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participant.FrommythreeyearsonSHSIhaveparticipatedinmultipleSpanishculturalevents.
MyroleforthisclubistohelporganizefundraisersfortheyoungSouthAmericangirlsforthem
toreceiveaneducation.Iworkwiththeentiretyofmysocietytopromotethecelebrationof
Spanishtraditionssuchasdiadelosmuertosandcincodemayo.
EachmonththesocietyneedstoraisesixtydollarstoaidthegirlsinSouthAmericato
attendschool.Thisprogramopensupopportunitiesfortheyounggirlstogrowaninterestin
theireducation.Fromthesegirlsreceivinganeducationitbecomesextremelybeneficialtothem.
Thisgivesthegirlstheopportunitytogooffandusetheireducationtofindacareerandnotonly
maketheirlivesbetterforthemselves,butalsofortheirfamily.SHSempowersgirlssothatthey
canbeinfluentialintheworldthrougheducation.Iamproudtobepartofasocietythatreaches
outtogirlsinneedofaid.SHSimpactsyounggirlsbymotivatingthemtobeindependentand
hardworkingintheworldfromtheireducation.
Secondly,thesocietyispartofinteractingwithotherhighschoolstopromoteSpanish
culture.ThesocietymeetswithclubstodiscusspoliticalissuesinSouthAmericaandhowwe
canbringawarenesstotheseissues.Ibelieveitisimportanttobringawarenesstopeoplearound
mebecauseSpanishcultureisaverylargepartoftheUnitedStatesandtheamountofSpanish
speakersisconstantlygrowing.Ifpeoplecanlearntounderstandtraditionsandthecultureitself
itcanbebeneficialbyhelpingthosebemoreacceptingoftheculture.SponsoringgirlsinSouth
AmericabringsawarenessoftheSpanishculture.Itimpactspeopleinapositivewaybyopening
peopleuptonewculturestocreateopportunities.SHShasimpactedmetohelpmegain
understandingforothercultures,theissuesofpoverty,andthevalueofeducation.