Dominic Oetinger is a student at Hough Street School where he is also involved in the chess club. Dominic with the assistance of his mother will be the President of the Hough Street Chess Tournament coming up this month on the 25th. In collaboration with local businesses and students and parents Dominic will try to raise funds for little Meher who lives in the opposite end of the world in India. Meher was severely burnt in a fire when she was an infant and over the last 3 years the chess community has raised almost $26,000 to help her have several surgical procedures on her face and hands. Students and their families working within the chess community are now helping Meher receive an education. Meher lives in the slums of Delhi, India and without this help she would have had no future. For more information a video about this project can be seen at http://www.vimeo.com/17509410.
Students like Dominic have enthusiastically given their time and service for this cause but in turn have built an understanding and developed valuable skills such as enterprise, generosity and initiative as they work together. These social entrepreneurs have learned to collaborate with all age groups, engaged in the various art forms, and have set themselves on a path to serve and commit towards qualifying for the Presidential Service Award over the next year.
Above is a picture of Dominic on the left with another student at the Hough School chess club.
We are proud of our students and enjoy working on projects with them that make a difference in our world. A video updating the documentary, A Future for Meher” will be filmed during the tournament to help others understand the service done by our volunteers to have made this possible.
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