AAP holds Alternative Breaks fundraiser

The Academic Advancement Program and the AAP Student Organization are holding a fundraiser for Centro Campesino Farmworker Center Inc. Ten AAP students participated in an Alternative Break with the organization in March in Florida City, Fla.

Students built fences, painted a youth center, did landscaping at a senior center and helped conduct a community resource fair. The AAP Student Organization is selling raffle tickets to help Centro Campesino meet its deductible to fix its community center roof, which was damaged during hurricanes Katrina and Wilma and has a $60,000 deductible.

Tickets are $2 each or three tickets for $5. The grand prize is a roundtrip ticket domestic flight worth up to $250 from STA Travel; second prize is a three-day, two-night hotel stay in a four-star hotel. Other prizes include a pizza oven, Mary Kay gift baskets and a Copps gift card. The raffle will conclude on Monday, May 5, and winners will be contacted.

Raffle tickets may be purchased at 13 Ingraham Hall from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 263-5068 for more information.

For questions about the AAP Student Organization, contact Mawuena Akyea at akyea@wisc.edu.