Glen Brae Middle School has continued the tradition of the “Me to We” ethic by holding its fourth Walk/Run Fundraiser October 23, 2008, to help build latrines to improve the sanitation conditions at adopted rural Kenyan primary schools. Glen Echo School’s students for the second year became part of this event. Glen Echo School collected “quarters for Kenya”. All proceeds went to building efforts coordinated by Connecting Countries Adopt-a-School.

John Smith, President of Connecting Countries, was on hand to receive the proceeds of the day. He said of student efforts, “This is what ‘From Me to We’ is all about and it fits perfectly with the philosophy of Connecting Countries.”

The term “Me to We” refers to the book by Craig Keilburger, who began fund raising and advocating for improving the lives of children around the world when he himself was a child.

–Spring 2009–
While not part of its mandate, Canadian organizers took advantage of a unique opportunity to send a shipping container filled with computers, school furnishings and supplies to the schools of  Kenya in January 2007.