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What spoke to Hsu was the idea that music could be a catalyst for community empowerment and economic development in Haiti, specifically in the impoverished small town of Corail, in Arcahaie, 35 miles from the country’s capital of Port Au Prince.

Instead of asking for money or food, the Progressive Efforts for Advancement and Change in Haiti (PEACH) will be asking for keyboards, saxophones, trombones and other musical instruments that will be donated to Hope on a String.

Standing 6’6, senior wide receiver Ben Kettering is hard to miss. As physically imposing as any player in the NESCAC, he’s grown accustomed to drawing the attention of opposing defenses. What he wasn’t used to were the curious stares of onlookers in ...

A profile on Hope on a String posted by Amherst College's Center for Community Engagement