Last Call!!

After a very successful month of March that has followed our DB tournament, we have collected quite a bit more money for our Hope for Haiti campaign.  We have had some generous individual donors as well as some more groups who have contributed--including the 5th grade student council, who held a "Hop for Haiti" last night and raised $220.25!  Our grand total at this point is: $17,114.28!!  That is $2114.28 over our original goal!! 

We are still collecting money through the end of the school day on Wednesday, March 24th and we will then close the account and write the check to the Restavek Foundation.  Mr. Cadet, former Haitian slave, founder of the organization, and speaker at our DB tournament will be coming back in May to speak to our students about Haiti, child slavery, and where the money is going and how it will help to build and maintain schools to give students a future.  We are very, very lucky to have him come to our school--he has been on CNN, Oprah, 60 Minutes, and was personally invited by Bill Clinton to attend a world summit in April on global childhood slavery. 

If you, your student, or family are interested in reading his autobiography before he arrives, it is well worth the read and is an inspiring story about a man who has overcome more adversity than one could imagine.  It is called: Restavec; from Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American and can be purchased on the Jean Cadet Restavek Foundation website (all proceeds go to the foundation) or on Amazon.com.  Both places are selling it for $25.00.  *Warning that there are some parts that are very graphic and may need adult support and supervision.*

If you would like to give any final donations to the cause, please send them to Mrs. Pecsok in room 61 by 2:30 on Wednesday!

Thank you again for all that you have done to help!!!