North Middle School African Well Project

Thanks to everyone who made our fund-raiser so much fun and so successful!! Page Two \| pics of our spaghetti fund raiser... If you would still like to contribute a donation to our project please do so. We are accepting donations until May 9th.
Sponsored by the Social Studies Department of our school, all our seventh grade students, and supported by the entire school! Mr. Hudock, Department Chair and Mr. Hoepfner, Mr. Barrientes, Ms. DeWulf, Ms. Igonin, Ms. Malacek, Ms. Porzondek, Ms. Rahn, Ms. Testorelli and Ms. Tubbs. "A big thank you to all who have donated to our fund. We have done very well and should be able to fund two complete wells and help twice as many African people! Our students have learned quite a bit from this project and have grown as humans. If you would still like to contribute a donation to our project please do so. We are accepting donations until May 9th. Please send them to North Middle School c/o Steve Hudock." -S. Hudock 4/29/08 Raising Money for a Thirsty Land Photos from the Spaghetti Dinner & Fun Nite at North to raise funds for wells in Africa - click on an image for a better look! ®the Belleville View ®Michigan Middle School Students Hosting Spaghetti Dinner for AWF April 24 ®The Detroit News (Thursday, April 10) ®The Observer & Eccentric... from the Belleville View...a Heritage Newspaper... http://www.bellevilleview.com/stories/040308/loc_20080403013.shtml North Middle School students raise money PUBLISHED: April 3, 2008 For many in America, getting a drink of water is as simple as turning on the faucet. But for residents of the water scarce region of Sub-Saharan Africa, a drink of water could mean a 10-mile walk, if there is any water available at all. To make an impact on this growing crisis, the seventh-grade students at North Middle School in Belleville are going to sponsor the building of a well for a village in the Sub-Saharan region. The students are trying to raise $3500, enough money to build the well and educate the recipients on its use. The initiative was started by two seventh-grade teachers, Ron Hoepfner and Steve Hudock, as part of a cross-curricular unit on Africa. "This program is a great opportunity for students to take on a leadership role within their community while raising money for a worthwhile cause," Hudock said. Students and teachers are partnering with The African Well Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building and maintaining wells in water-sparse regions in Africa. Once the students raise enough funds, AWF will drill, install and help to maintain the well. More than half of all peoples in Africa do not have access to safe drinking water, and those who do, might need to walk up to 10 miles to reach it. Access to safe drinking water greatly improves villagers' health, as over 80 percent of all disease in developing countries is related to poor drinking water. Students are participating in a variety of fund-raising activities including a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser. The dinner will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. April 24 at North Middle School in Belleville. There is a suggested donation of $3 to attend the dinner. Donations can be sent to North Middle School c/o Steve Hudock, 47097 McBride St, Belleville, MI 48111 by May 9. For more information, contact Steve Hudock at 697-9171 ext. 219 or at shudock@vanburenschools.net. from African Well Fund Website	WOW!!! Thanks to the hard work of our teachers & students & benefactors & community we have exceeded our goal and will be able to help TWICE as many of our neighbors in Africa than we had hoped! It's amazing what we can accomplish when we work together! OVER $7,000!!! How You Can still Help! We've got Sponsors! Key Milestones Super Student Fund-Raisers! Congrats! Chaney Jones, Brandie Coak, Allix Hutchison, Chelsae Fire, and Shelby Wysong April 22 - $2,827!! Thank-you Mr. Nodwell for your classroom presentations! Many thanks to Kevin McNamara (Wayne County Commissioner) Many thanks to ACE Hardware in Sumpter!!!! Congrats to Taylor Brown, a Nordic Wolf student, who brought in over $100! April 15th - $1039.00 April 8 - $867.00!! April 4, 2008 - We already have $500.00 towards our goal!! Many thanks go to Ms. Hiser for stuffing and distributing over 500 envelopes! We appreciate the Belleville View for publishing the article about our efforts to make a difference in the world. (see left) For More Information: http://www.africanwellfund.org/ Ryan Hreljac helps build wells for clean waterin Africa. Letter Home to Parents

Thanks to everyone who made our fund-raiser so much fun and so successful!!
Page Two | pics of our spaghetti fund raiser...
If you would still like to contribute a donation to our project please do so. We are accepting donations until May 9th.

Sponsored by the Social Studies Department of our school, all our seventh grade students,
and supported by the entire school!
Mr. Hudock, Department Chair and Mr. Hoepfner,
Mr. Barrientes, Ms. DeWulf, Ms. Igonin, Ms. Malacek, Ms. Porzondek, Ms. Rahn, Ms. Testorelli and Ms. Tubbs.

"A big thank you to all who have donated to our fund. We have done very well and should be able to fund two complete wells and help twice as many African people! Our students have learned quite a bit from this project and have grown as humans.

If you would still like to contribute a donation
to our project please do so.
We are accepting donations until May 9th.
Please send them to North Middle School c/o Steve Hudock."
-S. Hudock 4/29/08

Raising Money for a Thirsty Land
Photos from the Spaghetti Dinner & Fun Nite at North to raise funds for wells in Africa - click on an image for a better look!

People Are Talking
About Our Project!!

®the Belleville View

®Michigan Middle School Students Hosting Spaghetti Dinner for AWF April 24

®The Detroit News (Thursday, April 10)

®The Observer & Eccentric...

from the Belleville View...a Heritage Newspaper...
http://www.bellevilleview.com/stories/040308/loc_20080403013.shtml

North Middle School students raise money

PUBLISHED: April 3, 2008

For many in America, getting a drink of water is as simple as turning on the faucet. But for residents of the water scarce region of Sub-Saharan Africa, a drink of water could mean a 10-mile walk, if there is any water available at all.

To make an impact on this growing crisis, the seventh-grade students at North Middle School in Belleville are going to sponsor the building of a well for a village in the Sub-Saharan region. The students are trying to raise $3500, enough money to build the well and educate the recipients on its use.

The initiative was started by two seventh-grade teachers, Ron Hoepfner and Steve Hudock, as part of a cross-curricular unit on Africa.

"This program is a great opportunity for students to take on a leadership role within their community while raising money for a worthwhile cause," Hudock said.

Students and teachers are partnering with The African Well Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building and maintaining wells in water-sparse regions in Africa. Once the students raise enough funds, AWF will drill, install and help to maintain the well.

More than half of all peoples in Africa do not have access to safe drinking water, and those who do, might need to walk up to 10 miles to reach it. Access to safe drinking water greatly improves villagers' health, as over 80 percent of all disease in developing countries is related to poor drinking water.

Students are participating in a variety of fund-raising activities including a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser. The dinner will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. April 24 at North Middle School in Belleville. There is a suggested donation of $3 to attend the dinner.

Donations can be sent to North Middle School c/o Steve Hudock, 47097 McBride St, Belleville, MI 48111 by May 9.

For more information, contact Steve Hudock at 697-9171 ext. 219 or at shudock@vanburenschools.net.

from African Well Fund Website

WOW!!! Thanks to the hard work of our teachers & students & benefactors & community we have exceeded our goal and will be able to help TWICE as many of our neighbors in Africa than we had hoped! It's amazing what we can accomplish when we work together!

OVER $7,000!!!

How You Can still Help!

We've got Sponsors!

Key Milestones

Super Student
Fund-Raisers! Congrats!
Chaney Jones,
Brandie Coak,
Allix Hutchison,
Chelsae Fire, and
Shelby Wysong
April 22 - $2,827!!
Thank-you Mr. Nodwell for your classroom presentations!
Many thanks to Kevin McNamara (Wayne County Commissioner)
Many thanks to ACE Hardware in Sumpter!!!!
Congrats to Taylor Brown, a Nordic Wolf student, who brought in over $100!
April 15th - $1039.00
April 8 - $867.00!!
April 4, 2008 - We already have $500.00 towards our goal!!
Many thanks go to Ms. Hiser for stuffing and distributing over 500 envelopes!
We appreciate the Belleville View for publishing the article about our efforts to make a difference in the world. (see left)

For More Information:

http://www.africanwellfund.org/

Ryan Hreljac helps build wells
for clean waterin Africa.

Letter Home to Parents