Namaste and Lasso to all our Friends!
The last few weeks have been a very busy and beneficial time for The Himalayan Education Development Project and 3 Jewels Adventures!
Saturday September 5th ,Evergreen Outfitters held it's Full Moon Paddle event. Mike and Addie offered to donate $5.00 of each rental to The Himalayan Education Development Project!
We were honored and thrilled by their generous offer! As of Friday Sept. 4....only one person had actually "signed up" for the event. But we remained hopeful and my wife Sue and I showed up at the boat landing near the Rod & Gun Club at 6:30pm....expecting maybe a couple of eager paddlers. Soon, it became obvious that this was going to a BIG event!
Almost 20 people showed up! I was thrilled and moved by the response and we paddled up the lake watching the red sky sunset and then headed back down with the full moon guiding our way!
My sincere Thanks to Evergreen Outfitters and all those who turned out to support our Project!
The Himalayan Education Development Project is now an "official" registered Non-Profit organization! Thanks to the efforts of Dale Robbins of Burgett & Robbins....who donated his services in order to help us establish HED's official non-profit status!
Another Thank You goes out to Tom and Lou LaLond of Copy Quik Printing in Lakewood!
They did the setup and printing of HED's Corporate Fundraising Packet and generously gave HED a Great Deal on the cost!
On Wednesday Sept. 6....I gave a slide presentation to The Antique Study Club. It highlighted HED's July trek into the Tapting region of The Himalayas and our completion of The Jana Priya Secondary School Community Library Project! They generously took up a collection for our upcoming and ongoing projects!
AND....on the same day.... Southwestern Central School agreed to "adopt" The Jana Priya Secondary School as their "Sister/Brother" school!
High School Principal Mike Cipolla met with Middle and Grade School Principals, Greg Paterniti and Bill Caldwell and they pledged to raise $1,000 for the Jana Priya School!
This is only the beginning.....as now students and teachers will be able to interact with their peers in this remote regional school! For now....it will be through letters as this region has no electricity! BUT we are hopeful that within a year there will be electricity in this area through HED's efforts with the Nepali government to build a Mini-HydroElectric Station! So...hopefully we will soon be able to bring computer service to the school and SWCS and Jana Priya can exchange greetings and educational ideas via the Internet!
Our sincere appreciation goes out to SWCS and the outstanding Leaders who helped make this happen!
HED Executive Director Amber Tamang has been busy building The HED official Webpage and it should be up and running in a short time! The site address is www.himalayaneduproject.org.
So please take the time to check it out!
The Island Peak - Summitting For Schools Climb is only a few weeks away! I will be heading to Nepal, September 30th and hitting the trail to Island Peak Base Camp for the 20,305 foot summit attempt! Donations have been steadily coming in and there is still plenty of time to send in your donation....to me, Jim Tillotson/P.O. Box 257/Lakewood NY 14750.
Donors names will be placed on the summit in a canister and all those who donate will receive an autographed Summit Picture!
Heart Of The Himalayas Slideshow/Lecture
Saturday September 26th at 7:00 PM- Lakewood Village Hall - 20 W. Summit Lakewood.
I will be giving a slide/lecture presentation highlighting HED's July trek to the Tapting Region of The Himalayas and the completion and dedication of The Jana Priya Secondary School Community Library!
Please plan on attending and your Heartfelt Donation will go towards HED's ongoing and upcoming educational projects in The Himalayas!
So, as you can see, Amber and I have been quite busy and.... thanks to everyones generosity and help.... The Himalayan Education Development Project is continuing to serve the educational needs of children and families throughout The Himalayas!
Amber and I send our best regards to all of you!
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