More Than Me 2009
Project Results
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African/Caribbean Heritage Camp
Project:
40
middle and high schoolers worked on the MTM project. This Center assists refugees
coming into Colorado from all over the world. The campers went to their thrift
store and helped sort clothes, talk to clients, etc. as a “hands-on” camp
field trip.
Recipients:
African Community Center of Denver, a program office of the Ethiopian Community
Development Center.
http://www.africancommunitycenter.net/
Cambodian Heritage Camp
Project:
51 middle and high schoolers raised $750
Collected some themselves, then made beautiful reed bracelets sold at camp for
the cause.
Recipients:
Riverkids, working to stop child trafficking in Cambodia.
http://www.riverkidsproject.org/
Chinese Heritage Camp
Project:
51 high schoolers raised $1,966 themselves.
Lotus Travel matched the funds raised with $300 http://www.lotustours.net/
87 middle schoolers raised $486 themselves.
Recipients:
Love Without Boundaries (middle school) to support a teenage orphan girl in
China for two years.
http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/
Our Chinese Daughters Foundation (high school) 900 backpack projects, to provide
school supplies for orphans in China.
http://www.ocdf.org/
Chinese Heritage Camp II
Project:
28 middle schoolers raised $640.
Collected some themselves, then made beautiful beaded bracelets they sold
at camp.
16 high schoolers raised $150 on their own.
Recipients:
Angel Covers (middle school), supporting orphans in China
http://www.angelcovers.org/
Heifer International (high school), providing farm animals ot poor communities
in China.
www.heifer.org
Filipino Heritage Camp
Project:
19 middle and high schoolers Tie Dyed 120 t-shirts for kids in the Philippines
and collected school supplies
Recipients:
Los Arcos National High School and Daycare, a preschool through high school
in the Philippines, started by one of our Filipino community members in Denver.
No website available.
Indian Nepalese Heritage Camp
Project:
47 middle and high school campers raised $896
Collected some themselves, then created and sold art work and chapatis at
camp.
Recipients:
Helping Hands Nepal ($448), a medical and educational org.
serving poor communities in Nepal.
http://www.helpinghandsusa.org/index.htm
Denver Sister Cities Chennai Program ($448), helping tsunami victims rebuild
in Chennai.
http://www.denversistercities.org/chennai.php
Korean Heritage Camp
Project:
59 middle schoolers raised $886 on their own, then decorated book marks at
camp for the new books that would be purchased with their funds.
48 high schoolers held a “baby shower” for orphans in Korea,
bringing in countless baby items, and wrapping each and every one!
Recipients:
Hope Home, an orphanage in Korea for their library fund ($$ and book marks)
Eastern Child Welfare Society (baby items)
No websites available.
Latin American Heritage Camp
Project:
44 middle and high schoolers raised $900
Raised some on their own, then decorated baseball caps to sell to family
and friends at camp.
Recipients:
Tandana Foundation, a volunteer organization working in the highlands of
Ecuador.
http://www.tandanafoundation.org/
REECA (Russian/Eastern European/Central Asian) Heritage Camp
Project:
44 middle and high schoolers collected countless art supplies for an organization
working in Russia’s orphanages
Recipients:
Maria’s Children, which supports art education in Russia’s orphanages
http://www.mariaschildren.com/
Vietnamese Heritage Camp
Project:
25 middle and high schoolers raised $1591 on their own and with help from
parents at camp. They also branded huge leather collars for water buffalo
in Vietnam
Recipients:
Terre Des Hommes, Water Buffalo Project, providing water buffalo to help
sustain farms and farmers in Vietnam.
http://www.terredeshommes.org/
