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Group Helps African Children Attend School 3/11/09
Birthday Teen has her friends bring school supplies to her birthday party for the children of Uganda.
Lauren’s friends bring her school supplies for her birthday which she sent to children in Uganda.
Boght Hills Elementary School, Latham New York:
The students, faculty and families of the Boght Hills Elementary School “Pay it Forward”.
As part of their school wide “Pay it Forward” campaign, the Boght Hills School students collected
school supplies and teaching supplies for the schools and students in and near Ddegeya Village in Uganda.
Voorheesville Middle School Builders Club:
The members of the Voorheesville Middle School Builders Club collected and sent hundreds of sneakers and shoes to Ddegeya village. The Builders Club is part of an international community service organization designed for middle school students. This “student-led” organization is sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club.
The children and families of the village were so grateful for their efforts.
Girls Who Care: This incredible group of teens held a walk-a-thon and raised money for a refrigerator for the Engeye Health Clinic so that the clinic can store and dispense immunizations. Not only did they raise money to purchase the refrigerator, but they also purchased school supplies for the students and local public schools and they made a five year commitment to share in the sponsorship of Jessica, one of our newest sponsored scholars.
Teens collect school supplies at a birthday Mardi Gras party to ship to Ddegeya Village. ...In fact, the only birthday presents this birthday teen wanted were school supplies for children in Uganda.....See Full Article
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The wonderful parishioners of Calvary United Methodist Church weren't kidding when said that they could help with the shoe drive for Ddegeya Village. To kick off this fundraising event, the children created 'Walk A Mile in My Shoes' t-shirts and went on to collect over 100 pairs of shoes for the village. Enough money was raised to cover the entire cost of shipping!
(Left) The children at Calvary United Methodist Church show off their "Walk A Mile in My Shoes" t-shirts.
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