Community Corner
Mission Trip to Dominican Republic Looking for Support
Jordan Jones will be working with the country's extremely poor children.
Each Thursday in December, Patch is highlighting a local GoFundMe campaign in the area.
Today's focus is on the wishes of a young Suwanee woman to return on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic to work with kids.
From her fund-raising page:
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"Hey everyone! I am going back to the Dominican Republic March 22-30 to help serve on a mission trip. We will be going to an extremely poor part of the country and doing whatever we can to help kids, specifically at a kid's orphanage.
The cost of the trip (which includes airfare, meals, place to stay, etc.) is 1,900 dollars.
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Check out her GoFundMe page for further information.
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