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Immediate Release Contact: Johnny Little 314/345-2283
Roosevelt High School
Students Collect Money For Tsunami Victims
(February 8, 2005) – Today
students at Roosevelt High School are collecting
money for Tsunami victims of Somalia. The project
is being sponsored by the Roosevelt High School
Book Club and the Roosevelt High School Spanish
Club. The money will be used to help buy school
supplies for an elementary school that was
completely destroyed in Hafun, Somalia. Mr.
Yusuf Haid, a social studies teacher at Roosevelt,
is from Hafun, Somalia and has been in direct
contact with government officials. Mr. Haid,
will be directing the selection, purchase,
and shipment of supplies to Hafun. Furthermore,
the project will be documented through cameras
that will be included in the shipment.
“Our goal is to raise $2,000 and if we are able to raise that amount
of money, we can rebuild the entire elementary school,” said Yusaf Haid.
The
death toll from the Asian tsunami disaster
has reached 166,000 people. At least 430 people
were killed in Somalia and another 2,000 are
missing.
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