His House sale raises $350
His House Christian Fellowship is doing its best to help children on the other side of the world.
The group held a clothing drive Sunday in the basement of the church, 211 W. Broomfield Road, to help benefit the Invisible Children Fund, an organization dedicated to helping children in Africa.
The event, “Rescue Resale,” raised about $350 for the charity.
Randi Buck, recruit associate campus minister, helped come up with the idea for the clothing drive.
“It’s just a small way that we can help children who are being forced not to have a life of their own,” she said.
Invisible Children Fund was started by California student filmmakers who took a trip to Sudan, Africa’s largest country, and decided to help children who were being kidnapped and forced to fight in rebel armies.
“What these children have to do every night is travel to a local hospital and sleep, all cramped together like sardines,” said Dayna Rinke, Sterling Heights junior and His House community service ministry leader. “They do this every night in fear of being taken away from their families.”
Rescue Resale organizers said the event was a good way to get people to donate and also help raise money for the fund.
“A couple of the guys that are involved in the project are going to be coming to Central in March,” Rinke said. “We’re going to present them with the money that we’ve made and this will help towards their goal of $20 million.”
Money being raised through the organization will be used to help build up safe communities in Sudan.
Students who went to the sale said they were happy to help out with the cause.
“I wanted to support the cause and it’s always fun to get new clothes,” said Michelle Masselink, a Grand Rapids sophomore.
Organizers said they were extremely pleased with the turnout and all of the donations.
“We probably had at least 40 bags of clothes,” Rinke said. “It was a lot of fun and we got a lot of positive feedback. No matter if we made five bucks or 300 bucks, we made a profit.”
The leftover items will be sold during another sale between 9 and 10 p.m. Thursday night at the church.
