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November 1, 2011 12:08PM
Texas school raises $1,200 for Horn relief
Cody Dollowitch
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Members of the Culture Club display the check they sent to Mercy Corps.
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On September 30, Doerre Intermediate School in Spring, Texas, held a staff-versus-student charity volleyball game that raised $1,200 to benefit Mercy Corps' efforts to fight hunger in the Horn of Africa.
The Doerre Culture Club decided to raise money for the Horn of Africa after discussing during a pizza party that children were starving in Somalia, according to school officials. The Culture Club is a group of 60 students that meets monthly to learn about other countries and pay respect to their school's cultural diversity.
The club members were struck by the disparity between the pizza party they were having and the desperate situation of families and children in Somalia. The club decided to raise money for Mercy Corps after researching the crisis on CNN.com and learning that Mercy Corps has helped more than a million people in the region survive.
