Spanish Club students sell 'pulseras'

From Staff Reports

Members of the Spanish Club at Pea Ridge High School are selling hand-woven bracelets, or "pulseras" at the high school to empower the artists who make them in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Uganda. The sale, which will run Wednesday, April 8, through Tuesday, April 14, was organized through the Pulsera Project, a nonprofit organization that empowers and educates young people in the U.S. and Central America through pulsera sales.

Student and teacher volunteers raise funds that benefit fair trade jobs, worker rights, sustainability and education, while learning about the culture, lives, and struggles of Central Americans. The Pulsera Project's goal is to create a more just and colorful world by encouraging conscious consumerism and social enterprise.

For information or to purchase bracelets contact Spanish teachers, Melissa Meyers or Saffron Piña.