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Dear Friends and Family,
My son Noah was chosen along with only 24 other 6th Grade Gifted students from our state to go on a once in a lifetime trip to Hawaii to explore an active volcano!
We need your HELP to Send Him!
The Hawaii Wilderness Education Program selects only those students with a passion for science like astronomy, geology and biology. They will embark on a wilderness adventure for 10days, flying to the big island of Hawaii, visit the Volcanoes National Park, hike the crater! Visit the Keck Telescope, snorkle in Kealakekua bay, experience dolphins swimming with them, and fly to Oahu for a tour of Pearl harbor and the USS Missouri!
The kids will be roughing it, no hotel stays. The trip is also teaching camping and survial skills in different eco systems, there will be stays at hostels, the naval base and other accomodations along the 10day trip.
Of coarse this amazing opportunity comes with a cost to students. We have already put down deposit money and are hoping to raise the rest of the trip fees with your help!
As a single mom I want to do everything I can to send my kid on this awesome trip, he's done the hard part..he got selected!
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