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Oz Concert

By on December 14, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Travel, Volunteer

I was told that today after classes we’d all be heading down to Ozurgeti to give “the poor peoples” mandarines. I sorta chuckled when they said this, but I suppose for Georgia, many of the families in my village have enough to eat and drink and live a comfortable life. We loaded up in the [...]

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6th Grade SURPRISE!

By on December 13, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Travel, Volunteer

Today was the big day! (Read this page first to find out why I have been fundraising to get my entire 6th Grade class new English Level 3 books!) So, I was able to catch a ride in a car all the way to school so I didn’t have to carry all 21 books and [...]

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Picking up the books!

By on December 7, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Travel, Volunteer

Last week while I was in Batumi I ordered the English World Level 3 books for my 6th grade class so this weekend they were ready to be picked up! I grabbed those along with the maps for this class…plus I found a donor to match the Grant amount we received so I ordered 4 [...]

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Operation Installation

By on December 5, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Volunteer

I arrived to school much earlier than I needed to because I had a feeling at least one of the chalkboards were going up today…and I guessed right! I walked straight to my 6th grade class and sure enough the one of the male teachers had already gotten to work. I “assisted” by taking pictures. [...]

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Chalkboard Supra

By on December 4, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Travel, Volunteer

After school today we celebrated the arrival of the chalkboards! In Georgia, a Supra, or large party with food and drinks, accompanies any celebration you could think of. From weddings and birthdays, to funerals and anniversaries and even anniversaries of funerals! All of my teachers add something to the event, their signatures dish, cups/plates/forks/and napkins, [...]

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Update on 5th Grade

By on December 3, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Volunteer

When I told my 5th Grade class that they were going to be receiving one of the new Grant Chalkboards – they went wild!!! This is the other class that I provided “Special English Notebooks” and am also working towards an Ice Cream Party if they all continue to try throughout the semester. There are [...]

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Chalkboards in Transit

By on December 1, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Travel, Volunteer

If you all remember I applied for the GreenHeart Travel grant to purchase new Chalkboards/Whiteboards for my school in Shroma. We were awarded $250 USD which equals about 400 Lari. I found out this week that there was one more place I could check to see if we could buy Chalkboards rather than the more [...]

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WE DID IT!

By on December 1, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Volunteer

Check out the new and improved Donate Page…now called the WE DID IT! page to find out more!

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Last Day to Donate…

By on November 30, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Volunteer

You see that yellow DONATE button on the right side of this page? Yea…head on over there and make 21 little Georgian students day. I dare you!

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7 books needed / 3 days left The Final Countdown!

By on November 27, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Volunteer

Hello! After an entire week of not accessing the internet, I was greeted with more donations that have flowed in this past week. We are so close to reaching our total of $525 dollars to supply my 6th grade class with the Level 3 English books they will need for next semester! There are still [...]

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Love Graffiti

By on November 22, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Travel, Volunteer

I’ve always loved “Love Graffiti” as I call it. Anytime a heart or the word Love or I Love You is painted onto the side of a wall, I smile inside and out, and feel a bit lighter for the rest of the day. So, when I woke up this morning and started walking towards [...]

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15 books and 10 days left!

By on November 20, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Volunteer

Ok, here’s the current numbers: 15 English books are still needed and we’ve got about a week left before I need to order the books (which is December 1st). So send the link out to your friends and family so we can get these kids what they need for next semester! : )

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Special English Notebooks

By on November 15, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Volunteer

At the beginning of school I purchased notebooks for each of my 6th grade students so they could keep all of our English lessons in one place. By doing this, it seemed to make the class even more special and students started paying more attention. I numbered each book (since they looked the same) and [...]

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Countdown UPDATED: Only 16 books needed!

By on November 9, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Volunteer

I’ve received tons of emails asking about where we stand on the Level 3 English Books for my Grade 6. Therefore, I devised a little countdown chart so we can all keep track together! I’ll post this chart every few days so you will know where we stand, or you can pop over to the [...]

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Khulo with 6th Graders!

By on November 3, 2012 in ESL, Rep. of Georgia, Travel, Volunteer

The day began early. It was still dark and brisk outside. Our bus was quiet as it puttered down the road….and then the 6th graders arrived. I think we can all remember field trips when we were young and the excitement and privilege of going on such an excursion is apparently cross-cultural. They danced most [...]

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