On Saturday, the 19th of June, 2008, Hope Avenue organized its 4th Bracelet workshop at Starbucks on highway 55 in Durham. The coming together of Kids and Color, Strings and Beads resulted into a plethora of energy and activity. With more than 15 kids, some accompanied by their mothers, bracelets were made with Stretch Magic elastic and a variety of Glass beads. The concepts of symmetry and color-coordination emerged to show how kids find their way to perfection when given an opportunity to channel their creativity. Some children experimented with making ear-rings and anklets which turned out beautifully.
Starbucks staff was very kind and showed their support by offering rounds of sample drinks for everyone. The buzz of the bracelet workshop caught on and we had some staff members requesting for bracelets to be made by kids especially for them. The workshop proved to be a success with over 20 bracelets being made. Hope Avenue was able to raise $39 along with gaining the support from StarBucks and their staff, for future events and workshops...
-Shweta Kautia
Starbucks staff was very kind and showed their support by offering rounds of sample drinks for everyone. The buzz of the bracelet workshop caught on and we had some staff members requesting for bracelets to be made by kids especially for them. The workshop proved to be a success with over 20 bracelets being made. Hope Avenue was able to raise $39 along with gaining the support from StarBucks and their staff, for future events and workshops...
-Shweta Kautia
This is a milestone achievement for Hope Avenue, when one of our founder youth members, Shona Sharma volunteered to conduct this workshop. She proved her leadership by volunteering to conduct the workshop.
She was a great team player when the 6 children who attended the workshop worked with her to make her plan a huge success. We hope to inspire many youth leaders. Hope Avenue welcomes you young leaders to share their talent & creativity...
Thanks to our dedicated volunteers, Ram & Savitha who sparked our connections with Starbucks, Highway 55! Our volunteers worked together with theirs to add a spark to every car that was washed ! We thank our Youth volunteers were - Sneha, Apitha, Shona, Aditi, Manu & Meghna to spend their Saturday morning trying to make a difference !! We washed around 22 cars and collected a donation of $210.
The Yard sale remenants have been donated to "Helping Hands Forever", an organization which helps Foster care children. Our big thanks to the Starbucks team(Danielle, Jackie, Cay) & Jevonda, the store manager who made this event possible !! We are looking forward to more events with this team...
On a warm summer afternoon, our young volunteers, Shruti & Neyha had a lemonade stand in their neighbor hood. They had lots of fun and did a great job spreading the cause of Hope Avenue !! Great job girls!!
Plans for August:
Science Club & Geo-Bee
When: August 16, 1:45 to 3:45 PM
Where: West Cary Regional Library
Youth volunteers, get ready to show & tell your experiments!
When: August 16, 1:45 to 3:45 PM
Where: West Cary Regional Library
Youth volunteers, get ready to show & tell your experiments!
Funds Distribution for Projects
When: August 16, 3:45 to 4:45 PM
Where: West Cary Regional Library
Youth volunteers, Please continue with us after the workshop if you want to know how the funds you raised so far are going to reach those in need...
Where: West Cary Regional Library
Youth volunteers, Please continue with us after the workshop if you want to know how the funds you raised so far are going to reach those in need...
Heritage Festival
When: August 30, 4 to 10 PM
Where: Hindu Society of North Carolina
Hope Avenue will have a booth & little treats during this event!
Sincerely,
-Lalitha Vasudeva
Behalf of Hope Avenue team
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