Super Students
Saturday, March 20, 1999Aspiring ‘ambassador’
By Rod Ohira
near fund-raising goal
Star-BulletinWhat was a long shot a week ago is close to becoming a dream come true for 16-year-old Jordan Salis.
As of Wednesday, the Kamehameha Homes Tenant Association had raised more than 75 percent of the $6,000 needed to send Jordan this summer on a People to People Student Ambassador Program trip to Europe as one of 20 Hawaii representatives.
"It's going so fast that I can feel it now," said the Castle High School junior, a student with a 3.7 cumulative grade point average who works part-time and assists his disabled father by doing the family's cooking and washing.
"I'd just like to thank the community very much for their love, support and generosity," he added.
Zara Aki, the tenant association's treasurer, said Thursday's $500 donation from the nonprofit Friends of Hawaii's Public Housing gave Jordan about $4,600.
The support group, which has collected donations from 60 of 110 pledges received, has raised money from presale tickets for food items, and today there will be a seven-hour car wash at Kamehameha Homes, starting at 9 a.m.
"It's been just positive and upbeat," Aki said of the fund-raising effort.
IMAX Theatre in Waikiki, which employs Jordan, plans to donate the proceeds from a one-night showing of a film the boy selects. The showing date and film have yet to be determined.
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