Fundraiser at Flatbread

 On Tuesday night, the Global Awareness club from my high school had a fundraiser at Flatbread to support the Mancona school in Ghana, West Africa. Global Awareness is a fairly new club, created last year, and I joined this year with a few friends. I have been interested in international affairs/global citizenship since attending a youth conference at the United Nations in 2007. I was really inspired by the conference to support non-governmental organizations, and Global Awareness club has provided a great opportunity to support people, especially children, around the world.

photo: diana russo

photo: diana russo

Flatbread is definitely one of the most popular restaurants in Amesbury, a town just across the river from Newburyport, and their pizza is delicious. It was actually the site of my surprise 17^th birthday party, and it was an excellent venue for our fundraiser. Flatbread does a lot of similar fundraisers with local groups and schools, donating a portion of their profit from each pizza to the cause. It was a Tuesday night, so the restaurant wasn’t nearly as packed as it would have been on a Friday or Saturday night, but we still had a great turn out.

photo: chandler camerato

photo: diana russo

After the fundraiser, it was far too beautiful of an evening to go straight home. I was with Diana, Klaudia, and two other friends, Chandler and Jessie, and we drove through the more rural parts of Amesbury before ending up at the beach on Plum Island. We were the only ones there, and we spent a few hours running in and out of the surf and writing in the sand.

photo: chandler camerato

photo: chandler camerato

Since the school year is winding down, I have had much less homework and have been feeling less stressed—not to mention that the weather has been incredible, the sky staying light until well after eight o’ clock. Tuesday felt like summer, and though it was a really fun night, it made my heart sink a little when I remembered that I still have a week of school left, and then a week of exams. The summer always goes by way too fast, and I really want to make this one a good one. 

photo: chandler camerato

photo:chandler camerato

photo: chandler camerato