We want your suggestions! The Global Book Club committee is meeting soon to discuss book selections and vote for book #4. Are there any books you’d love to see on our list? Leave us a comment or email Paige at classroom@ptpi.org and let us know! And if you’re not yet a part of the Global Book Club, you can register here now. Stay tuned for the announcement of book #3…
Familiar to many as Mac Taylor of CSI: NY or Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, actor Gary Sinise has two ongoing roles that he may be less known for: co-founder of the nonprofit program Operation International Children (OIC) and bass player in the Lt. Dan Band. Residents of Kansas City will soon have the opportunity to see Sinise the philanthropist and musician on stage when he comes to town on April 25, 2010 to perform at the Uptown Theater.
General admission tickets are $30. VIP tickets, which include a pre-concert reception with Gary Sinise, are $125. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.com or PTPI. Sponsorships are available. For more information contact 816.531.4701 or publicrelations@ptpi.org, or visit www.operationinternationalchildren.org.
Really, it’s no secret at all. YOU are the secret to our success. To quote the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “You don’t have to have a college degree to serve…You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
This man cultivates rice, corn and soybeans on land once unsafe because of landmines. Clearing landmines and returning them to agricultural fields enables beneficiaries to support themselves and their families.
Thanks to generous chapter members and donors of all ages, People to People International was able to provide a grant of $51,000 USD from its International Friendship Fund to The HALO Trust for landmine clearance in Cambodia. This year marks the third year that PTPI has supported landmine eradification efforts in Cambodia after previously focusing for three years on needs in Sri Lanka.
PTPI chapter members and friends around the world are encouraged to support our efforts on the occasion of United Nations’ Mine Awareness Day ~ April 4, 2010 ~ and Global Youth Service Day ~ April 23-24, 2010. Please consider PTPI’s Global Landmine Initiative when planning your chapter events or Global Youth Service Day Projects! By helping to raise awareness and collecting funds for PTPI’s Global Landmine Initiative, we can pool our efforts to continue supporting our HSTAMIDS (smart-detector) team, which has a proven record of success in Cambodia.
Click here to make a donation to the Global Landmine Initiative Fund.
Please direct any questions to Cindy Spake, director of PTPI’s Global Landmine Initiative, at +1.816.531.4701 x110 orexecadmin@ptpi.org.