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Gun Hill Brewing funds
Bronxdale H.S. Costa Rica trip
Gun Hill Brewery partner Kieran Farrell (2nd row, 4th from l) gives Community School director and Bronxale High School principal Grace White a check to help fund the students’ trip to Costa Rica. Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Once fi nals are over
and done with, a few
Bronxdale High School
students, on the Christopher
Columbus Campus,
are going to have
some packing to do.
Thanks to the generous
fi nancial assistance
from Gun Hill Brewing
at 3227 Laconia Avenue,
a very lucky group of
students will be heading
to Costa Rica this
summer.
These kids won’t
just be going to soak
up some sunrays or
tour the grounds of the
original Jurassic Park,
though. The Bronxdale
High School students
will be fi lming, editing
and producing two separate
documentaries:
one about immigration
in Central America,
and the other on a climate
change study that
they will be conducting.
As part of the
school’s Global Kids
program, the lucky
eight students, accompanied
by two adults,
will begin their journeyto
the east coast of
the nation, working
their way to the nation’s
capital, San Jose,
from Saturday, July 21
to Thursday, August 1.
Gun Hill’s bountiful
donation came about by
setting aside one dollar
for every beer the brewery
sold over the Memorial
Day weekend.
“We want to be part
of the community and
help the community so
we’re happy to do this,”
said Gun Hill’s owner
Kieran Farrell when
he presented the school
with a check for their
trip.
So far, the school has
(front, l-r) Bronx H.S. students Esther Eboh, Jelia Rivera, Emily Brizuela, Ehan Lozada, Alisa Alamo, (back, l-r) Global Kids educator Andre Ware,
Community School director Jacqueline Joseph, educator Sarah Caska and BHS student Jamuary Lewis. Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
raised a total of $1,200
for the trip and is looking
to add to that total.
Bronxdale High
School is still accepting
donations for the
trip. Tto donate and
spread awareness
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