Outside The Box
Submitted by snowboardkid on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 13:32.
Last updated on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 15:03.
Vital Stats
ongoing project
11/01/2007
People Impacted:
7Money Raised: $3,300 and sponsorship for Women for Women we paid for ourselves.
See It
We started a Youth in Action Group a few friends to try and make a difference in the world. We call ourselves "Outside The Box." There are more than 25 members in New Jersey and friends in Texas starting a chapter. My sister and I also just moved to Illinois and will be starting a club here. Our initial project is to raise $8,500 to build a school in Sierra Leone, Africa through a charity called Free The Children. Free The Children is the worlds largest network of kids helping kids through education. We chose Sierra Leone because of the United Nation's statement that it is the worst place in the world to live and we wanted to help change that.
We were also concerned about the current war in DR Congo and what was happening to the women and children there. Through Women for Women Internation, we are now sponsoring a woman from there so that she might make her life better for herself and her children.
Believe It
We get together to come up with fundraising ideas and to learn new facts about children around the world. We believe "It starts with me" and kids can truly make a difference.
Build It
I mentioned it to friends and they mentioned to people and so on and so on. I now moved to Illinois, so I will be trying to start up a group here to help. My friends in New Jersey are still also working on this.
How Can Others Get Involved?
FUNDRAISE and EDUCATE!! Then email me about how to send the money so it applies to our project.
Project Updates
10/1/08
Update: The cheerleaders at our new school are selling "spirit beads" this week for Homecoming to raise money for our project in Sierra Leone!
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Be a part of this group?
or start my own,
I don't live in NJ or Texas, but I live in GA.
Near neither of these organizations.
we started a youth in action group on freethechildren.org website. anyone can go on there and start a group and choose a project to fundraise for. your group can be just you or you and a few friends. we did this because most of us have sports after school, so this we do on our own and meet about once a week at my house to learn about kids around the world and come up with fundraising ideas.
we would love it if you want to help us with our current project! what our friends in texas are doing is they signed up for their group and called it "outside the box texas". when you send in donations, you just say that you want it to go to "outside the box" in new jersey's project, or if you send them to us, made out to Free The Children, we can send it with ours. Free The Children issues tax receipts for any donation over $10. hope to talk to you soon!