Beaver Lake students donate supplies to South African students
November 10, 2009
By Hugo Fonck
By Hugo Fonck
Many students at Beaver Lake Middle School participate every Wednesday in BLOCK club, which stands for Beaver Lake Outreach Community Kids. Mr. Betzler, a teacher at Beaver Lake, runs BLOCK, which has more than 40 members.
It only accepts educational supplies, which it gives to children in South Africa. In 2007, BLOCK club received so many donations that they had to start a nonprofit organization called Generation Joy. Now, what amazes me is that in 2008 Generation Joy received more than $40,000 worth of educational supplies. Last year, that went to kids at 32 schools in South Africa.
In my opinion, BLOCK club is yet another wonderful club of students who are working hard to help other students in poor and far away countries.
I think the citizens of Sammamish are very fortunate, and BLOCK club is a great way to give back to other communities and make the world a better place.
Now, here comes a question. How does BLOCK and Generation Joy get all these supplies down to South Africa? They have a student and parent field trip take it all the way there. That’s right, students in BLOCK club who want to visit Africa can actually go and give out the educational supplies to all the children.
Students go to Africa with Mr. Betzler and parent chaperones during the summer time. Next summer will be the sixth time BLOCK goes to Africa.
For more information about Generation Joy, visit www.genjoy.org.
Many students at Beaver Lake Middle School participate every Wednesday in BLOCK club, which stands for Beaver Lake Outreach Community Kids. Mr. Betzler, a teacher at Beaver Lake, runs BLOCK, which has more than 40 members.
It only accepts educational supplies, which it gives to children in South Africa. In 2007, BLOCK club received so many donations that they had to start a nonprofit organization called Generation Joy. Now, what amazes me is that in 2008 Generation Joy received more than $40,000 worth of educational supplies. Last year, that went to kids at 32 schools in South Africa.
In my opinion, BLOCK club is yet another wonderful club of students who are working hard to help other students in poor and far away countries.
I think the citizens of Sammamish are very fortunate, and BLOCK club is a great way to give back to other communities and make the world a better place.
Now, here comes a question. How does BLOCK and Generation Joy get all these supplies down to South Africa? They have a student and parent field trip take it all the way there. That’s right, students in BLOCK club who want to visit Africa can actually go and give out the educational supplies to all the children.
Students go to Africa with Mr. Betzler and parent chaperones during the summer time. Next summer will be the sixth time BLOCK goes to Africa.
For more information about Generation Joy, visit www.genjoy.org.
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