This year we are doing a global service project. We are working with the organization My Fight. My Fight is a solution to poverty. They give out microloans to people in Honduras currently (they are working on getting in to Ethopia) by selling t-shirts. It's a small organization but I see that what they do works. They get back 98% of their microloans (learn more here about micorfinancing) which is HUGE!
The reason we chose My Fight is because they are a solution. I've worked in a nonprofit business, I had an internship at a local YWCA after my senior year of high school. So when we were researching global nonprofits, I knew the lingo that nonprofits speak. I saw that they have a very small overhead cost, and their one (yes, they only have one paid employee) doesn't make much money off of My Fight. Their operation works. I was impressed.
Our Character in Leadership class is working on raising money for My Fight. We have gone dorm room door-to-dorm room door, sold Halloween-o-grams and now My Fight is coming to our campus. More specifically; Jesse, the founder of My Fight, is coming to our campus. If you are in the Jamestown area, come to Jamestown College Campus sometime between 8 and 10pm on Monday, November 14th and see what My Fight is all about. We'll have a musical guest, coffee, and t-shirts for sale. Visit the facebook event here.
Come learn about one of my passions. If you can't join us on Monday night but want to buy a t-shirt (for every shirt that is sold in the month of November and December, an annonymous donor will double your donation! - I bought 3:)) buy a shirt online.
Hopefully you learned something new today :)
Have a great weekend,
Kelsey Jean
All it takes for evil to take over is for one person to let it pass on by.
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