One Sunday the youth from AREvista, the youth newspaper were invited by the radio channel of Arenillas to help in a fundraiser for a community member with cancer. A great cause… and I was excited when a group of 4 girls told me that they´d be at my house by 7:30 in the morning to go with me. Little did I know a fundraiser could be a hazardous accident waiting to happen. It started out like your typical fundraiser in the US, youth on the side of the street with bowls collecting money…except of course they have a mariachi band playing music outside the market on a little stage. After a couple hours of collecting money, the coordinator decided they needed to put more pressure on these vehicles passing by. Keep in mind this is a busy Sunday market and the main street of Arenillas. So, he has one of my youth stand on one side of the road and one on the other, next thing I know they are holding up a rope across the road. Yes… we created a road block to raise money for cancer. If you want to pass you have to at least search your pockets for money and attempt to make a donation. Money was rolling in now!
Then came a bus, the crazy infamous CIFA. The youth decided they were going to road block the CIFA in hopes that the driver would give money. Now you would think if a bus was coming towards you, and you were holding a rope wrapped around your hands across the street, that you would lower that rope or let it go... Guess again. There was a really bad failed attempt to blockade a bus. Next thing I knew one of the youth was being swept away by the wrist. The coordinator whistled to the driver to stop the bus so he could untie the rope. Luckily, she just had minor rope burn, no pasa nada… she even picked up the rope and kept blocking vehicles for a couple more hours.
So next time your planning a fundraiser and cars are zooming by without donations…. Just think a road block rolls in the money… and remember not to try to block a bus or a fast moving vehicle coming your way.
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