Poughkeepsie, NY - Members
of the Student Athlete-Advisory Committee along with members of the Iona
College Golf and Rowing teams joined together to participate in Hands Around
Iona. Members of SAAC raised money and
participated in the event on Tuesday,
March 29th 2011. This fundraiser is an annual event to
support the children and communities of Africa.
Over the past few years, a number of Christian Brothers from Africa have come to Iona College
to earn their degrees and return to their native country to work with the
children and youth of their homeland.
Br. Amandi Mboya and Br. Titus Kallon are two of the Brothers
at Iona from Africa
who have been working closely with the Tara Knights Society on this effort.
Over the past four years, the Iona Community, together with the families of
Adam Lynch and Jean-Claude Lovinsky, were able to raise a total of $10,000. The
money raised was used to completely renovate a free primary school in Zambia as well
as name classrooms after Adam and Jean-Claude.
In
an effort to help reach out to the communities in need, Hands Around Iona was
created. Funds raised this year will be used to construct a water well in Hamilton, an area located
in Sierra Leone
approximately 10 miles from the city of Freetown
in Africa.