Hello! We have been given the amazing opportunity to travel to Nakuru, Kenya with Youthlinc. This is Ellie's first Youthlinc experience and Lauren's third. Here we will be working to help construct trenches to avoid flooding in the school building, as well as teaching STEM English lessons to the children. Ellie will be a part of the Cultural Committee where she will help to plan the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the home visits, and the funfair that we have with the kids near the end of our trip. Lauren will be over the Environmental Committee where we will work the educate the Kenyan people on how to live a more sustainable lifestyle, as well as planting trees and beekeeping!
Here locally we must participate in 80 community service hours. We will be doing the majority of our hours at The Abbington Senior Living Home. We really enjoy spending time with the elderly, and love hearing about their lives and all of their fascinating stories. We will be helping with senior outings, activities at the center, and hopefully getting to work with Alzheimer patients.
We are so excited to have been given this opportunity to go and learn all we can from the people of Kenya!
All donations are tax deductable. Thank you so much for all of your support, anything helps!!
Our account must be at the following amounts on the dates below
Dec 1: $1,000
Jan 1: $2,087
Feb 1:$3,674
Mar 1:$5,261
Apr 1:$6,998
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Youthlinc is a Utah non-profit organization dedicated to creating lifetime humanitarians through local and international service. Service Year students contribute 80 hours of local service before their international service trip. In monthly meetings, students - mentored by adult professionals - take leadership roles in planning educational, community health, business development, vocational training and cultural exchange initiatives that are implemented in the small village of Kajuki, Kenya next summer. To learn more about our Service Year, visit our website www.youthlinc.org
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| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Sara Keeler | 03/01/2020 | $100.00 | Do great work and enjoy your time in Kenya. Love you both so much! | Mike & Emeliee Dirks | 02/25/2020 | $100.00 | Dave pretzels | Sara Keeler | 02/14/2020 | $100.00 | Have fun and do good work. Love you both! | Jerika Mays | 02/08/2020 | $30.00 | 6 Valentine's Day pretzels. Way to go Dirks sisters!) | Mike & Emeliee Dirks | 02/06/2020 | $130.00 | pretzel, Nat, Tanya, Cheryl, Laura, Shandell | Nate and Tori Hill | 01/23/2020 | $100.00 | Rick & Shelley Dirks | 12/20/2019 | $100.00 | Ellie - Congratulations on your first Youth Linc trip! We know you'll do great and wish you a memorable,safe and rewarding experience. Send us updates! Love, Rick & Shelley | Robyn Topham | 12/15/2019 | $50.00 | Briana Boose | 12/14/2019 | $100.00 | Nana & Mamo | Jessica Kidman | 12/13/2019 | $50.00 | You both are amazing. Thank you for all the work you do to help others. | Mark Thomas | 12/12/2019 | $100.00 | Chelle Brain | 12/11/2019 | $300.00 | Love you both so much!!! | Anonymous Friend | 12/11/2019 | $50.00 | Anonymous Friend | 12/10/2019 | $100.00 | Great experience and I am sure you will make a difference in the world! Enjoy the journey and the opportunity to do it with your sister! |
| Total | $1,410.00 | ||