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Contents Of This Issue:
"Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are." - Theodore Roosevelt
 | Articles- Two new articles A man of peace visits washington- by John Akouri Legal assistance everyone can afford- by Charles Hanna |
| Events- updated with new events. |
| Newsletter Index- Index to the past
newsletters by category. |
| Links added to American Lebanese sites: * EW Network Solutions - Orlando http://www.ewnetsolutions.com Contact person: Elias Wakim ewnetsolutions@gmail.com |
Featured Club- Lebanese Ladies Cultural Society of California (LLCS)
What can a group of ladies meeting for morning coffee achieve? How about sending more than 7500 scholarships to needy students in Lebanon.
The story begins back in the early 1980's, where a group of Pasadena Lebanese-American women would get together for morning coffee. As the circle got larger, the group was named "Subhiyat Lubnan". By the mid 1980's while war was raging in Lebanon, the group felt the need to be organized with a mission. The dream was to bring together Lebanese-American women with unity at a time when Lebanon was being fragmented by the war.
With bylaws in place, the group focused their attention on the plight of needy students in Lebanon. The scholarship program grew out of a sincere wish to help the disadvantaged students in Lebanon to achieve self-sufficiency and education. A scholarship committee with rules and guidelines was organized and in 1986, the first $,6000 was sent to 50 students in Lebanon.
To raise funds the society holds monthly luncheons and organizes a major event every year. With the help of supporters such as Dr. and Mrs. Ray Iran, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Jacobs, and many others, the scholarship program now helps 575 students with a budget of $195,000. As mentioned earlier the LLCS have provided about 7500 scholarships with a total of about 2 million dollars.
The committee meets monthly to review and process applications. Financial needs and academic standing are two important criteria used to select recipients. Funds are channeled to the schools with a formal notification to the student and parents. The amazing things is this organization operates with zero overhead and all funds are sent to students.
Please consider contributing to this great organization. All contributions are tax deductible and will be put to good use to invest in the future. The organizations thanks all donors and past supporters and they would like to share this quote from on of the students: "Some day, I will help others, like the way you helped me."
You can contact the LLCS at Falakb@aol.om and please you can read the full article with more information at this link.
Featured Student Club:
Lebanese American Students of
Rutgers University
The goals of this organization are: to unify all students with
an interest in Lebanese culture, to aide Lebanon, to and to educate the students
at Rutgers University about the many different types of activities and customs
of the Lebanese. This is a
nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization dedicated to helping Lebanon and
overcoming stereotypes of the Lebanese by exposing students to the culture and
promoting awareness of the Lebanese-American heritage." This club
was formed Nov 2003.
Email :
RULebanese@yahoo.com
Website:
www.geocities.com/rulebanese
Event Reports from House of Lebanon
Health Fair
Inspirational Story:
Never Violence- The Peace Rock
This is a story told by Astrid Lindren, who is the author of Pippi Longstocking books.
"Above all, I believe that there should be never be any violence. In 1978, I received a peace prize in West Germany. In my acceptance speech which I called: "Never Violence" I told this story from my own experience.
When I was about 20 years old I met an old pastors wife who told me that she was young when she had her first child but she didn't believe in striking children. Although striking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was a standard punishment in those days. One day when her son was about five, he did something that she felt warranted spanking. She told him that he would have to go outside and find a switch for her to hit him with.
The boy was gone for a long time. When he came back he was crying and said "Mama, I couldn't find a switch, but here is a rock that you can throw at me." All the sudden the mother understood the situation from his point of view, that if my mother wants to hurt me, then it makes no difference what she does it with. She took him into her arms and cried. The she laid the rock on a shelf to remind her forever; never violence."
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