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Help Camryn Restore the Coral Reef!

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Hi! My name is Camryn Erickson, and I am reaching out to you, my family and friends to ask for help raising money for an amazing opportunity I have been given.
I go to Polaris Expeditionary Learning School, and a part of this unique school is that three times a year we get to do something called an Intensive. This could look like going backpacking, learning how to cook different foods, exploring FOCO, biking and hiking, or any number of really cool experiences. This year, I have the opportunity to get scuba certified and help rebuild the coral reefs in the Florida Keys. I have been accepted into this amazing program, called the Coralition, and I am so grateful and excited to be a part of it.
From September 18th to the 22nd, I will be working with a team of other students who were accepted to get our scuba certification in Utah. Then, we prepare for the second part of this intensive, where we fly to the Florida Keys. We coordinate through a program called The Coral Restoration Foundation, where we will be helping rebuild the declining coral. If you want to learn more about what exactly this program is, visit this website created by my teacher, Matt Strand, which goes over it in more detail.
I am so excited and appreciative that I get to be a part of this once in a lifetime experience. This intensive is so important to me, not only because it is an amazing experience, but also because what we’re doing will benefit marine life, which is something I'm passionate about and intrigued by. Environmental science and taking care of our oceans and the creatures living inside them has always sparked my interest. Knowing that the work we will accomplish is going to improve the ocean and the creatures' lives is what I look forward to most.
The tough part about this opportunity is that it costs more money than we can afford. The total cost after all of the money towards getting our certification, flying to Florida, hotels, food, paying instructors, etc., will be approximately $3,200. I have been working for the past few months to save up my own money, mainly through babysitting, and I know that a good chunk of that money will come from me. My parents are also contributing, so I will not be going into this fundraiser hoping for all of the money. I can 100% guarantee that all of the money made from here will be solely for this intensive and nothing else. I have a very limited amount of time because the deadlines for payments need to happen before the 18th of September. The sooner I can get support from you all, the easier and less stressful the payments will be.
I know that all of you reading this are amazing people, and I am so thankful to have people in my life that I can reach out to for these things.
Thank you for your support! - Camryn Erickson
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  • cecilia watson
    • $20
    • 1 yr
  • Maisha McAllister
    • $20
    • 1 yr
  • Karla Baise
    • $25
    • 1 yr
  • Alisa Goetch
    • $20
    • 1 yr
  • Donna L Wrolstad
    • $100
    • 1 yr
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Camryn Erickson
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Fort Collins, CO

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