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GLA alumni donates 300 pounds of school supplies to Ghana

Global Leadership Adventures alumni Allison Hoffman was featured in the Patriot Ledger newspaper for collecting 300 pounds of school supplies to donate to the school she volunteered at in Ghana during her GLA program.

Read the full article here.

Often students ask me about donating supplies to the organizations that they volunteer at and I normally reply by saying that it’ll cost more to ship the donation than it would to simply buy the materials locally.

However, Allison was able to obtain a donation of shipping from the owner of a logistics company.  I also like how she turns down the offer to send electric pencil sharpeners.  She’s smart and aware enough to just collect supplies that can be used by the local community and use appropriate technology.

Kudos to you Allison for staying involved!

Alumni Action: Building Bright Future

Previously, I’ve talked about how its hard to know what a student will reap from a GLA experience, but my hope is that they become “activated” about anything – language, culture, social issues, etc…

Here is a great example of alumni being activated by their Global Leadership Adventures experience – Building Bright Future is a web site created by our students to help fund the construction of an orphanage in Ghana where they volunteered.

If other alumni have stayed engaged in something related to their GLA program, let me know and I’ll promote it here on the blog.

Volunteering at Orphanage

Volunteering at Bright Future Orphanage