Sem Walk For Water
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Past event
1:00 PM EDT
Kingston, Pennsylvania
$5.00 · 1 race
Event summary
Join us for the inspiring Sem Walk For Water on Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Kingston, Luzerne! This uplifting community event aims to raise awareness and funds for clean water initiatives in Fada, Burkina Faso, in partnership with the BARKA Foundation. Participants will gather at the Upper School's Back Campus at 1 PM and embark on a scenic walk along Market Street to the river, around Kirby Park, and back—covering approximately 3 paved miles.
As a symbol of solidarity, participants are encouraged to carry a bottle or jug of water, reflecting the incredible burden faced by women and children in Burkina Faso who often carry up to 40 pounds of water over 6 kilometers (almost 4 miles). Individual registration, which includes a modest $5 fee, must be completed by April 10 to receive a special walk t-shirt. This event is open to all students, families, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of Wyoming Seminary Schools. Come together to make a difference and kick off Earth Week with us! Extra donations are welcome and will directly support the construction of a new well in Fada. Let’s unite for a cause that truly matters!
As a symbol of solidarity, participants are encouraged to carry a bottle or jug of water, reflecting the incredible burden faced by women and children in Burkina Faso who often carry up to 40 pounds of water over 6 kilometers (almost 4 miles). Individual registration, which includes a modest $5 fee, must be completed by April 10 to receive a special walk t-shirt. This event is open to all students, families, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of Wyoming Seminary Schools. Come together to make a difference and kick off Earth Week with us! Extra donations are welcome and will directly support the construction of a new well in Fada. Let’s unite for a cause that truly matters!
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Sem Walk for Water
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$5.00
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Water Unites Us All! Let's walk in person together on SUNDAY, APRIL 21, to help, in partnership with the BARKA Foundation, residents in Fada, Burkina Faso, have clean water! We will meet on BACK CAMPUS AT THE UPPER SCHOOL AT 1 PM and walk along Market Street to the river, around Kirby Park and back (approximately 3 paved miles). PARTICIPANTS ARE ASKED TO CARRY A BOTTLE OR JUG OF WATER IN CONNECTION WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN BURKINA FASO who carry as much as 40 pounds of water a distance of 6 kilometers (almost 4 miles)! Individual registration with a fee of $5 is required. Registration completed no later than April 10 includes individual and family walk t-shirt options when you add to your registration fee; those shirts will be given out beginning at 12:30 PM on Back Campus before we begin the walk. EXTRA DONATIONS USING THE DONATION BUTTON ARE ALWAYS WELCOME, INCLUDING DURING OUR WALK AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT, MONDAY, APRIL 22, EARTH DAY. All funds will go directly to the BARKA FOUNDATION'S CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WELL IN FADA, BURKINA FASO.
This event is open to all students, families, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of Wyoming Seminary Lower and Upper Schools. We hope that you will join us in this special community event to kick off Earth Week! Check out THIS VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnGk_bfJNpUwith Namoungou School students, Sem students, and Sem families showing the impact of our 2021 Walk/Ride for Water when we partnered with the BARKA Foundation to help Namoungou School students in Fada.
This event is open to all students, families, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of Wyoming Seminary Lower and Upper Schools. We hope that you will join us in this special community event to kick off Earth Week! Check out THIS VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnGk_bfJNpUwith Namoungou School students, Sem students, and Sem families showing the impact of our 2021 Walk/Ride for Water when we partnered with the BARKA Foundation to help Namoungou School students in Fada.
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Wyoming Seminary, 201 North Sprague Avenue, Kingston, 18704, PA, United States
Sem Walk For Water
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