Area students come together to fund well in Swaziland

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Over the last several months the Foxcroft Academy Key Club, along with Key Clubs in Dexter and Greenville, have been working to raise money for the Thirst Project, a non-profit organization raising awareness of the lack of drinking water in the world. The goal of the Key Clubs goal was to raise $12,000, enough money to dig a well in an area of the world that desperately needs it.

After a $2,000 donation from the Student Council at SeDoMoCha Middle School, the goal became a reality. All of the bottle drives, donations, water bottle sales and pleas to the public have paid off as together, the Key Clubs have raised over $12,000. This is enough money to fund a well in Swaziland, a small, landlocked monarchy in southern Africa.

Congratulations to all the students from the three schools. For more information on the Thirst Project, please visit www.thirstproject.org.

Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy
THIRST PROJECT DONATION — The SeDoMoCha Middle School Student Council recently presented members of the Foxcroft Academy Key Club with a $2,000 check for the the Thirst Project, to fund a well in the southern African nation of Swaziland. From left are Avery Nelson, Jenna Clukey, Student Council Vice President Austin Seavey, Student Council President Kelli Black, Emily Curtis and Charlotte Jolin.