A recent effort with Sodexho Marriott allowed students and staff to donate food points to the student-run Earthquake Relief Fun. The fund-raising continued Sunday with a folk fair and raffle. The money is to be divided equally between El Salvador and India, and the students feel strongly that the money be sent where it is needed most. This is different. This money is going to specific communities in El Salvador and India.
People don t have to wonder where their money is going.
Watching as raffle tickets began to fill up a plastic jar Sunday afternoon meant something a bit more personal to Lopez, having grown up in El Salvador. Half the money collected will go to his former high school, The American School of El Salvador. The students there adopted the small town of San Julian, combining education with community service. Business skills, organization, construction methods and the power of community are all lessons left behind by the earthquakes. Lopez said he doesn t mind splitting the fruits of his labor with victims in India.