By contributing writers Laina Chilcote (‘29) and Anna Schroth (‘28)

The Pulsera Project is a fundraiser that the Spanish Honor Society has sponsored for the last few years. Senior Leah Peterson, who is the society’s president, says that they have been working with this charity for the past three years and  also before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the advisor of Spanish Honors Society, Spanish teacher Linda Slade, the fundraiser raised a total of $1,301 which exceeded the club’s goal. 

According to Peterson, these profits will go towards artisans in Guatemala and Nicaragua. The Pulsera Project website says this fundraiser provides jobs for these artisans and allows them to support themselves, and a portion of these profits are donated by the artisans to provide lower income families with educational opportunities, health care, and housing.

The Pulsera Project is an organization that sends bracelets and small purses to clubs for them to sell and send back the profits. Peterson says that Spanish Honor Society has been selling these handcrafted items in the cafeteria for the past couple of weeks. She says the bracelets sell for $5 each and the purses cost $15.

Peterson says the club plans to continue the fundraiser in years to come. In the last couple of years they have given over $5,000 to the artisans. Slade wants people to understand that a lot of hard work goes into these bracelets and she thinks students should, “forgo their Starbucks one day and buy a pulsera instead.” Congratulations to the Spanish Honor Society on their successful fundraising!