This is our donation from Fordham Prep in NYC . We are hoping to buy some tents for people in the mountains that were affected after the earthquake .”
— Stafford Jackson , Chaperone
Stafford in a Facebook video while holding an envelope which contains the donation from Fordham Prep in NYC . The envelope has the note that reads , “ We are thinking of you and wish you all of the best .”
The students who participated in the Morocco trip along with members of the Prep ’ s student clubs , Unicef and Just Serve , got to work in those first few days of school to raise funds for those affected by the disaster . They held a bake sale , which raised nearly $ 600 , the equivalent of 6,000 Moroccan dirhams .
However , getting the funds raised to Morocco was proving to be a bit of a challenge .
“ It ’ s really hard because you can ’ t just send things to Morocco . I can ’ t just mail Stafford a letter ,” Muller explained . “ We knew that the money we raised could really make a change so we started talking about how we could possibly get all these funds over to them ,” she continued .
Carter Remhild ’ 25 , one of the students who went on the trip to Morocco , overheard Muller talking about the obstacles the Prep was facing with the fundraiser during his Physics Honors class .
“ My son mentioned to her that I was going on a women ’ s yoga retreat in Morocco , which I ’ ve never done before , and I was like , ‘ What are the chances of this happening ?’” said Melissa Remhild P ’ 25 . “ I couldn ’ t believe it . Like , the moons were aligned for all of us ,” she exclaimed .
Remhild was actually considering skipping the retreat because of the earthquake , but after speaking with people who were already on site , she was persuaded to take the trip .
“[ Mrs . Muller ] told me that they had raised all this cash and couldn ’ t
figure out how to get it to them ,” Remhild said . “ She gave the money to me and I met the couple at the hotel in Marrakech that I was staying in ,” she explained .
Remhild recalls that the couple had nothing but nice things to say about the Prep students they hosted that summer . “[ Stafford ] said she was a little nervous at first , but then she told me how amazing the boys were . Their character , their personalities , and the ‘ men for others ’ — I guess it trickles into their travels to other countries ,” Remhild remarked .
The money that the Prep donated was able to finance two tents for families in the Atlas Mountains and sponsored a third . This , Remhild noted , was incredibly helpful in combating the cooler fall and winter months on the horizon .
ST . PATRICK ’ S DAY BRUNCH & PARADE
Join
FORDHAM PREP ON MARCH 16 , 2024
for a Pre-St . Patrick ’ s Day Parade brunch at the Harvard Club and march up Fifth Avenue with us in the biggest and oldest parade in New York City .
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