Continuing to shed knowledge and help to the people of Burundi, Africa, Justine Bunch and Grace Morrisette, seniors, brought forth a fundraiser that they deemed “Youth Artists for Burundi”.
Youth Artists for Burundi was Dec. 18 in the CHS auditorium. The CHS dance team, chamber singers, string chortet, along with other individual performers and a speaker from the Hope Project were featured.
The show was an hour and a half long, and according to Morrisette, there was a great turn out and the show gained much support from the community and people within the school, with over $2000 raised for the cause producing two homes for families in Burundi.
Last year a native from Burundi, Africa, Prosper Ndabishuriye, traveled to CHS to share the story of his homeland and the genocide occurring there. Prosper also spread word of the Hope Project, a work set in motion to help the people in Burundi and to help gain support and knowledge for the area and the people there.
His story touched the students that attended the assembly. One of those students was Justine Bunch.
Bunch decided to take action after Ndabishuriye spoke, and proceeded to put jars in all
CHS classrooms to raise funds for Burundi.
The venture was successful, gathering over $1000 for a family in Burundi, enough to build a secure home.
This year, Bunch and Grace Morrisette decided to team up and keep Burundi in their hearts as they formed this year’s project, Youth Artists for Burundi.
The project centered on the performing arts, and started out very small, according to Morrisette.
“It was a lot of work but it turned out way better than we had originally hoped for,” Morrisette said.
“It was a huge blessing,” she said.