United Nations Foundation addresses students from Torrey Hills Elementary for their efforts in fundraising for the tsunami
March 10, 2005 (San Diego, CA )

On Friday, March 4, 2005, Kathryn Bushkin, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the United Nations Foundation, visited the students from Torrey Hills Elementary as a way of acknowledging their efforts in fundraising for the tsunami. “I am a citizen of the world”, is what Ms. Bushkin asked all the children to repeat one after another, as way of helping them understand the magnitude and impact of their efforts.

Students from grades K-6th at Torrey Hills School joined forces with the International Community Foundation (ICF), headed by local resident Richard Kiy, to raise funds for the Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund, at ICF. Alone, the kids were able to collect $6700 to donate to the children of South Asia that had been affected by the tsunami. According to one Torrey Hills School 3rd grader, “every penny counts”.

But Torrey Hills Students were not the only ones to participate in this collaborative effort. In fact, a total of four schools from Del Mar Union School District stepped up to the plate to help raise funds for the tsunami: Torrey Hills School ($6,700), Del Mar Hills Academy ($2,100), Carmel Del Mar School ($2075), and Del Mar Heights ($3,604). Together, they were able to raise over $14,000 dollars. “Kids to the rescue” is what ICF called them, our hope for a better world.
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Established in 1990, ICF is a 501(c)(3) public charity committed to providing leadership and strategically focused guidance to U.S. donors who want to contribute to worthwhile non-profit groups and other charitable organizations throughout the Americas and Asia in the areas of education, health, human services, community development, the environment and arts and culture. For more information visit: www.icfdn.org.
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The United Nations Foundation was created in 1998 with businessman and philanthropist R.E. Turner’s historic gift to support UN causes. The United Nations Foundation promotes a more peaceful, prosperous, and just world through the support of the United Nations and its Charter. Through its grantmaking and by building new and innovative public-private partnerships, the United Nations Foundation acts to meet the most pressing health, humanitarian, socioeconomic, and environmental challenges of the 21st century. For more information on the UN Foundation visit: www.unfoundation.org

Contact:
Julieta Mendez
Office: 858-677-2913
Julieta@icfdn.org