This tuesday I have helped organise a campus-wide charity Doughnut Sale for a charity, aiming to help bring children from Betlehem to the UK for a cultural exchange stay, through the registered charity Betlehem Link.
The group is called the Hakaya band and is a Palestinian folk dancing and singing group which represents the Palestinian’s life style through songs and movements to the Dabka [the traditional dancing style of Palestinians danced at celebrations and festivals].
We've set-up two sites on campus and sold Doughnuts. My friends from the "Friends of Palestine" deserve all the credit since they did a fantastic job, selling the doughnuts and comming up with the idea in the first place. Krispy Kreme runs a charity fundraising branch of it's business, that allows one to resell their fresh doughnuts for a mark-up with the profit helping your cause. Fortunately Krispy Kreme seemed to be a very popular Doughnut make with the students on campus, so it sold relatively easily.I must say that being involved in raising money for charity, where you know that the money will have a real impact (i.e. help cover the travel costs, that would otherwise be unnafordable) is just really wonderful. We sold well over 800 doughnuts and I am absolutely certain that the proceeds will make a real difference to these kids!
