Archive for January, 2009
Guelph Students Send Books to Africa
0 Comments Published by DJacoby January 30th, 2009 in Artistic and Creative, Humanitarian.Books for Africa ships more donated books to the African continent than any other organization. The group partnered with the Invisible Children organization in a book drive on the campus of University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, to collect 500 textbooks to send to Africa. Jasmine Sereda’s project in the Landmark education SELP program involved [...]
Dragan Founding What a Life Animal Shelter
0 Comments Published by DJacoby January 29th, 2009 in Fund Raising, Humanitarian.Jessica Dragan of California has taken on the opening of the What a Life Animal Shelter which will be opening in February. The first fundraiser to raise funds for the shelter took place on November 15 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, and featured a silent auction, prizes, live music, viewing of horse races and more, [...]
Yoga Madness
0 Comments Published by Julia Taylor January 23rd, 2009 in Artistic and Creative, Fund Raising, Health and Wellness.An all day Yoga training/day fundraiser raised money for the cancer assistance program as a result of Vanessa Pazzi’s Self-expression and leadership programme project. The following documentary video gives a picture of the event, which took place January 3 for over 100 people at the Hamilton Convention Centre in Canada.
Computers for Kids
1 Comment Published by DJacoby January 22nd, 2009 in Business and Commerce, Children.Peter Landau of Chicago has created a project in the Self Expression and Leadership Program to get computers and computer equipment to children in need. Landau reports on what the organization is creating:
I’d like to share with you an exciting new organization that I am starting with a group of fellow technology professionals. It is [...]
Community Garage Sale Reinvented and Launched Anew
0 Comments Published by DJacoby January 21st, 2009 in Business and Commerce, Fund Raising.Linda Artac leads Landmark’s Self Expression and Leadership Program in Arizona, and she recently created a project to jumpstart and expand her local community garage sale. She wrote and article in the Lakes Log about the event and about how to run a success garage sale.
Lakes Nov. 8 Garage Sale fundraiser will be ‘going green’
Trying [...]
Student Artwork Aids South Africa
0 Comments Published by Julia Taylor January 15th, 2009 in Artistic and Creative, Children, Education, Humanitarian, Uncategorized.Ben Flood’s project in the SELP allowed students from four schools to create an art exhibition which aided children in South African townships. The Anglo-Celt newspaper wrote the story.
Schools do their Art for Africa
Michael Cryan
The four secondary schools in Cavan town took part in an art exhibition in the Town Hall to raise funds for [...]
Tarantino’s Third Graders Aid Children’s Hospital
0 Comments Published by macaniff January 10th, 2009 in Children, Education, Fund Raising, Health and Wellness, Humanitarian, Uncategorized.Tricia Tarantino of South Florida is a third grade teacher at the Sabal Palm elementary school. For her project in the SELP program, Tarantino led her class to raise money for the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. The Collier County Public School district wrote about the event.
Sabal Palm Elementary Operation Inspiration Update
Recently we told you about [...]
Del Toro Takes on Patterson Garbage
0 Comments Published by DJacoby January 6th, 2009 in Business and Commerce, Environment, Humanitarian.When garbage began to pile up in the commercial district of Patterson, New Jersey, Francisco Del Toro took action, leading a cleanup campaign as his project in the Self Expression and Leadership Program he took with Landmark Education. The Latino News wrote a story about the campaign.
Passaic Business Owners Clean Their Block
by Juan Esteban Villegas
Business [...]