The Westport Point United Methodist Church will hold a fund-raiser this Saturday for a college freshman who will soon travel to Costa Rica, spreading clean water access and the gospel.

The 3 p.m. concert by Harmony Grove benefits Colleen Newcomb, a freshman studying journalism at LaSalle University. In March, she will travel to San Jose, the country’s capital, to help distribute water filters with the Filters of Hope organization.

“I think a really good analogy (of what the trip is about) is to make dirty water pure, just as you can make your life pure through Jesus,” she said. “I’m so excited. I think just getting to meet these people and help them.”

Newcomb needs to raise about $2,500 for her travel expenses, and to cover the cost of five industrial-size filters which she’ll distribute during her six-day stay. She said she’s been overwhelmed by the response from the church congregation after parishioners and the pastor, Seth Fortier, learned that she needed to raise funds for the trip.

The cost of the fund-raiser varies from $15 to $25. For more information, contact the church or see linktr.ee/harmonygrove.