Summer Usborne Book Party & FAYA Orphanage Clothing Drive
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Faya Orphanage Clothing Drive
FAYA Orphanage Clothing Drive!
The purpose of this event is to raise money for Faya Orphanage – a loving home for HIV+ kids in Nazaret, Ethiopia.
Faya Orphanage Clothing Drive
Please bring new or gently used children's clothing donations (and/or monetary donations) for Faya Orphanage in Ethiopia. We will be holding a clothing sale on August 1st, 2009 (Saturday) and all proceeds from the sale of the children's clothes will go to support Faya. The remaining clothes will be taken by families going to Ethiopia this year, together with the monetary donations and Usborne book donations.
Children clothing donations should be clean, undamaged, and reasonable wrinkle-free. Clothing can be folded and packed in sturdy boxes or bags. Please label the age group and boy/girl clearly on the outside. Please avoid hangers. Items that come in pairs (shoe, gloves, socks) should be kept together (shoe laces can be tied together, gloves and socks can be stuffed inside each other). Please keep pockets emptied and any belts should be securely fastened to their appropriate items.
Clothing Sale (from your donations):
Where: 549 Rocky Ridge Bay N.W.
When: Saturday August 1st, 2009
Time: from 8AM til 3PM
All proceeds from the sale of the children's clothes will go to support Faya Orphanage
About Faya Orphanage
When you think of children in need – no home since their parents passed away, living on the streets, begging for food, taking care of younger siblings, missing to opportunity to go to school and slowly losing weight and the fight against a terrible disease: THESE are the deserving and precious children that Faya Orphanage takes care of.
Located in Nazareth, Ethiopia, Faya Orphanage was established by a vibrant young lady in her twenties from Saskatoon in August of 2008. It is a loving home run by competent Ethiopian staff for HIV+ (and some HIV-) children who don’t have parents or family to care for them. There are approx. 5 million orphans in Ethiopia – many of whose parents have passed away from HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, other diseases, and poverty. Faya is one of the few places that some of these children can have a permanent home, go to school, have access to food and medication, and live without the stigma attached to HIV. Recently, the organization has also begun to sponsor poor children in Nazaret to go to school, as well as coordinate adoptions for some of the children in the home.
The organization is a registered non-profit in Canada and has applied for charitable status. Learn more about Faya Orphanage: http://
Please feel free to forward this information to any friends or family members that might be interested in the party, clothing drive, or clothing sale. And thanks so much for your help!
We can't wait to see you there!
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