The local group, Infinity Volunteers, including several Portsmouth high school students, is on a humanitarian visit to a village in Guatemala over break. You can follow along on their blog.
Very proud of all these kids. Best wishes and safe travels.
Local nonprofit, Infinity Volunteers, are sponsoring a humanitarian trip to Guatemala to build a water containment system at an orphanage, and several Portsmouth high school students will be part of the group.
Want to help one of the volunteers, Sam Gorton, raise money for the trip? Head down to the Portuguese-American Citizens (PA) Club on Sunday, Dec. 11 for an afternoon of football and steak. For just $20, you can help send Sam to Guatemala, enjoy the Patriots/Redskins game at 1pm, and have a delicious steak fry at 2:30.
Tickets are available until Dec. 7 at the PA Club, or by calling 683-4617.
For more info on Infinity, check out their page on Facebook
Full disclosure: I've been a long-time supporter of Infinity and the wonderful kids who do this humanitarian work on their own dime. If anybody else wants some ink, just send me a press release. You folks all rock.
Today's update from the Portsmouth HS student trip to Ghana features a visit to a school where they read to the kids and donated 100 books collected by Melville Elementary. The pictures are great — go take a peek.
Portsmouth high school students with the Infinity Volunteers humanitarian trip to Ghana have arrived in the country and begun posting on their blog. I can't wait to hear what these kids do — hope you'll follow along too.
The upcoming Infinity Volunteers humanitarian trip to Ghana has launched a blog site so that folks from Portsmouth can follow our high school students.
Organizer Kim Cunningham announced the debut in a Facebook post: "Daily videos, photos, and highlights will be posted once we are there. Please sign up now to follow these amazing students!"
You can learn more about the work they'll be doing at GoLongitude.org.
This afternoon, the Portsmouth High School students of Infinity volunteers will be hosting a pasta dinner at Sardella's on Memorial Boulevard in Newport to raise money for their upcoming humanitarian trip to Ghana, according to their Facebook page:
Please join us for a night of food, friends, and fun before we leave for our humanitarian trip to Ghana!
$20 includes pasta dinner, live entertainment by Dave Manuel and Melissa Chaplin, and a wonderful silent auction.
Hope to see you all there.
Find out more at the Facebook event page.
BTW -- did you see the recent coverage of Infinity's trip by Portsmouth Patch?
Can't make it there but still want to help? Reach out by e-mail or PO Box 762, Portsmouth, RI 02871.