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Mary Helen is at it Again


*****UPDATE***** MH and her team made the papers! Atlanta Constitution Journal - see the story here: http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2008/12/07/india.html





Mary Helen, my old buddy who lives in Atlanta, did an amazing "preschoolers-to-preschoolers" fundraiser last year. (Rainbow Primary School: The Future of Philanthropy: Small Individual Donors Connected to the World") She's at it again. Superwoman Mary Helen organized an event last weekend to help raise funds to electrify the new preschool building in the slum. GOOD LUCK and THANK YOU!!

For more on the Preschool, including the history of how we built the building, see these pictures (below) or click here

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