Roosevelt Students Raise Money for Vietnam Library
Students meet $5,000 goal; donations planned to local veterans groups
Two years and more than $10,000 later and a library is taking shape in Vietnam thanks to some enterprising students at Theodore Roosevelt High School. Members of Project Vietnam at the high school recently doubled their $5,000 goal to build a library at Kim Dong Elementary School in in the Phi Ninh district, Quang Nam province. Tanya Titus, the high school club's adviser, said because the students exceeded the $5,000 construction cost goal they also plan to donate a little extra to the students in Vietnam to furnish the new library. Because the students raised more than $10,000, which was more than expected, they also plan to donate the rest to local veterans organizations, including: the Freedom House veterans transitional housing; Miss …
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