In an effort to reach out to the world beyond Seton Hill University (SHU), the recently reactivated communications club has decided to focus on a monumental issue: the lack of education beyond America’s borders. Through Mission Honduras International, this club plans to be involved in the project “Brick Works” which will work to provide education to underprivileged children in Africa.
By: Erin Mullen
Contributor
In an effort to reach out to the world beyond Seton Hill University (SHU), the recently reactivated communications club has decided to focus on a monumental issue: the lack of education beyond America’s borders. Through Mission Honduras International, this club plans to be involved in the project “Brick Works” which will work to provide education to underprivileged children in Africa.
The intention of this club is to earn twelve thousand dollars to build a school in Liberia. The current plan is to have a different fundraiser for each element of the school starting with bricks. Members of the communications club have already hosted a fundraiser selling prom dresses in order to earn the money necessary for the bricks of the school.
The cost per brick is ten dollars, with twelve hundred bricks required to complete construction. The enthusiastic leaders of this fundraiser are Kelli Alferi and Lauren Sciacca, sophomores at SHU. “We think it’s really important for children to receive a good education. The kids we’re helping in Honduras don’t have the supplies or the facilities needed to learn. We are giving them a chance to get the education they deserve,” said Alferi and Sciacca. As a result of this motivation and effort, nineteen hundred dollars have been raised toward this cause.
Intending to incorporate theories learned in the classroom, students involved in this club plan to work on a variety of causes to benefit the world. These students will be in charge of all press relations, advertising and fundraising of each of their projects. The overall development of the campaigns for each and every one of their causes will be entirely in their hands. As a result of this responsibility, life lessons will be learned from working in reality instead of the safety net of the classroom.
Brick Works is a cause that will make or break this goal. Students from all majors are welcome to join and consequently to learn invaluable skills and help the world in a very tangible way. “These are dedicated and well organized students, and I am proud to be their advisor,” said communications club advisor Frank Klapak.