The new year is here!

I know that it's only November 29th, but we have set some goals for the coming year and we are all getting ready to begin the new fundraising year!

We have a lot of exciting events planned and there is a lot of work to be done, but we feel confident in our goals and ability to reach them!!

The latest batch of letters has gone off to Malawi with Abraham; he will return in February and hopefully have pictures and letters to return to Sunderland Elementary school. It will be a very exciting time for us and the children I think!

Stephen and I have been doing some driving on the route that I plan to ride in September...we have purchased a GPS for the car which has been an enourmous help finding our way. It sometimes takes me a while to catch up with technology, but I am glad we did with this gadget!! Now, I just have to find one for my bike and think we will be in good shape for directions for this ride.

I am getting ready to begin the big push for sponsors after the Christmas holiday. Our new website is not coming along as quickly as I would like, but I am accepting that it will just take more time than we thought and we are doing the best we can with it all! I have plans to recruit riders for this big ride as well to help raise funds in addition to finding sponsors for myself.

More to come...so stay tuned!!!

Week of November 13th

An eventful week for Educate Malawi, Inc. I picked up letters on Monday from the Sunderland Elementary school and met with the kids to answer questions that they had about Malawi. I also wanted to thank them for their interest in participating in this pen pal project! Their excitement was amazing and I was grateful for the teachers who spent so much time preparing the letters and helping the children learn about Malawi. Thank you to Lee Worthley for all her enthusiasm and hard work with the kids and for coordinating this project with both her second grade class and the fourth grade class. She took pictures of the meeting we had and they can be found on her blog at:

http://www.sunderlandgrade2.blogspot.com/



We also had a presentation at the Westfield Athenaeum and had a wonderful time sharing our story and photos with the folks who came out to listen. Thanks go out to the library folks who have continued to support us and welcome us back! Chris and Ralph have both been extremely supportive and we thank you!



Our fundraising efforts continue and we are getting ready to announce some new events so stay tuned for that!