Students for the Relief of the Oppressed

There's been lots more to report on the raking front. On Saturday the 8th we raked at least as many leaves as the first week and made even more money--around $1100. In this two-week fundraiser, SRO raised as much as in the previous six months combined! And upcoming events look very promising as well. This Wednesday, SRO will be featured on 92.5 FM around 2 PM. Be sure to tune in to hear about us and our ministry!

This website has been terribly un-updated, because we never assigned anyone as the designated webmaster. But that shall change. SRO has been doing some wonderful work lately, in particular, a leaf-raking fundraiser for Christian refugees in Orissa, India, where Hindu extremists have been killing Christians and driving them out of their homes in a terrible outbreak of violence these last two months. We had many great volunteers out working their tails off for hours on Saturday, even in the rain, and we far surpassed our fundraising goal. Here's some fun statistics: 7 (or so)--tons of leaves we bagged up 25--number of folks who helped out; and number of yards raked 123--number of phone calls to and from my cell-phone over the seven hours I was coordinating the project 300 (or so)--number of bags chock full of leaves we filled up 1000+--number of dollars we raised 10000 (or so)--number of gallons of leaves we bagged It was wonderful to know that, by the labors of our own bodies, we ...