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Brophy Donation
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As part of its effort to connect the Brophy student body
with the local, national, and global communities, Brophy's
Office of Faith and Justice oversees a variety of donation
campaigns throughout the year on campus to benefit targeted
communities in need. By far the three largest are the
Thanksgiving "Give 'em the Bird" drive, the Holiday
E.L.F. drive (Extending Love to Families), and the Spring
Lenten drive. These campaigns attempt to raise funds
and/or food items to assist individuals or organizations that
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| Thanksgiving Turkey
Drive
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Three weeks in November
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Class competition (9th, 10th, 11th,
12th grades)
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Beneficiaries: St. Mary's Food Bank
and St. Vincent De Paul Foundation. Brophy has
for a long time sent its Key Club and National Honor
Society members to volunteer at St. Mary's Food Bank.
Also, many Brophy students have worked at St. Vincent
Depaul as their Junior Justice Project site, and every
Brophy sophomore will spend an entire day at St. Vincent
Depaul each year as part of the Soph Breakaway program.
- Money was also sent to Bonito Oriental, a parish in
Honduras, and the Catholic Relief Services Agriculture
Program.
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Brophy also donates funds from the Turkey Drive to rural
communities in El Salvador to support sustainable development
projects there. Beginning in 2004, students from Brophy have gone
on the El Salvador Immersion Trip in July with Mr. Time Broyles. In El Salvador our students learn the culture, the stories, and the lives of the people in villages around the country. .
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Holiday E.L.F. Drive
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Between Thanksgiving and X-Mas break
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Homerooms/classes/faculty families "sponsor"
a family
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Beneficiaries: families contacted via
AZ Department of Economic Security who are touched
by mental or physical disability
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2006 totals: This year we sponsored
69 families through the Arizona Department of Economic
Security. 42 faculty and staff members participated
in the event. There were 24 pantry sponsorships, and
45 pantry plus sponsorships.
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Spring Lenten Drive
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During Lent
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Homerooms send donations each day
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Beneficiaries: a variety of individuals/organizations
with whom Brophy has a relationship
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***** Friends of the Orphans
organization--yearly sponsorships of four kids in
Mexico--Brophy's Spanish Honor Society writes letters
to the kids
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***** Health Through Communication--a
program in Haiti run by a friend of Mrs. Cavnar who
seeks to empower the poor in Haiti through education
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***** University sponsorship of a student
in Zambia, Africa, given by Fr. Bob Glynn, a former
Brophy teacher
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***** Palomino School in Phoenix,
AZ, an underprivileged school where some Brophy students
complete their Junior Justice projects
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***** A water well-construction project
in Africa directed by Peace-Corps volunteer Tara Helm,
daughter of Brophy business manager Joe Helm
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*****Alderson Hospitality House
in Appalachia, West Virginia, where a group of Brophy
students visit each Easter Break
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***** Borderlinks, a border-awareness
organization in Nogales that seeks to inform Americans
of truths about life on the Nogales border
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***** Humane Borders, an
organization based out of Tucson that places water
in the desert to help stave off dehydration and possible
death of migrants crossing the border into the U.S.
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2006 total: $19,542.4 raised by Brophy
community
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In addition to the above donation campaigns run by
the OFJ, various clubs on campus conduct their own campaigns to
raise money or materials for those in need. The Calculus Club,
moderated by Mr. Whitehead, sells donuts 2 mornings per week to
raise money for families in need, and makes a substantial donation
to the Turkey drive each year. Furthermore, Pax Christi and
other clubs typically organize donation campaigns throughout the
course of the year to benefit groups in need.
For more information about OFJ donation campaigns
or if you are interested in getting involved, please email the Office
of Faith and Justice.
Click here to return to OFJ
web page.
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