Raking for India

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 were helping to ease in some way the sufferings of the bodies of our brothers thousands of miles away. It was truly a blessing to be able to express such solidarity with them. A major purpose of SRO is to give students such opportunities to express unity and love toward our needy Christian brothers.

We are also thankful for the opportunities this project provided to spread the word in the community, bear witness to them, and be of service to them.

The fundraiser will continue this coming Saturday, and hope to have another excellent report to give.