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| Contributions
Fund a House in Nicaragua
by Lainey S. Cronk |
 At
the all-school colloquy on April 6, Pacific Union College President
Richard Osborn presented alumnus Jake Scheideman with a check for
$8,388.
About two months earlier, Scheideman shared at a colloquy program
about his housing project in Nicaragua (see “A
Spontaneous Gift: Students Send $8,000 to Nicaragua” ).
At the end of his story, students, faculty and staff made donations
and pledges toward funding one of the houses in the Nicaraguan
village, which cost about $6,000 each to build.
On April 6, the total amount was presented to Scheideman and the
St. Helena Rotary Club, which oversees the project. “This
is humbling, and outstanding!” Scheideman said. He hopes
to use the money to fund one of the houses in the most recent building
phase, which will be completed at the end of May.
“We can all do something,” Scheideman told the audience. “As
educated Americans we have a responsibility to do something for our
world—and it’s fun!” |
