Racing to Help School
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
The Post-Standard
By Jim Read Staff writer
Meaghan Anklin, 14, and Christopher Anklin, 12, have so far raised almost $7,000 for the Gavar Special School No. 1 in Gavar, Armenia. They live with their parents, Mary and Chris Anklin, near Fayetteville.
They learned about the school from their grandmother, Janet Munro, of Cazenovia, a retired East Syracuse-Minoa English teacher who has been working in Armenia as a Peace Corps volunteer since June 2004.
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Munro has been home for the holidays but plans to return to Armenia on Saturday.
Munro and her Peace Corps site mate, Jason Sprague, a business volunteer, have been working together to improve conditions at Gavar Special School.
"Rural Armenia is about 50 years behind America," Munro said in an e-mail sent before her return home. "Their capital, Yerevan, is like a different country because it is much more modern."
The school needs a new heating system, repairs to the roof, windows and doors, fencing and improvements to the infirmary, kitchen, laundry and bathrooms. The cost of all the work is estimated at $90,000.
Already, donations have paid for some small improvement projects, according to the school Web site. Playrooms have been remodeled, a sewing room and program was started and the school has 35 new beds. A donor from Skaneateles gave money to pay for 26 pairs of shoes.
Meaghan and Christopher raised their money by running a 10-kilometer race in Athens, Greece, in November. The race is a companion to the annual Athens marathon, said Mary Anklin, Munro's daughter.
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Munro is also teaching American literature and English to university students ages 15 to 17 at Gavar State University. She learned of the special school from Sprague and said she has come to love the children there.
"They are full of life and hope," she said. "They are the hope for this country."
The Peace Corps subsequently assigned a health worker to the school, Munro said.
"I am very happy that the Peace Corps will have new volunteers here to keep a steady watch over the Special School," she said.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
The Post-Standard
By Jim Read Staff writer
Meaghan Anklin, 14, and Christopher Anklin, 12, have so far raised almost $7,000 for the Gavar Special School No. 1 in Gavar, Armenia. They live with their parents, Mary and Chris Anklin, near Fayetteville.
They learned about the school from their grandmother, Janet Munro, of Cazenovia, a retired East Syracuse-Minoa English teacher who has been working in Armenia as a Peace Corps volunteer since June 2004.
[...]
Munro has been home for the holidays but plans to return to Armenia on Saturday.
Munro and her Peace Corps site mate, Jason Sprague, a business volunteer, have been working together to improve conditions at Gavar Special School.
"Rural Armenia is about 50 years behind America," Munro said in an e-mail sent before her return home. "Their capital, Yerevan, is like a different country because it is much more modern."
The school needs a new heating system, repairs to the roof, windows and doors, fencing and improvements to the infirmary, kitchen, laundry and bathrooms. The cost of all the work is estimated at $90,000.
Already, donations have paid for some small improvement projects, according to the school Web site. Playrooms have been remodeled, a sewing room and program was started and the school has 35 new beds. A donor from Skaneateles gave money to pay for 26 pairs of shoes.
Meaghan and Christopher raised their money by running a 10-kilometer race in Athens, Greece, in November. The race is a companion to the annual Athens marathon, said Mary Anklin, Munro's daughter.
[...]
Munro is also teaching American literature and English to university students ages 15 to 17 at Gavar State University. She learned of the special school from Sprague and said she has come to love the children there.
"They are full of life and hope," she said. "They are the hope for this country."
The Peace Corps subsequently assigned a health worker to the school, Munro said.
"I am very happy that the Peace Corps will have new volunteers here to keep a steady watch over the Special School," she said.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
posted by Vahe Balabanian at 12:38 PM
1 Comments:
Thank you for posting this story! We are very proud of the help from these wonderful children.
Many others are also helping the school. Leigh Childs has completed a project for Gavar Special School.
Please visit our website to see all the news:
http://www.GavarSpecialSchool.org
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