Culture Rich Service Project For Tri-Valley Students Combines Fundraising and Charity

Mrs. Moore’s Spanish IV students and The Spanish Club joined forces with the Pulsera Project, a nonprofit organization that connects artists in Central American communities to students in the United States through colorful handwoven bracelets. Through their mission they have educated, empowered and connected Central American artists to more than 2,500 U.S. schools.

Pulseras were sold as a service project by the Tri-Valley students.  They sold 1,805.75 dollars worth of bracelets and purses through the program! All of which went directly back to the artisans and their communities. 

The Pulsera Project provides jobs for nearly 200 Nicaraguan and Guatemalan artists in an economy where unemployment is high and tough work conditions are common.

The experience of selling the pulseras provides a great cultural education that allows students to transfer the beauty of Latin American culture to high school life. “Students worked really hard to serve others and learned a lot in the process about life in Guatemala and Nicaragua,” said Mrs. Moore.

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Pictured above: high school students ( Parker Dinan, Grace Johnson, Maddie Murphy, Eric Allen, Ryan Thomas, Christina Rozsa and Gabi Lindsey ) selling Pulseras in study hall, and 3rd grade Frazeysburg Elementary student Priya Moore wearing her newly purchased bracelet.