Shnorhavor Nor Dari yev Soorp Dznoont!
( I know... I'm late... )
So it's been a busy month! This week is my first week back from a VERY quick 2-week trip to Armenia during my Christmas holiday. It was my shortest trip to Hayasdan yet... but of course worth it. It seems after I returned, my stomach took a while to catch up... but it's finally back too. :)
There have been so many different things I've been doing... I don't know quite where to begin. First of all, before I left to Armenia we had started a project of collecting warm clothing to take to Hayasdan for families who literally have nothing. The project was very successful and we were able to provide for almost 40 families. We also had brand new hats and gloves donated from a Girls' scout troop in New Jersey, which we gave to the kids at the Mangadoon (in Zeytun).
A group of friends put together over 100 goodie-bags for kids, which we took to different places. The kids loved the little erasers, pencils, crayons, etc. we had in there. Something small... just to lift their spirits.
I also started a pen-pal project with my students and students in Armenia. I hope it continues, and when my students go on their senior trip to Armenia, they will be able to meet their pen-pals.
Well, needless to say that getting back into the groove of everything after being in Hayasdan is a little difficult.
Something new that we did... We had another clothes drive, where people donated over 20 boxes full of clothes and we are now collecting donations to ship them. This works especially well with children's clothing, since kids grow out of clothes REALLY fast... so they're all practically new. There were even adult clothes that had the tags still on them!
Alright, well that's about it for now.. I promise to log more often.
TSUH! :)~
( I know... I'm late... )
So it's been a busy month! This week is my first week back from a VERY quick 2-week trip to Armenia during my Christmas holiday. It was my shortest trip to Hayasdan yet... but of course worth it. It seems after I returned, my stomach took a while to catch up... but it's finally back too. :)
There have been so many different things I've been doing... I don't know quite where to begin. First of all, before I left to Armenia we had started a project of collecting warm clothing to take to Hayasdan for families who literally have nothing. The project was very successful and we were able to provide for almost 40 families. We also had brand new hats and gloves donated from a Girls' scout troop in New Jersey, which we gave to the kids at the Mangadoon (in Zeytun).
A group of friends put together over 100 goodie-bags for kids, which we took to different places. The kids loved the little erasers, pencils, crayons, etc. we had in there. Something small... just to lift their spirits.
I also started a pen-pal project with my students and students in Armenia. I hope it continues, and when my students go on their senior trip to Armenia, they will be able to meet their pen-pals.
Well, needless to say that getting back into the groove of everything after being in Hayasdan is a little difficult.
Something new that we did... We had another clothes drive, where people donated over 20 boxes full of clothes and we are now collecting donations to ship them. This works especially well with children's clothing, since kids grow out of clothes REALLY fast... so they're all practically new. There were even adult clothes that had the tags still on them!
Alright, well that's about it for now.. I promise to log more often.
TSUH! :)~
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