Dear Patterson Parents, Teachers and Students:
The Fremont Branch of the American
Association of University Women (AAUW) is proud to announce that we
have collected over $35,000 in pennies donated by children in the
Tri-City schools during our Pennies For Peace fundraiser. Patterson School contributed
$753.71 in just a few short weeks! This money will be presented to Greg Mortenson,
the author of Three Cups of Tea and founder of the Central Asia Institute.
The mission of the CAI is to promote
and support community-based education and literacy programs, especially
for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. Guided by
Greg Mortenson’s passionate leadership, the Central Asia Institute has built over
78 schools in the remote mountain regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan for children
that are hungry for education.
Congratulations on your generous
and very successful contribution to “promote peace one school at a time.”
You have truly made a difference in the lives of these children
that might otherwise never receive an education. Greg Mortenson will be here in Fremont
on Tuesday, March 3. Tickets are available through this website.
Just go to the "What's New" article which precedes this one, "Tickets for Greg Mortenson's Visit to Fremont".
Thank you again for helping to
build a peaceful and prosperous world by providing education for
all the children of the world.
Kathy Garfinkle
AAUW School Coordinator
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