Thursday, December 20, 2012
Thanks to the effort of 180 Whitefish Bay students, the Boxes of Love project will fund nearly 600 desks for an impoverished school near Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Jeff Rumage
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
The baking efforts of 183 Whitefish Bay kids are about to pay off in a big way for students at Valley View Academy in Nairobi, Kenya. A local baking project, known as Boxes of Love, has been passed down over the past seven years as a Whitefish Bay tradition. Kids spend hours baking treats at 11 different homes in Whitefish Bay with the goal of raising money for a charitable cause. This year, the participants raised a total of $30,126 to purchase 570 desks for students at Valley View Academy near Nairobi, Kenya. The students raised $15,063 through bake sales and donations, and the remaining $15,063 came from matching donors. The fundraising totals for Boxes of Love have grown exponentially every year, including this year's 50 percent …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
More than 100 Whitefish Bay students are baking treats to raise money for an African schoolhouse through the Boxes of Love organization.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Jeff Rumage
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
A growing number of Whitefish Bay kids are giving new meaning to the phrase 'made with love'. This holiday season, more than 100 Whitefish Bay students are expected to participate in the Boxes of Love project, which bakes holiday treats to raise money for a charitable cause. Last year, 120 kids baked 17,000 treats for a fundraiser that donated $20,560 to expand the HIP and HIPPY parent involvement programs at COA Youth and Family Centers. This year, the kids will be baking treats to purchase desks for Valley View Academy near Nairobi, Kenya. The effort to rebuild the schoolhouse has been led by Shorewood native Stephanie Koczela, who studied abroad in Nairobi in her junior year of college. After finishing her study abroad program, she …
Monday, February 6, 2012
Fourth-grade girls raise $50 over their summer break to help turn a dilapidated school house in Nairobi into a new, four-story facility.
When Cumberland School students saw pictures of a school in Kenya where students are packed shoulder-to-shoulder, knees-to-back into a small classroom with tin walls, four fourth-grade girls took the extra initiative to raise funds for the school by selling handmade bracelets, hair bows and headbands during their summer break. Cumberland Principal Jayne Heffron visited Valley View Academy in Nairobi, Kenya about three years ago when she heard about the school's needs from Shorewood native Stephanie Koczela, who is working with the school's officials to raise money and construct a new school building. After Heffron gave a presentation to Cumberland students and parents about the fundraising effort upon her return, the school's PTO solicited…
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