Over the spring break, AALEAD students took it upon themselves to organize a Japan Relief carwash event on Thursday April 21st.  Originally scheduled to be on the 19th, our students decided that they would give up the scheduled Field Day on Thursday to reschedule the carwash on that day.

Over 60 students from Maryland and DC, staff, and volunteers came out to both the Comfort Inn College Park location and the Wheaton Community Center to raise money for Direct Relief International and through the 4 hours of washing cars, a total of $602.23 was collected!  With the help of the AALEAD fundraising dinner, over $800 will be donated to Direct Relief International.  One student in particular even helped the cause by making and selling his own lemonade, what a great idea! Many students were heavily involved by being station leaders, while other students stepped up by waving signs, talking to customers, and even playing the ukulele for waiting customers.

We want to thank again Comfort Inn College Park location and the Wheaton Community Center for their generosity in providing a space for the event.  It was through your selflessness we are able to donate 100% of our donations to the charity.

some AALEAD students holding up their hand-made signs

busy washing cars at Wheaton Community Center

giant Japan flag made by Parkland AALEAD

AALEAD student made and sold lemonade to fundraise for Japan

more donations at Comfort Inn

Loiederman AALEAD girls

The car wash team at Comfort Inn

Updated as of April 20th

To start off our AALEAD Spring Break 2011, DC SSP and Maryland Programs are going to run an incredible April 21st Car Wash event to benefit Direct Relief International for Japan partnering with Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).

Our students have been so diligent planning and executing this event, and we hope that you can join us by coming to one of our 2 locations and bringing your car down to get washed between 10am-2pm.  We are asking for a minimum of $10 towards donations.

1. Comfort Inn 9020 Baltimore Avenue College Park, MD 20740

2. Wheaton Community Center 11711 Georgia Ave Wheaton, MD 20902

If anyone would like to volunteer please email Edison Park, Maryland Middle School Coordinator, at epark@aalead.org.

We would like to thank Comfort Inn and Ellen Araujo for their incredible generosity, and the Wheaton Community Center with whom we could not have done this.

Comfort Inn is located in 9020 Baltimore Ave. in College Park Maryland only 1 mile from the University of Maryland and 8 miles from DC.  For more information contact the sales office at 301-474-8906 or check out their information pdf here.

Look forward to seeing you at the car wash!