Serve The Children http://servethechildren.com Serve The Children Fri, 11 May 2012 20:27:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Over $70,000 raised! http://servethechildren.com/over-70000-raised/ http://servethechildren.com/over-70000-raised/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:10:11 +0000 martha http://servethechildren.com/?p=392 Over $70,000 was raised at SHINE: Serve The Children’s 9th Annual Fundraising Dinner. Sponsored by Firestone, Petroleum Buying Network, and Columbia Bank, the event was held at LeMay–America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Three-hundred-sixteen guests attended. It was a fun and meaningful night, including a dessert auction, a live auction, and Raise The Paddle. Thirteen new children were sponsored, and Serve The Children special label wine was available for purchase. Dinner was catered by The Upper Crust, and music was provided by Magical Strings. More details about the evening are here. We hope you’ll join us again next year for our 10th annual fundraising dinner!

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Click here to register for SHINE, our 9th annual fundraising dinner, at LeMay–America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.; program begins at 6:00 p.m.

Click here to watch our new one-minute video.

Registration closes March 10!

Help us raise $80,000 to build new classrooms at the Ankoor Children’s Home in India, and to buy a vehicle for our three schools in Liberia.

* dinner
* live auction: a week on Waikiki; round of golf for four and dinner at Chambers Bay; a set of Firestone tires; Lake Chelan Winery; Great Wolf Lodge and Tacoma Rainiers tickets
* dessert auction
* musical entertainment
* Raise The Paddle

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Julie York is on her way to Liberia for the third time. Her featured article in our February 2012 newsletter is full of heart, with striking photographs, too. This month we’ve included a section with general news items of interest from Liberia and India. Enjoy!

Click on the photo to the left to register for SHINE, our 9th annual fundraising dinner. Or call 253 851 1794 or email us. One hundred ninety-five guests have already registered!

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]]> http://servethechildren.com/register-for-shine/feed/ 0 Bill and Mike Visit Ankoor Children’s Home in India http://servethechildren.com/bill-and-mike-visit-ankoor-childrens-home-in-india/ http://servethechildren.com/bill-and-mike-visit-ankoor-childrens-home-in-india/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:27:58 +0000 martha http://servethechildren.com/?p=333 Bill Herried and Mike Sandefur visited the Ankoor Children’s Home in India in November,  and have written about their experiences.  Click here to read Mike’s article in the December 2011 newsletter.  Click here to read Bill’s article in the January 2012 newsletter.

You can help build classrooms on the campus of the Ankoor Children’s Home, and help buy a vehicle for our staff and students in Liberia, by attending our 9th annual fundraising dinner on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at LeMay–America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington. Click here for details or to register.

 

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]]> http://servethechildren.com/david-wisseh/feed/ 0 $55,000 Raised At Fundraising Dinner http://servethechildren.com/55000-raised-at-fundraising-dinner/ http://servethechildren.com/55000-raised-at-fundraising-dinner/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:03:54 +0000 martha http://servethechildren.com/?p=221 Our 8th Annual Fundraising Dinner raised $55,000, which will allow us to build new classrooms at our 15 Gate School in Liberia.

The sold-out event was held at CenterPoint Christian Fellowship on Saturday, June 4 in Tacoma, Washington. The program included a dessert auction, a raffle, live entertainment by Apna Bhangra Crew, dinner by Great Cuisine of India, and Raise The Paddle.

Thank you to those who gave of their resources and time to exceed our goal!

See more photos on our Facebook page.

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Join us for an evening of giving and receiving.

Register Online

When:
5:00 p.m on Saturday, June 4, 2011

Where:
CenterPoint Christian Fellowship
2041 South 66th Street
Tacoma, WA 98409-9072

$35 per person
$210 for a table of eight

All proceeds go towards providing tuition-free education for and meeting basic needs of children in Liberia and India.

*Dinner*

*Dessert Auction*

*Raffle Prizes*

*Child Sponsorship*

*Live Entertainment, Wine & Appetizers*

Contact:
Martha Berg
Serve The Children
info@servethechildren.com
253 851 1794

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