On Saturday, April 19, nearly 1,000 students, professors and families gathered at the University of Mary Washington Campus for SHH’s 3rd annual Walkathon for Hope. SHH members from over 14 different universities flew in all the way from New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and other cities far away. Our current count is at $73,000 although the total amount raised is still being calculated with checks and donations arriving daily. Combining the America’s Giving Challenge Prize, SHH has raised a total of $138,000 for the Coppromee Women's Academy, only $12,000 left to raise in order to receive the $50,000 challenge grant from the Sunshine Lady Foundation.

On April 10, 2008, Students Helping Honduras had its first ever Open Bar Night at Rhino Bar & Pumphouse in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington D.C. The event catered to members of the Georgetown University chapter of S.H.H. as well as alumni from other chapters living in the Washington D.C. area. The cover charge to participate in the open bar was $20, with half of all money earned going to help S.H.H.’s “Faces of the Future” scholarship fund and transitional housing project. In all, the event raised over $1000 for the cause, and a great night was had by all. S.H.H. looks forward to working with Rhino Bar & Pumphouse again in the future, and hopes to have more big events in Georgetown soon.

http://www.cdcki.org/events/Helping_Hands.htm

Helping Hands is a compilation of stories written by children about the joys of helping others. Each story shows how a little love and kindness can go a long way. The cost of the book if ordered through CDCKI is $15.00 (USD).

The book will be distributed in Spring 2008 and everyone who reserves a book will be contacted when the book is ready about making payment. All profits from Helping Hands will go towards the San Francisco de Opalaca Library in Honduras. The goal is to raise $10,000 which will be enough to physically build and fully furnish
the library.

This municipality in the department of Intibucá, Honduras, currently has a 90% illiteracy rate among children and adults. This can be attributed to the fact that the underdeveloped town has a limited number of schools, with none going higher than the ninth grade, and has never had a library.  read more »

On Monday, March 25, 2008, the Sunshine Lady Foundation announced its support for Students Helping Honduras in its effort to create a Women's Academy for some of Honduras' most talented and deserving young women. Specifically, Doris Buffet's foundation has challenged SHH members to raise the estimated $150,000 it will cost to fund the second, third, and fourth year of the Woman's Academy program. If they meet this goal by April 19, the Sunshine Lady Foundation will support all of the program's first year start-up costs, which SHH estimates will cost more than $52,000!  read more »