tragic.”

Jody Cervantes, a relative of Amanda’s, said the family is in the process of setting up a fund at an area bank, but it will take a few days until it’s finalized.