Students Volunteer for Partners in Development
Shore ninth graders worked as volunteers at Partners in Development's (PID's) 16th Annual Benefit and Fund Drive on October 22. The students—Abi Borggaard, Gabe Driscoll, Claudia Pollock, Kiara Wilson, and Oliver Weissleder—spent almost seven hours preparing, serving, and cleaning up dinner for over two-hundred guests of the organization's Whole-Life Transformation for Impoverished Communities supporters.
Gale Hull, President of Ipswich-based PID, said that if it weren't for the help of Shore students, they would not have been able to serve the dinner. The students were also integral during the Latin dance segment of the evening, bringing energy to the dance floor and even providing a partner for one guest who attended alone.
Earlier in the evening, the students and other attendees had heard from Kenny Louis, a native of Haiti who participated in PID's Child Sponsorship program. Partners in Development works in Haiti, Guatemala, and the Mississippi Delta region with people who are classified by the United Nations as living in extreme poverty. PID uses their own Whole Life Transformation Model to help improve education, income generation, basic housing, and medical care for these individuals.
In November, the five student volunteers will be part of the ninth grade group from Shore that travels to Glendora, Mississippi to work with PID on building a home for a family in need. It will be the second year Shore students have accompanied PID on this service project. On the trip, they will learn about many of the issues that PID's work addresses, and they will also learn about the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
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Gale Hull, President of Ipswich-based PID, said that if it weren't for the help of Shore students, they would not have been able to serve the dinner. The students were also integral during the Latin dance segment of the evening, bringing energy to the dance floor and even providing a partner for one guest who attended alone.
Earlier in the evening, the students and other attendees had heard from Kenny Louis, a native of Haiti who participated in PID's Child Sponsorship program. Partners in Development works in Haiti, Guatemala, and the Mississippi Delta region with people who are classified by the United Nations as living in extreme poverty. PID uses their own Whole Life Transformation Model to help improve education, income generation, basic housing, and medical care for these individuals.
In November, the five student volunteers will be part of the ninth grade group from Shore that travels to Glendora, Mississippi to work with PID on building a home for a family in need. It will be the second year Shore students have accompanied PID on this service project. On the trip, they will learn about many of the issues that PID's work addresses, and they will also learn about the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
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Shore ninth graders with Kenny Louis, a native of Haiti
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During the Latin dancing segment of the event
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