Bella Garneau, an 8th-grade student at Sanford Middle School, has successfully completed a year-long project for “Pure Water for the World,” a non-profit organization focused on providing clean drinking water to underprivileged communities.
Bella’s project was initially an assignment that she completed with the help of her JMG teacher, Tara Houle, and her family.
After presenting to the Knights of Columbus and soliciting donations from various organizations and businesses, Bella raised $1,110. Her hard work paid off as she was invited to travel to Haiti to install the water filtration system she helped fund.
Bella’s inspiring story is a testament to the power of determination and the willingness to make a chance. To learn more about Bella’s journey, click here.
Below is an excerpt from Bella’s article
So something that I’m passionate about and very grateful for is clean fresh water that I can drink and use for everyday cooking etc. I thought that this was the perfect project to pick and started to find non-profit organizations that help people get clean water that they can use for everyday needs!
That is where I came across Pure Water for the World. I wanted to reach out to see what they did! First I looked at their website and found the contact information and contacted Tracy Adams and she was so nice and helped me get my fundraiser set up over email.
Now at first I was so happy money started rolling in and I raised $205 in the first couple of months. And I attended several different kinds of zooms to learn more about what the money I was raising was doing and how happy the families were! I made some posters around school to try to raise money within my school and I raised more money! After the money was slowing down again, I asked my Memere and Pepere if they could reach out to Knights of Columbus.
To read her article in its entirety, click here.