ThanksGIVING at ICA

In the busyness of life, it is easy to both forget to give thanks for the gifts God has given us, and even to remember what the gifts are! Our human nature has a tendency to make us focus on what we don’t have rather than what we do.

This year, during the Thanksgiving season, ICA is focused on remembering the simplest and yet most essential of gifts…clean water. In the populous American city of San Francisco, it’s easy to forget that many people around the world struggle with finding clean water, a requirement for survival.

But ICA is not only remembering what we have here in America, we are also committed to helping provide that basic life necessity to those outside the United States who do not have it.

There has been an ongoing drought in Kenya. The town of Kisumu has been hit particularly hard by this drought. The only well available in the area has run dry. Along with all Kisumu residents, there is a Dominican school in Kisumu, Our Lady of Grace, which is struggling through this drought because of their lack of a functioning well.

ICA has been touched by this great need. Through the logistical support of Living Waters International, ICA is partnering with other Dominican high schools across the United States to raise $50,000 in order to dig a well in Kisumu, Kenya.

ICA is kicking off this campaign on November 21st and it will end during the Human Rights Awareness Week in March. No single school has the ability raise the amount needed, which is why several Dominican high schools are working together to meet the goal.

On November 21^st at Morning Meeting the campaign will be announced to ICA students and the campaign will begin. On November 22^nd at the Thanksgiving Prayer Service, a special skit about water usage will be performed, and a collection will be taken for the campaign.

ICA and Our Lady of Grace would appreciate your prayers that the goal of $50,000 is reached, clean water is provided to the residents of Kisumu, Kenya, and that the drought would end quickly. For more information about the campaign, you can contact Stefani Roybal at sroybal@icacademy.org.

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