A group of students from Whitewater High School are hosting a children’s field day on May 4 to raise funds to build an orphanage in Uganda. The idea to raise funds for children in Uganda, who have been left homeless due to civil war, the HIV/Aids epidemic and malaria, was born after some students had watched a documentary film in one of their classes about the plight of these children.

One of the students, Sara Crawford, then contacted the Ugandan Orphanage Relief Fund, a non-profit charitable organization, based in Chicago, Illinois, to see how she and her friends could make a difference in the lives of these ill-fated children. She designed a T-shirt, then with the help of the school administration and her friends, organized a T-shirt sale first at Whitewater High School, then moved on to Fayette County High School and Georgia College and State University. Nearly 500 T-shirts have been sold.

This group of students then decided on their next fund-raiser project: a children’s field day, aptly called Children for Children, which will take place on Sunday, May 4, behind Whitewater High School, between 1:30 and 5 p.m. The high school students have organized over 15 field events for children grades K-5 to include prizes, clowns, magicians, food and drink. There will be a nominal entrance fee of $6 per participant.