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Continued Education Continued from page A6 the support of their friends. family and community, they can make a contribution to the lives of others who desperately need their help.\ Ackerman stated in his 1994 speech. White sard his proudest moment with the group occurred on the April 1999 Nicaragua | trip. six - months - after Hurmcane Mitch devastated the region,. dropping 50 inches of rain and killing over 10,000 people. The students wanted to see the region that had been hit the worst, in the western part of the country near the volcano that had burst. Because this region was controlled by the left- wing Sandinistas. then-President Arnoldo Aleman. of the centnst Constitutional Liberal Party. directed almost no relief money to the area, the students hoped to do what they could to make up for this travesty. In the mudst of what White described as a \killing field.\ they spotted a tent city of 107 who had survived the hurricane but were without food, shelter. land or possessions. The students dubbed it \the forgotten barmmo\ and decided to donate $10 to every person there, enough to pay for two months' worth of food. As White described it. just as the best Spanish speaker in the group, a senior named Heather, was about to explain to the residents what the group was giving them, she choked on the phrase \ten dol- lars.\ turned to the other students, began crying, and said, \I can't tell them we're giving them $10. It's not enough. Would anyone mind if ... we made it $20?\ The students agreed. A year later, White said, the Nicaragua delegation once again passed by the spot where the forgotten barrio had stood. Nothing was there. White asked the next person he saw what had happened to them; the man replied, \They're gone. A group came by last year and gave them help. They made it through the dry sea- son, survived, got work and moved on.\ White immediately realized that \group\ had been none other than that year's Nicaragua delegation. His students had single-handedly saved 107 lives. \I'm amazed at the quality of human goodness some of these young people possess.\ White said. Since White's June retirement, the club has been jointly advised by social studies teacher Bill Slagle and foreign language teachers Elizabeth Martinez and Lauren Wolfe, and it is busier than ever. In addmon to the activities described above, the students bring clothing and food to New York homeless shelters; deliver school supplies and teach art and music to PS. 49 in the Bronx. one of the city's poorest schools, mentor disadvan- taged children in a Huntington communi- ty center; send money to refugee camps in Darfur, and undertake so many more projects that it is impossible to keep track of them all To pay tor all of this, the group is con- stantly running fundraimers, and their donor base is unusually trusting. White said that one alumnus recently sent in a $10,000 chech White attnbutes this trust to the fact that every cent rammed goes directly to the needy, none of it to over- head. Students pay for their own p17zza at meetungs and their own arfare to Nicaragua. Stagle said he believes the secret to Students for 60,000's enormous populan- ty 1s that the students actually get to inter- act with the people they are helping. \It gives them a vested interest ... They get charged, they come back, and they're just crazed to keep raising money and keep helping.\ he said. \They fall in love with what they do.\ Equally importantly, Students for 60.000 leaves an indelible impression on its members. turning them into lifelong community leaders. Enc Meyerowitz, a senior who is a leader in the Farmingdale tutoring project and is going on his fourth Nicaragua trip this spring, said, \The lessons I've learned from the club and my experiences have so impacted every aspect of my life. 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I want to take advantage of that. make sure I continue to get the best education and take advantage of all my opportunities, so 'll be able to give more when I'm older.\ Showing a complex understanding of geopolitics that belies his age, Meyerowitz added that one of the most important lessons he has learned is \connecting the dots between the imm:t- gration situation in the US and the des- perate poverty in so much of Latin America.\ While Meyerowity -- who is deciding whether to aiterd Harvard or Columbia next year <- does not know what career path he will take. he does know he'll continue devoting himself to service \All the expenences Eve had wil have to be a huge part of my life.\ he sud For - information. | log _ on _ at ww is. sf60k org or look for Peter White's monthly column at www guidancechan nel.com Photo by Alan Pearlman Camping out for a cause with Students for 60.000 Elliott B. 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