The Citizen, 2008-04-24, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008.Members of the Seaforth andDistrict All Girls Marching Bandrecently returned from aperformance/humanitarian tour inDominican Republic.Members raised funds to purchase
school supplies, a few uniforms and
70 recorders for the children of
Cabeza de Toro, an extremely poor
village on the doorstep of a luxury
resort. Through the generosity of thecommunity, the band was able totake extra school supplies, shoes,hygiene items, used recorders andmoney for uniforms to the school.The resort loaned them a truck to
transport all the gifts to the school.
As the truck wound its way through
the streets, the band marched behind,
accompanied by a translator sent by
the resort.Members were appalled by theliving conditions in the village. Straydogs and chickens rooted throughthe garbage that littered the groundand the smell of raw sewage was
nearly overpowering at times. Small
children played in the dirt outside
tumbledown shacks.
“I knew it would be hard walking
to the school, seeing the kids and theway they lived, but I didn’t think thetrip wold have such an impact on mylife. I didn’t think that just rightoutside the doors of the resort wewould walk into a completely
different world,” said Sabrina, 15.
The little school sits behind a high
fence topped with razor wire. When
the gate was unlocked, the truck
backed into the schoolyard to ensurethat the gifts would make it into theschool.After their performance, bandmembers gave out gifts of candy,toothbrushes, toothpaste, pencils and
Canadian pins.
“I thought that all of the kids were
so happy but they hardly had
Girls band takes humanitarian tour of Dominican
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