Mayor Harp addresses students at Wednesday night’s gathering.
A dozen Hillhouse High School seniors are hoping to learn firsthand about life in Costa Rica, with some help from the community.
The seniors and their teachers have raised $20,000 for the trip, which is scheduled for April 15 – 22. They gathered with supporters at Hillhouse WEdnesday night to call for community help in raising the remaining $7,000 they need.
“I want to experience the world outside of Connecticut,” said Sterling McDowell-Hagans, one of the students in the travel contingent. He and his classmates offered their thoughts and listed their career hoipes in a fundraising brochure that you can read here.
“Travel helps make us a country that understands our strength is people who come here from throughout the world to find a way to make their dreams come true,” Mayor Toni Harp told the gathering.
To donate, make checks out to “EF Tours” and send it to James Hillhouse High School, c/o Glenda Reyes (Perez), 480 Sherman Parkway, New Haven CT 06511. Or check out the group’s Go Fund Me page.
How about you first learn about some place like say Nebraska, Minnesota, Maine, Arkansas, South Carolina maybe even upstate New York or 43 other choices. Just a thought.