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Mission Emmanuel Almost Accomplished
Word came today that the Mission Emmanuel shipping container filled with donated bikes and books has reached its final destination, the village of Koforidua in Ghana. Emmanuel Yeboah will accept the container that bears his name.
"Everybody kept telling us, it wasn't going to happen, it wasn't going to happen," said sophomore dean Nancy Love, the project's faculty advisor.
Instead, the community-supported effort of four seniors who were inspired by the story of Emmanuel Yeboah, has succeeded despite a host of challenges. Snow. Inexperience. Costs. Customs.
"People told me it could be months before the container passed through customs," she said. But thanks to a container inspector Love contacted--a New Orleans woman who just happened to be in Baltimore the day the crate was to leave campus--the packing and paperwork satisfied customs officials.
"The whole Mission Emmanuel project has been like that-- amazing," said Love. "Everything has just fallen into place.
She cited other happy coincidences. Two of the four seniors won school contests that boosted the ME coffer by almost $1,500. Brendan donated proceeds from his win as Mr. G.Q., while Danny contributed his prize from winning a spoken word poetry competition among upper schoolers.
A pie-eating contest that the boys staged during a break one school day generated another unexpected windfall.
Another was the connection Love made to Recycle Bicycle, a Pennsylvania group that collects used bikes for projects like Mission Emmanuel. Group representative Ross Willard drove two trailers full of bikes down from Harrisburg to help fill the container.
The four seniors, with faculty chaperones Love and Sean Kriebel, leave for Ghana on May 23 to complete the project. They plan to volunteer in Yeboah's village for ten days. Their experiences will be recorded so others will be inspired to keep Mission Emmanuel going for years to come.
Word came today that the Mission Emmanuel shipping container filled with donated bikes and books has reached its final destination, the village of Koforidua in Ghana. Emmanuel Yeboah will accept the container that bears his name.
"Everybody kept telling us, it wasn't going to happen, it wasn't going to happen," said sophomore dean Nancy Love, the project's faculty advisor.
Instead, the community-supported effort of four seniors who were inspired by the story of Emmanuel Yeboah, has succeeded despite a host of challenges. Snow. Inexperience. Costs. Customs.
"People told me it could be months before the container passed through customs," she said. But thanks to a container inspector Love contacted--a New Orleans woman who just happened to be in Baltimore the day the crate was to leave campus--the packing and paperwork satisfied customs officials.
"The whole Mission Emmanuel project has been like that-- amazing," said Love. "Everything has just fallen into place.
She cited other happy coincidences. Two of the four seniors won school contests that boosted the ME coffer by almost $1,500. Brendan donated proceeds from his win as Mr. G.Q., while Danny contributed his prize from winning a spoken word poetry competition among upper schoolers.
A pie-eating contest that the boys staged during a break one school day generated another unexpected windfall.
Another was the connection Love made to Recycle Bicycle, a Pennsylvania group that collects used bikes for projects like Mission Emmanuel. Group representative Ross Willard drove two trailers full of bikes down from Harrisburg to help fill the container.
The four seniors, with faculty chaperones Love and Sean Kriebel, leave for Ghana on May 23 to complete the project. They plan to volunteer in Yeboah's village for ten days. Their experiences will be recorded so others will be inspired to keep Mission Emmanuel going for years to come.