Bowdoin Daily Sun: Taking a Day Away to Help a Latino Community in Maine
Originally Posted on March 7, 2012 by the Bowdoin Daily Sun Leaving early Saturday morning, nine Bowdoin students piled into a van, grabbed breakfast en route and drove four hours to the small Down East town of Milbridge, population roughly 1,200. They were volunteering their day to help the local nonprofit Mano en Mano | Hand in Hand host a potluck to raise money
5th Annual Spring Fling Raises $1,212 for Scholarships
At Mano en Mano | Hand in Hand, we’re still talking about what a success our 5th Annual Spring Fling was this year, which took place on March 3rd! That Saturday our staff, a volunteer group of students from Bowdoin College, and nearly 250 community members gathered to both support our Latino Scholarship Fund and dance into the night. Our goal was to raise
Bowdoin Students Raise $1,400 for Mano en Mano through Valentine’s Day Fundraiser
This past Saturday, February 11th, Bowdoin College’s Latin American Student Organization (LASO) raised $1,400 for Mano en Mano | Hand in Hand at the 5th annual LASO Valentine’s Day Auction Fundraiser. As is tradition, the proceeds from each year’s auction goes toward improving Latino livelihoods here and abroad. This year, after several interactions with Mano en Mano director Ian Yaffe ’09, LASO decided to