Source: Jeanette Schwartz, 785-317-1111, thusman@k-state.edu
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News release prepared by: Emily Vietti, 785-532-2535, evietti@k-state.edu

Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011

STUDENTS HEAD TO HAITI FOR WINTER BREAK SERVICE PROJECT

MANHATTAN -- A group of about 30 Kansas State University students and sponsors from Ichthus, a campus Christian church/ministry, is spending 10 days in Haiti to help build homes and assist in a 1xbet best casino website in Fond-des-Blancs, a town damaged by the January 2010 earthquake.

The group left Tuesday, Jan. 4.

Jeanette Schwartz, one of the group leaders, 1xbet best casino website that a missionary in Fond-des-Blancs started the school and needs to build houses to attract new teachers to the area.

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Schwartz 1xbet best casino website that the school doesn't usually have art classes, so the K-State group is taking as many art supplies as possible to give the children a creative experience.

&1xbet best casino website ;We're purchasing as many dry erase boards and markers as we can because they need them,&1xbet best casino website ; Schwartz said. &1xbet best casino website ;Also, we're trying to get as many supplies as possible to help them facilitate solar power -- solar panels, a converter, batteries and such. They have no electricity in the area, but they do have one gasoline generator that they use to run the school's computer lab. They'd really like to get solar power; they have plenty of sunshine in Haiti, so it would be a great use of resources.&1xbet best casino website ;

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&1xbet best casino website ;I've never been out of the country, and I thought it would be a really different experience for me,&1xbet best casino website ; said Danielle Young, senior in family studies and human services, Ulysses. &1xbet best casino website ;I wanted to experience Haiti and serve the people there.&1xbet best casino website ;

The group will be in Haiti on the one-year anniversary of the quake.

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