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Pay It Forward: Westchester Students Raise Thousands For African Children Pay It Forward: Westchester Students Raise Thousands For African Children
Pay It Forward: Westchester Students Raise Thousands For African Children A group of Bronxville High School students are paying it forward after spending two weeks in Tanzania, Africa last summer. Last summer, seniors Mimi Buendia, Nan Carpenter, Mac Crawford and Nicholas O’Brien spent weeks at the MainSprings children’s orphanage - once known as the Janada L. Batchelor Foundation for Children (JBFC) - and since returning home, decided to keep helping the children in Africa. Over the past few weeks, the students raised more than $10,000 for the organization, and have also started a GoFundMe page that has already garnered more than $1,000 for the children. “Makin…

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by Zak Failla