Drew Honduras Project:
The
Drew Honduras Project is a
totally student-run volunteer program. The Honduras
Project is run by the students and advised by a
faculty member, Professor Sandra Jamieson. The
students make the plans, raise the money, arrange
the work schedules, select the participants, raise the money, organize
the pre-trip meetings, lead the reflection sessions on the trip, and
generally run around a lot! In the process they refine their leadership
and interpersonal skills, organizational strategies, understanding of
budgeting, and fundraising methods. They also learn a lot about
Honduras--and themselves.
How
can I join the Drew Honduras Project?
We
select participants early in the Fall semester so that they can spend
the year fundraising and preparing for the trip the following May. Look
for us at the Activities Fair the first week of school, watch email for
the invitation to apply, or stop back here mid-September for more
details about the application process! We welcome members who are not
able to join us in-country, too. The more money we can raise, the more
help we can give!
How
can I help the Drew Honduras Project?
If
you'd like to help the Drew
Honduras Project, there are a number of things we
need, but the thing we need the most is money. It
costs about $1,100.00 to send each student on the
trip (for airfare, accommodation, food, materials
for the work projects, and donations to the children's homes and groups
we work with). Each group participant, including the faculty and staff
who accompany the students, must raise that money themselves, working
alone and with the group in project fundraisers. Every penny we raise
is spent getting us to Honduras, paying for the materials we need to do
the work there, and making donations to the people with whom we work.
We will happily accept (tax deductible) donations of money or frequent
flier miles (Continental Airlines). If you have suggestions about how
we might raise money, we'd love to know that too!
To make a donation, please contact Sandra Jamieson, the faculty advisor
for the group, at sjamieso@drew.edu.
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