About Us: Dollars For Scholars

Ethiopia School Initiative ~ Year Two

Fundraiser to Build School in Tigray, Ethiopia.

Goal:

$100,000 to build a Kindergarten to 4th Grade School

Raised to Date:

$25,000

Project Description

In January, the Class of 2012 kicked off year two of the school-wide “Dollars for Scholars” project to build a school in Ethiopia from the ground up. The need for education in Ethiopia is well documented. With the help of Mimi’s Building Blocks and Save the Children, Saint David’s boys have undertaken the task of building a new school for 400 children in the area of Tigray, Ethiopia, where children are in desperate need of a school. Projected costs are currently over $100,000 for a K-4 school. Last year, the boys raised nearly $25,000 toward that goal. This project is a multiyear endeavor involving several fundraising activities organized and run by the boys. Students, parents, faculty, and alumni will be involved until we can “open the doors” of our new school.

      "What better way to celebrate the mission of our school
      than to reach out and help build another?"

                                              --Headmaster O'Halloran

      Click to view the Headmaster's blog on the project

How You Can Help

We are reaching out to all members of our Saint David's community to help us achieve our goal. If you would like to contribute to this effort, please make your donation in cash or by check (made payable to Saint David's School, with "Dollars for Scholars Ethiopia Project" noted). We are unable to accept online donations for this effort. For more information on how you can participate, please contact John Dearie, jdearie@saintdavids.org