St. Simons teenager teaches Haitian women to make Christmas ornaments

St. Simons teenager teaches Haitian women to make Christmas ornaments
Article from Jacksonvill.com by Terry Dickson

ST. SIMONS ISLAND – Most teenagers who won $1,000 in an essay contest would shop for iPads or maybe finance a ski trip. Althea Cupo, 16, used part of her winnings to fly to Haiti and teach impoverished women to make Christmas ornaments of glass and copper wire that they can sell. It’s hard to call any trip to Haiti anything but a mission, and Althea’s started months earlier when she took a class in cabochon, jewelry made from glass beads. She used the cabochon skills to make jewelry that she intended to sell at the former Much Ministries store in Waynesville, where owners Kathy and Beaver Brooks raised money to send to Haiti.

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