Friends of Marich club

I am a part of the new Friends of Marich club in my senior year. The main goal of this club is to fund raise for a school in the West Pokot region of Northern Kenya, and to raise money to build a bridge with Bridging the Gap foundation in the same area. Our main source of funds in from a golf tournament and raffle hosted at Windsor golf course and country club. The Golf tournament was on the 11th of November, I was involved in organizing and setting up the tournament, by putting up banners and advertisements that our sponsors provided. Many holes of the course were sponsored by large companies like Tribe hotel, Java house, Village Market, and General Motors. There were others as well that sponsored holes worth 35,000ksh or 20,000ksh. There was also a raffle that day including prizes sponsored/donated by the Hilton, Osteria, Tribe, and others. The raffle tickets sold for 200ksh each, I sold 30 raffle tickets. My role in the club is on the fund raising committee. I plan to host and organize a charity concert to raise funds for the Marich cause. The target for the bridge could be as high as $12,000. So we want to raise more money so we can plan to help a local school to that area as well as build a bridge. This concert will take place in late April at Village Market, a local shopping center. I am in charge of organizing the acts at the concert and the times that they will be going on stage. I will also be performing in the concert in the Jazz Band and in small ensembles form Composer's Club. I did not be attend the Marich field trip this school year because I am a senior and went on the senior trip to Watamu. But I went on the Marich trip the last 2 years and know what it is all about. It is very fulfilling to contribute to helping a community, and building this bridge will change and save lives. Also helping the school will change the lives of the students at the school. My main goal in this club is contribute to fund raising enough money to complete the project. Also to help guide and educate the younger members of this group about the project and how amazing Marich is. In this club I have developed organizational and leadership skills as well as teamwork skills in order to plan and organize fund raising projects. In the past years, this trip has been very successful and enjoyable, and I'm sure due to our fund raising efforts the trip this school year will be even more successful.