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These are some of the fun and and exciting activities LemonAid Fund is involved
in. We invite you to summon your spirit to its best self and join us in making "LemonAid".
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Learn about the LemonAid Fund on the Radio
Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ) Nancy Peddle/LemonAid Fund interview for
"Worldview" with Jerome McDonnell can still be heard at:(http://www.wbez.org/Program_wv_Segment.aspx?segmentID=13159
Grape Expectations for LemonAid Fund
On a very cold February 10th, 2008 over 60 people came together to hear the great sounds of the Stephanie Rogers
Band http://www.hipchick.com/ , taste wine, enjoy good food, friends and family and made a difference in the lives of people in the poorest
country in the world (UNICEF, 2007). Much thanks goes to the planning committee of Pennie Fields, Missy Franks, Lisa Ries,
Suzanne Dicker and Stephanie Rogers for their extrodinary efforts. Thanks also to the Fields, Nickow, Anderson, and Peddle
Families for all their contributions to making the event a success. We also thank all the businesses that donated food,
raffle items and auction items and those who came or didn't and still sent their support. We raised over $6,000 the day of
the event and over $12,000 for the event in total.
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| Flowers Donated by Floral Gardens in Highland Park |
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Past Events
INK for Africa
Seventh Graders at Friends Academy in New York thought up a great fundraiser to support educational activities in
Sierra Leone. They had pens made with the slogan "Ink for Africa" written on them. They raised almost $3,000 in
a few short months. They also penned some pen pal letters to the kids at The Village school. Friendships and funding
of education are going a long way in the Sierra Leone children's fight for freedom and a better future. A
huge thanks goes to the kids, teachers, administrators, parents and those who bought the pens.
The Village Library Project
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| A Break in Organizing the Children's Books |
It started as a queston from one supporter Martin Fishletter, "But Nancy
what is a school if there are no books?" A Highland Park High School friend, Vicki Brendel
Browne, picked up on the idea and from June through August organized and funded the collection of 980
boxes of books and their shipping to Sierra Leone with a team of helpers in NY. Not only will the children have books but
The Village will have a quality lending library. This was a huge undertaking that involved many people. With
great thanks to Ross Auerbach and Danielle Baum for
getting the container to Sierra Leone and released to us -- not an easy task. We want to thank all of
those who contributed especially those who also organized their own mini book drives including: Global
Fund for Children, Oprah's Angel Network, Buddy Allen and Prevent Child Abuse America, and Nancy Dubrow and the
Chicago School of Professional Psychology. What a gift you have given. How you have made dreams come
true.
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Here in Sierra Leone, we are dazzled by
the quality and the quantity of the books. It is hard to keep people moving, as each book brings excitement, wonder
and the desire to stop and read. The National Geographic’s are especially time stoppers with pages filled with
vivid pictures of things not even imagined before. We used these books in a recent photograpy workshop. Now The
Villages has the books set up in the Aunty Vicky Library.
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To sign up or volunteer for an event, see our "Contact Us" page.
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