Evening of Peace Dinner
The 7th annual Evening of Peace
awards dinner is on September 24, 2011 at 600 Alhambra Blvd
in Sacramento.
The annual Evening of Peace awards dinner has been a fun way to connect with friends and make new friends for many years. This year the dinner is on a Saturday from 6-9 pm. Please arrive at 4:30 pm if you can help us setup.
A range of vegan and other food options are available.
Students attend free and since there is no annual membership fee, student tickets are paid for by members who purchase a dinner ticket for a student to attend. For tickets and more information, click here.
You can see current and previous winners at http://www.teachpeace.com/awards11.htm.
The suggested donation for a
dinner ticket is $30. You can also obtain a
dinner ticket by calling 530-554-7061. We need
to notify the catering company of the number of
people attending soon so obtaining your ticket
now will help us.
Seattle University 2011 Africa Trip
"Experiencing Liberia through
Teach Peace was an eye-opening experience that has deeply
impacted my understanding of being a global citizen.
Describing my experience is beyond words; it is something
wonderful, sacred, and unique that everyone should
experience with their own eyes." Emily Chambers
"Going to
Liberia was an experience that I cannot even begin to
explain; to sum it up it was amazing and life changing.
Liberians are the most beautiful and loving people that I
have ever met. I will always have a special place in my
heart for the people I met and all of Liberia." Rachel Ehrenkranz "Teach Peace
is a wonderful organization. Every life that Teach Peace
reaches out to is greatly impacted, and through being
involved with Teach Peace I have seen my life impacted as
well. Wonderful things are happening thanks to the
hardworking individuals that stand behind this
organization." Laura Minkiewitz
"Traveling with Teach Peace allows
one to see the country as the Liberians see it and for what
it really is, beautiful. Through this trip one is given the
opportunity to travel, not only to orphanages, rehabs and
missions, but also into the bush of Liberia and finds the
poorest of the poor, some of the most hopeful people in the
world. People who many other volunteer groups may never get
a chance to encounter. Visiting Liberia for a second time
this summer showed me how important it is to spend time with
the people of this country and allow them, especially the
special ambassadors, to feel dignified and cared for. Being
in Liberia changes people, it changed me so much so that I
had to go back and share this experience with those around
me. The constant smiles, laughter, joys and even sorrows of
Liberia inspires anyone willing to open up and travel onto
her soil. Teach Peace introduced me to a country that now
holds a very special place in my heart. Everything I do, I
do thinking of Liberia and her people."
Carmen Cueto (2011 Teach Peace
Team Leader) "Teach Peace
did more than just give us an excuse to see an amazing
country. I truly saw the essence of love and hope all around
Liberia and the people. The organization gave me a chance to
be more connected to the world and to have a first hand look
on how the power of human connectivity can assist in healing
destruction, suffering, and loss of hope. Service work
through Teach Peace changed me in the most wonderful and
positive way possible." M. Victoria Aliaga
The 14-person team accomplishments include:
1. Delivered
three wheelchairs, one pair of
crutches, 116 pairs of Crocs shoes, feminine
products, dental supplies, and pens/pencils to handicapped
children in
the Special Ambassadors program.
2. Performed numerous repairs at the Our Lady of Fatima Rehabilitation Center including replacement and installation of door handles. This is the site where each month Teach Peace delivers at least $800 in food assistance.
3. Delivered food and supplies to 35 SA children (38+ more bags were delivered after the trip) and supplies to a home for orphaned and abandoned deaf children helping 54 deaf children of all ages.
4. Delivered 40 chickens and seeds to the Teach Peace Model Village program at Jehovah Outreach Village.
5. Paid off a large debt on land owned by disabled people, which if it were not taken care of, would have resulted in the disabled residents being evicted and having to live as beggars.
6. Audited the progress at the Model Village which was dedicated in memory of Evie Perkins in 2010. The Model Village received $2,350 from Teach Peace in 2011 to continue providing education on how to grow crops and care for animals.
The June 2012 trip will include a project to bring solar energy to the disabled. Anyone interested in participating is encouraged to call.
Fukushima radiation at all-time high
Fukushima radiation levels reached an all time high on August 1, 2011. The radiation is at least 10 sieverts per hour was reported at the number one and number two reactors. The 10 sieverts per hour exceeds the previous June 3rd record of three to four sieverts per hour. Click here for the video of Fukushima residents begging the government on July 19, 2011 to evacuate their children and being ignored.
The radiation in Northwest rainwater and being reported around the world continues to be alarming. A Seattle nuclear watchdog group has accused the federal government of failing to keep the public informed of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Gerry Pollet from Heart of America Northwest said: "The level that was detected on March 24 was 41 times the drinking water standard."
The nuclear disaster that started on March 11th still has no end in sight. The world learned in June that people in Tokyo were receiving 10 radioactive hot particles daily and the daily average in Seattle was almost the same with 5 hot particles.
In
our last four newsletters
and Nuclear Disaster case study we documented the truth of this global disaster.
