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Contact: Susan Coriasco
Student Center Marketing and Graphics
Phone – (618) 453-1142
Fax – (618) 453–3492
Date: October 26, 2007
Volunteer-made toys go to Jamaica
The SIUC chapter of the Happy Factory sponsored by the Student Center Craft Shop will be sending 100lbs of wooden cars made by student, staff and community volunteers to Jamaica. The cars will be given to needy children at the Blue Mountain Project in Hagley Gap, Jamaica. The Happy Factory is a non-profit charitable organization which produces high quality hardwood toys that are given to children around the world. The majority of the toys are small cars and trucks. The cars going to the Blue Mountain Project will be dispensed throughout the year for activities and holidays.
The Blue Mountain Project is a not for profit organization dedicated to educating and empowering indigenous populations of developing countries, and offers volunteer programs. Adventure seekers can travel to Hagley Gap, a small rural village in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains, where they will engage in an all-inclusive volunteer experience. The new Service Learning Projects are designed to introduce local culture while utilizing the variety of volunteer’s skills to improve community lifestyle.
Current projects include Wellness Clinic Renovations, Day Camps, and Clinical First Aid.
For information about volunteering to make toys, please call 618.453.3636:
Happy Factory Carbondale, IL #25
Ron Dunkel
SIUC Student Center Craft Shop
1255 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901-4407
