Number of Participants: 40
Hours Donated: 4
Value of Time Served: $1,352
Event Type: Hunger
Sport: Soccer
Date: January 13, 2017
Location:
718 The Plain Road Westbury
New York 11590, United States
About:
Inspired by a true story they read in their English classes, seventh-grade students and student athletes at Woodland and W.T. Clarke middle schools in the East Meadow School District walked a mile around their school grounds on Dec. 6 to raise funds for Island Harvest and Water for South Sudan.
As part of their English curriculum, the seventh-graders read Linda Sue Park’s “A Long Walk to Water.” The book, a New York Times bestseller, is based on the true story of Salva, an 11-year-old boy who safely led 150 boys to Kenya during the civil war in South Sudan.
With Salva’s tale as the inspiration, the English department coordinated a water walk to bring the message closer to home while enabling students to help others in need.
Each student contributed to the cause by donating $1 to carry a gallon of water during the one-mile walk. The students’ efforts resulted in the donation of more than 600 jugs of water to Island Harvest, a hunger relief organization with the mission of “ending hunger and reducing food waste on Long Island” and more than $4,000 was raised by students, families, teachers and administrators for Water for South Sudan, a nonprofit organization that provides clean, safe water to the region.
Photo Captions:
Woodland Middle School seventh-graders received a pin for completing the school’s water walk on Dec. 6.
Photos courtesy of the East Meadow School District
