In December we posted a fundraising appeal from a Lassiter student who’s part of a YMCA Global Service project this summer to the Republic of Georgia.
Izaiah Hooper, a student at Walton High School, is part of the same program, and is asking for community help to collect $3,000 in donations by May 1. As he explains:
“Only a select amount of teens get to go on this trip and I was picked! We would fly out there and stay at the YMCA there and help out for 10 days around the camp. I would learn new leadership skills to bring back to my community and I would be able to help the locals there.”
Izaiah has been involved in various community service work in addition to the YMCA, having raised funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 13). He also has been a page in the Georgia State Senate.
Izaiah has more information about him and the leadership program at his YMCA page, including a button where you can make a donation.
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