Way to go Alberta! Bob Johnson - Mexican Schools Project | |
go to original May 14, 2012 |
For the past three years, teachers in Corrales, Mexico, have not had anywhere to live.
They have been passed around to different community members and slept on floors; sometimes even sharing a house with the students they are teaching. These teachers badly need a home.
Hearing of this, the Sunrise Rotary Club of Medicine Hat decided to have a Mexican Fiesta/silent auction.
Nearly 300 people attended with the intention of helping these teachers.
At the end of the night nearly $12,500 was raised. One guest made a personal donation of $2,000.
Along with the generous donation of $2,510 from the Eagle Butte high school in Dunmore, Alberta, this means almost $15,000 has been raised to help build these teachers a home.
The local Mexican government will match these funds and the local community will help with the project.
Pretty Amazing!
Corrales is a little hamlet nestled along the shore of two pretty bays south of Puerto Vallarta and about 30 minutes north of Aquilles Serdan.
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