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International Concerns Coalition The International Concerns Coalition is looking for projects to fund through our Alternative Giving Campaign. There is a form to complete and a procedure to follow. Please click here for Cedar Lane's Project Selection Policy! Please click here to complete an alternative giving program project nomination form! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasrine Gross's Kabultec -- the organization we support each year for couples’ literacy in Afghanistan with our dinner and silent auction — has just been accepted into www.givology.org. The site allows anyone to donate to the organization (and others, including the Kakenya Center for Excellence, which we also support). A blog with a 60-second video of Nasrine speaking about her work can be found here (or go the site and search for Kabultec): http://www.givology.org/~joycemeng/blog/2129/. Don't forget to contribute to the orphanage donation campaign of this year's 7th grade session 2 class (which will continue into May). The drop-off point is downstairs in the RE administration area. Thanks to those who have donated so far. Please e-mail me (annettecedarlane@spamex.com) if you wish to get a tax-deductible receipt for your donations, and include your address so Nasrine can send it to you directly. Here is Nasrine's wish list. --Annette Scarpitta Kabultec Donation Materials for Afghan Orphanages, Schools, & Families (Used Items Are Encouraged) Technological: Cameras that do not require electricity to charge, still film camera with non-rechargeable batteries, digital camera that takes videos with non-rechargeable batteries, very small am/fm radios with rechargeable batteries or solar power. Vegetable and flower seeds (old seeds OK): The most useful are tomatoes, cucumbers, Swiss chard, peas, pumpkins, zucchini, eggplant, green onions, lettuce, spinach, carrots, beets, turnips, corn, dill, etc. Please do not contribute celery, artichokes or broccoli. Flower seeds are also appreciated but not those that require a lot of humidity, like lupines. Nasrine distributes seeds to villager families, and widows, women, and families as she canvasses for adult literacy classes. Dictionaries: A small paperback (English) for English language classes. Materials for classroom: Maps of anywhere in the world (not road), notebooks for teachers, long-lasting pens, compasses, measuring tape, small solar calculators, picture books, how-to books, picture dictionaries. Wind-up clocks or digital clocks that do not require batteries (solar powered or chip driven), microscopes, 50 pippettes, 20 hand lenses, scissors, thermometers, tweezers, stopwatches, set of animal pictures, rubber bands, glue sticks that don’t dry, different color Post-It packs, spiral notebooks, color folders, jump rope, needle threader, wrist watches, round things for embroidery, board erasers, crayons Educational posters, such as: English alphabet, periodic table of elements, anatomy including body systems, multiplication tables, planets, physics, biology (including charts of mammals), world history, art history, Americana, 2011/2012 calendars, geology (layers of earth from crust to core), set of human X-Rays For orphanages: Used clothes for orphans ages 7 to grown up, male and female, games, picture books, pants, shirts, blouses, jackets, dresses, socks, shoes, sandals, sports clothes, sports materials (balls, jump rope), Legos, small stuffed animals, dolls, small jigsaw puzzles, Playdough, toothbrushes, wash cloths, kids’ movies (For employees/teachers: professional clothing (not tight fitting for women) and costume jewelry for women. In lieu of these donations, you may also write a check to CLUUC with “orphanage” on the memo line. The money will be sent to Kabultec. |
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