Ever had a really big dream? A really, really big one that could change your life in incredible ways? One of our Northside neighborhood students, currently a sophomore at Chapel Hill High School, has been accepted into the Canadian tall-ship program, Class Afloat, for the 2012-2013 school year! If all goes well, she’ll be sailing out of Istanbul, Turkey in September to kick off her junior year of high school aboard the Sorlandet, a 200ft. Norwegian tall ship built in 1927. She’ll learn square-sail sailing, celestial navigation, endless types of knots, sea(woman)ship, and be engaged in several multicultural immersion and volunteer service projects, while also being challenged by an intensive academic school year! With over 20 port calls along the way, she will sail the Mediterranean to Greece, Croatia and France, then on to Portugal, Morocco and Senegal before crossing the Atlantic to Brazil! Later stops include tiny islands in the South Atlantic, South Africa, Namibia, the Caribbean and eventually a finish of the school year in northeastern Canada! She is in the process of raising tuition funds, through a combination of grant and scholarship applications, sales of Windmill Hill Farms honey (where she worked with bees all last summer and this past Spring Break for tuition), and Sunday Fund-Days here at Lucky Star Market! Also, ALL tips every day here at Lucky Star go directly towards tuition! It’s a tall order, but there are a lot of people pulling for her to get on that tall-ship and go!
Help get this girl…
NaaLamiley Kwakye
onto this ship…
The Sorlandet
From now through the end of August, every Sunday at Lucky Star Market will be devoted to raising her tuition funds! Come on out to meet, get to know and support a fantastic young woman on her way (we all hope!) to sea!
Any questions about the program or our local student? Email: h.ragan@yahoo.com
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