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- From: "richard wiltamuth" <dwiltam@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, yadsalg@xxxxxxxxx, "skinne1@xxxxxxxx" <skinne1@xxxxxxxx>, james_merkle@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:19:57 -0400
dear friends and other interested parties,
this is pete white's report on students' school year, and a resend in case
the previous attachment didn't go through.
dick wiltamuth
A VERY GOOD YEAR
FOR STUDENTS FOR 60,000
---AND THE NEEDY
Students for 60,000, a Northport High School club that provides aid, care
and support for the needy, locally and internationally, has had a very
successful 21st school year, raising $137,000. An additional $34,000 was
raised through grants and awards. The group of more than 300 students
organized numerous activities and trips, including Cow Harbor Day and
Halloween Haunted Dungeon; trips to PS 49 in the Bronx; and visits to Long
Island soup kitchens and outreach centers. They also met regularly, gave
talks, and worked with other schools and individuals to help them begin
programs of their own, and conducted community and school-wide fund-raising
activities.
In addition they organized two large trips to rural, impoverished western
Nicaragua. A total of 87 students and 26 adults brought dozens of suitcases
with medical, school and household supplies; constructed 10 houses and
several dozen latrines; renovated kids' nutrition centers; began a
bio-intensive farming project; purchased solar cookers; improved a vital
water project; brought first-time solar light and electricity to a community
of 300; and constructed a classroom for an overcrowded school. They also
hired a doctor to make twice-monthly visits for one year to a rural
community where medical treatment was unknown. Here is a breakdown of the
spending:
*Long Island** Projects:*
Huntington Interfaith Homeless Initiative, $2,000
Farmingdale Citizens for Viable Solutions, $7,000
Interfaith Nutrition Network, $7,000
Long Island Outreach Centers, $7,000
Assistance with family's groceries, $1,000
Assistance to school district employee, $1,500
Total local projects, $25,500
*Nicaragua** Project:*
February----Efforts included construction of houses and latrines,
solar cookers, land purchases, classroom construction, house repairs, seed,
tractor repair, bicycles, solar lighting and emergency funds, $54,440
April---Projects included construction of houses and latrines,
renovations of children's nutrition centers, repair of swing sets,
initiation
of bio-intensive farming project, purchase of seed and water barrels,
medical
and emergency assistance, $44,000
*Other Projects:*
Darfur region of Sudan (emergency food, UNICEF, solar cookers), $6,090
Miracle Corners of the World (Africa relief organization), $1,500
Myanmar cyclone relief (sent through World Vision), $5,000
New Orleans Katrina relief, $500
Total for other projects, $13,090
In addition to these funds, which were raised by the students themselves and
by donations from their families and community members, there also have been
grants and awards totaling $34,083 for water and energy projects in
Nicaragua. The work of the students was the main reason for the awarding of
these grants, which are being administered by the nonprofit group Friends of
Students for 60,000. When combining both sums, the total for all projects is
$171,000.
For further information, contact club adviser Peter White, who prepared
this report, at 631-757-6150 or pedro831@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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