Stuart - relief efforts for Haiti

Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, New Jersey, helps Haiti.

 

Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, New Jersey,raised nearly $4,800 to benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. As part of the fundraising effort, students, faculty, and staff paid three dollars or more per person to “dress down” and wear the colors of the Haitian flag.  Individual students initiated their own relief efforts as well:  Emma Spadea, a second grader, made bracelets and sold them to her classmates, raising almost $100.   Twelfth graders Glorie and Gloria Paul, twin sisters of Haitian descent, organized ongoing monthly donations.  In January, they collected lightly used clothing; in February, they collected boxes of powdered milk.  On Friday, March 5, 2010, Stuart’s First Friday prayer service will be dedicated to the people of Haiti.   The prayer service will feature Haitian music, photographs of relief efforts, and prayers read in Creole and in English.

Fresh off the success of A Princeton Christmas, which raised funds for the United Nation’s World Food Program, the vocal ensemble from Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, will be singing at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on March 8^th.  Entitled, “Voices for Haiti,” the benefit concert will raise money for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

The benefit concert will feature the voices from several other Philadelphia-area choirs including, the Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (a sister Sacred Heart school in Bryn Mawr), the Brandywine Singers, the New Hope Revival Choir, the Bala Cynwyd Methodist Church Choir and the Washington Memorial Pipe Band. Proceeds from the concert will benefit victims of the Haiti earthquake through the American Red Cross.

“Stuart is pleased to participate in this event,” said Dr. Nancy Graham, Stuart’s Upper School music teacher and director of the TartanTones. “The students at Stuart are committed to making a difference in the world. This vision is central to our unique mission and community service is a large part of how our girls can contribute to the betterment of our global society.”

About Stuart: Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart is an independent Roman Catholic school for girls in kindergarten through grade 12, as well as a coed preschool and junior kindergarten. Now celebrating its 46th year, Stuart is a member of the National and International Network of Sacred Heart Schools. Stuart offers an education deeply rooted in the goals and criteria of the Sacred Heart that enriches, inspires and empowers its students. While academic rigor is emphasized at Stuart, values are also placed on physical, social and moral growth

Photo Caption: The TartanTones, a vocal ensemble group from Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, will sing in a benefit concert at the Philadelphia Academy of Music March 8^th. Proceeds from the concert will aid victims of the earthquake in Haiti.