Kim Strathearn, Christina Bache Fidan and Joanne Yildirim want to thank all the PAWI members who made this project possible. Thank you to all who made shoebox gifts – and some of you who made extra shoebox gifts – and some of you who organized family, friends and work colleagues to make shoebox gifts!
Because of you all, we were able to bring beautifully-decorated gifts to the refugee boys at the shelter. (And thank you Michelle Green for the duffle bag full of Farsi, Arabic & French dictionaries!)
The holiday party at the Kadikoy Boys’ Shelter took place yesterday afternoon and was attended by 8 PAWI members, accompanied by 2 children, a husband, a mother-in-law, several friends and the devoted English tutor of some of the boys.
The holiday party at the Kadikoy Boys’ Shelter took place yesterday afternoon and was attended by 8 PAWI members, accompanied by 2 children, a husband, a mother-in-law, several friends and the devoted English tutor of some of the boys.
The 2-meter tall live holiday tree given by PAWI 2 weeks ago stood tall and healthy in the big cafeteria and was later fully decorated by the boys themselves using the ornaments each received attached to their gift box.
We had lots of laughs with the boys playing pin-the-nose-on-the-reindeer too!
You can see from the photograph that the smiles on the boys’ faces were priceless! YOU have made a difference for a young man this holiday season and he can carry this memory in his heart … and know that someone cared! Thanks again PAWI ladies. You are the best!
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