James Nyei is a 9 year old 4th grader in Mr Petmezis’s classroom. James’s family is from Liberia, and prior to Thanksgiving James decided to find a way to raise money to support the fight against Ebola in his family’s country. He came up with the idea of The Outreach Tree Project.
After he concluded the project, James received the Curley Care “I Care for Others” reward.
James explained his project thus:
This is my project called Outreach Tree. It is for a good cause, because it is going to help families in Liberia to have the right care.
As you can see, below this sign there is a box of leaves. Take a leaf, write your name on it, place it on the tree, and put the money in the big box.
After James collected donations, with the help of the Home For Little Wanderers’ Christina Silva, Christina announced the amazing work to James’ donors:
We were able to collect $151.04. We (James, myself, his mom and dad) went to Bank of America near James’s house and changed the money to a check (picture below). The bank did not charge the fee of $10.00 from writing a check. Kudos!!!
The whole family was very proud.
Once more, thanks to all of you that made this possible for this lovely 9 year old boy.
James Nyei with his mother Teneh Nyei and father Boakai Nyei.
Amazing! A huge well done and thank you to James, his parents Teneh and Boakai Nyei, and to Christina Silva.
The Curley community is very proud of you James!
2 comments
Evelyn says:
February 4, 2015 at 5:41 pm (UTC 0)
That was an awesome cause James. Hope that you are really proud of yourself.
judy solman says:
February 5, 2015 at 9:56 am (UTC 0)
James,
I’ve always seen the heart in you. What a great job you did!
Judy