Ryan Wolfe, center, gives a check to Michael Conn for Team Cambodia. Looking on is Tony Snyder, of the Milton Moose. Wayne Laepple/The Daily ItemTeachers, students, community raise money to build school
By Wayne Laepple
The Daily Item
MILTON -- Milton Area Senior High School social studies teacher Michael Conn was ecstatic as he accepted a check for $335 from Ryan Wolfe.
That check, presented Tuesday night, brought total donations to Team Cambodia to $30,635, surpassing the $30,000 goal set for the fund drive in December. The money will be used to build and staff a school in Cambodia.
The fund actually went over the top on Friday, when a benefit concert was held in the high school auditorium, but the additional money is welcome nonetheless, Conn said.
The check Wolfe gave to Conn represents the proceeds from "Milton Idol," a contest held at the Jungle, the teen club at the Milton Moose Family Center.
"We raised these funds in four months and 26 days," Conn said. "There were a lot of people who were skeptical that we'd be able to raise this kind of money in Milton."
"I'm proud of the kids, and I'm proud of the community," he continued. "This project has had a galvanizing effect."
Conn said additional money that may come in will be used to offset the cost for several students to make the trip to Cambodia in December, when a delegation from Milton will go to Cambodia to help dedicate the school, which is under construction in a village near the Mekong River. The school will be called the Milton School.
The travel company, American Council for International Studies, has waived a number of fees and charges for students and will include all meals, Conn said. The group will travel to Vietnam and Cambodia for nine days, from Dec. 4-13.
Last summer, Conn visited Cambodia and was moved by the poverty and lack of education in that country. He learned of the Educate Cambodia project and found that many schools were built there with donations from other countries, but only one school had been built with money from the United States.
He decided to try to raise funds in Milton to build a school, and with help of students and teachers throughout the district and contributions from hundreds of people throughout the region, that goal has been met.
n E-mail comments about this article to wlaepple@dailyitem.com.
That check, presented Tuesday night, brought total donations to Team Cambodia to $30,635, surpassing the $30,000 goal set for the fund drive in December. The money will be used to build and staff a school in Cambodia.
The fund actually went over the top on Friday, when a benefit concert was held in the high school auditorium, but the additional money is welcome nonetheless, Conn said.
The check Wolfe gave to Conn represents the proceeds from "Milton Idol," a contest held at the Jungle, the teen club at the Milton Moose Family Center.
"We raised these funds in four months and 26 days," Conn said. "There were a lot of people who were skeptical that we'd be able to raise this kind of money in Milton."
"I'm proud of the kids, and I'm proud of the community," he continued. "This project has had a galvanizing effect."
Conn said additional money that may come in will be used to offset the cost for several students to make the trip to Cambodia in December, when a delegation from Milton will go to Cambodia to help dedicate the school, which is under construction in a village near the Mekong River. The school will be called the Milton School.
The travel company, American Council for International Studies, has waived a number of fees and charges for students and will include all meals, Conn said. The group will travel to Vietnam and Cambodia for nine days, from Dec. 4-13.
Last summer, Conn visited Cambodia and was moved by the poverty and lack of education in that country. He learned of the Educate Cambodia project and found that many schools were built there with donations from other countries, but only one school had been built with money from the United States.
He decided to try to raise funds in Milton to build a school, and with help of students and teachers throughout the district and contributions from hundreds of people throughout the region, that goal has been met.
n E-mail comments about this article to wlaepple@dailyitem.com.
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