Madame Leah and Madame Julie would like to send a sincere thank you to all contributors; students, administrators, and community members of Demarest, NJ and surrounding towns, for your generosity in helping the children of need in Africa. Because of all of our hard work, dedication, and endless effort, we were able to donate approximately $2000.00 to the Naa Kordey Memorial Child Care Facility, where we have been doing volunteer work.
After spending some time at the facility, we purchased materials that we feel will be most beneficial to the education and child care of these wonderful children. For example, a stereo system, CD’s with songs from around the world, and a large supply of batteries was given to the younger children. One thing these children appeared to enjoy greatly was the sound of music and the art of dance. The CD’s we purchased will also assist the children in the pronunciation of English words, which is something they stress greatly at the facility. In addition, we purchased several classroom materials for the students such as pencils, pens, paper, motivational stickers, notebooks, homework books, highlighters, blackboard erasers, sticky pads, plastic containers for storage, story books, educational workbooks, etc. The remainder of the money was given to Raymond Ablorh, the facilities founder and manager, to spend on food and water for the children.
We would like to especially thank the member’s of Demarest Middle School’s Student Council, run by African volunteer Leah Rinaldi and Allison Feifer, for their heartfelt decision in choosing to donate their monies made over the 2008/2009 school year to these children. Because of us all, we have truly made a difference in each and every one of their lives and will continue to after our personal journey comes to an end. We are so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful colleagues, students, and citizens on a daily basis and look forward to our future with you all. Thank you!