Lighthouse Academy raises funds with Walk for Water

FALLBROOK – A homeschool group in Fallbrook (Lighthouse Academy, formerly SITL Scholars Intended to Lead) has adopted “Grit” as their character trait this year, and they read the book “A Long Walk to Water” about the Lost boys of Sudan.

For their Youth Conference, the group of families then walked along 76 to Oceanside Harbor beach, Aug. 18, to raise money for Salva Dut’s nonprofit Water for South Sudan.

They had 100 people participate on the walk. Many carried water. Some used backpacks, some bound it to their torsos with wraps or cloth. Someone had a 40# jug and filled it up. Many people (ad...