By Cindy Bone – Staff Reporter

The Spanish Club had a major success with their recent service project – the Pulsera Project. 

The Pulsera Project was a bracelet sale held by the Spanish club from January 29 to February 12 to help support the nonprofit organization. The Pulsera Project is a nonprofit organization that educates, empowers, and connects Central American artists with students in more than 3,600 U.S. schools through the sale of colorful hand woven bracelets, or “pulseras,” in Spanish.

“Overall, the Pulsera Project was a massive success,” senior President Raymond Dong said. “The Spanish Club has fundraised a total of over $300 to support the nonprofit organization.” 

The Spanish Club had many eager members participate in the bracelet sale. There were many volunteers taking shifts to sell bracelets during lunch and promote the bracelet sale around the school.

“It was great to volunteer,” sophomore Gleidson De Souza said. “Getting to work alongside people and doing something good for the club just felt great.” 

The Pulsera Project was also a way to promote the Spanish Club throughout the school and help a good cause in the end.

“I loved being part of The Pulsera Project,” Spanish Club Advisor Mrs. Trombetta said. “My favorite part was seeing students work together to promote sales and educate their peers about the purpose of the project. It made our club more visible in the school.” 

Not only did the Pulsera Project help the organization, but it also helped some of the students get volunteers to do something they liked with their friends.

“I really liked volunteering with my friends cause we enjoyed our time while being able to get volunteer hours doing something good,” sophomore Aarush Katyal said.

The club wanted to do a service project to help show their club around the school and to help communities as well. 

“(Co-Advisor) Mr. McPartland had mentioned doing a service project as a club, and I suggested the idea of The Pulsera Project because I remember doing the same project at Harborside Middle School many years ago,” Trombetta said. 

Many people in school bought bracelets for their friends and family to help show their support for the cause. Each bracelet sold cost $5 and bags of bracelets cost $15. 

There were a variety of colors and bracelets and each item sold would help benefit the artists that created the hand woven bracelets. 

“The club decided to do this project to help support artisans in Central America,” Dong said.