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Students to Build Tiny House
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Sunday, May 20, 2018
 

BY KAREN BOSSICK

Several Community School students want to build a better future for Idaho’s refugees.

Students in the Upper School’s Multicultural Literature and Environmental Science classes want to build an environmentally friendly tiny house for the Twin Falls Refugee Center.

And they’re asking for the community’s support via a fundraiser dubbed “The Refugee: A House for a Better Future.” Funds raised from the fundraiser—from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 at Ketchum’s Limelight Hotel—will go to the construction of the house.

The evening, which is open to the public, will include a brief presentation, a display of tiny house blueprints, students’ projects and themed artwork. Representatives of the refugee community will also be in attendance.

The Limelight Hotel is donating a portion of the proceeds from food and beverage purchases made during the event to the project.

“It’s an ideal opportunity to educate the public on the reality of the global refugee crisis and the environmental impact of housing, said Community School junior Naia Drougas.

The Twin Falls Refugee Center has resettled more than 2,500 refugees since its inception. Students visited the refugee center where they worked on reading skills with the refugees, said teacher Scott Runkel. During their visit they identified the need for appropriate housing and to spread awareness of Idaho refugees.

The home, tentatively scheduled for Fall 2018, will serve as transitional housing for a family of newly resettled refugees in the Twin Falls area.

To donate to the project go to https://bit.ly/1lC7ZCc or communityschool.org/give-to-cs/give-online.

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