-vou just c<1 11"t sec til e projec t anci not sec til e faces of 1l1c Cro<i ti an people ... :'\a te '\1c llor , S.A. pres ident. Student Association provides leadership in raising money to purchase ... Cows for Croatia From th beginning of a ll of the strife in Croa ti a. churc hes of Christ across the United Sta tes provided needed em e rgency a id . Harding s tuden ts wer g iven a c h an ce to do the ir part throug h a program provided by the Student Association . ca ll d '"Cows for roatia .·· S . A. President a than Me llor was con tac ted in Novembe r by Manna Inte rnationa l , a g roup organized spec ifi ca ll y to a id n e dy countri s. Ken McFa rland. president. inv it d Mellor and the s tudents o f Harding to jo in with o tl1er Christian unive rsiti es to a id in th project. The goa l of "Cows for Croa ti a·· was to ra ise eno ug h money to purchase 20 cows a t $800 each for Dubrovn ik . a c ity in Croa ti a . whi c h los t a ll of its dairy cows in the war. Eve ry dollar ra ised for tl1e program wen t direct ly int o the fund. To m ee t the goa l , the S.A . worked wi th s tuden ts in a fund raise r . "Three fo r Life" pr sented a personal opportunit y foo each s tudent to g ive #3 to he lp in the e ffort . A c h a ll ng from a T exas s tude nt, resulting in a "T exas vs. tl1e World" comp titi on. added impe tus to the ac ti\ 'it y . Students showed the ir compass ion through involvem ent in the proj ec t. "A lo t of s tudents pu t a lor of rime and e ffort int o thi s proj ec t, " Me llor said . "Hopefu ll y. we have m ade an impac t in the c ity of Dubrovnik. " - Andr a Stark Sludeni Asso ia1ion - Firsr Row: Berry Dm•is. swphunie Dut •is. Alu 11110 /1eck1•r. ,\Jurqt1is .lorkson. Chrisropher Turney. .Second now: Ty Cl1risrop/1er. .Juson Ft1/nwr. ,'\'urhon .\lello r. Denise Pierce. ,\licluw/ Brooks l '/mto l1y )QSOll 13llrt 1\1 Klrew Buker p/uces /1is t •ote/< irjres/1mo11cluss1 i{ficers. The Srude111 Associ<Iii< in melt ff /eel rloss rt 'JH<'S<'lllWit •es selecw<l liy rheir peers 1'/1oro by .'\'01/1cu1 lronsi<lc . Orounizo1io n s 152 S1 ud e111 1\ ssocio1io11
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