Thursday, October 17, 2013
Join us for 'Giving Tuesday' and double the transformative power of your gift today!
Heather Richey
Featured in: @ChristelHouse Fall 2013
Thanksgiving is about giving thanks. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are about getting deals…. And now Giving Tuesday is about giving back.
Christel House is joining the global Giving Tuesday movement to establish an annual day just for giving back and transforming lives. We are excited to announce that through a generous offer put forth by Dennert and Suzanne Ware, you can double the transformative power your gift will have on Christel House students from now until December 3!
All donations made through Tuesday, December 3, up to a total of $250,000, will be matched.
Please consider making a gift today to help us make this winter a little brighter for Christel House students. You can give online at www.christelhouse.org/donate. When giving, select the drop down menu option "Giving Tuesday".
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
A gift of toothbrushes
When Tom and Mary Anthony visited Christel House South Africa last year, they knew that they had to do something. As they toured the classrooms, Tom asked one of the principals how they could help the Christel House students. The answer was simple: Toothbrushes.
Few Christel House students have running water at home, and dental hygiene is a luxury. In South Africa, a family will often share one toothbrush! During the school day, we try to instill good habits in all of our students, including teaching them to brush their teeth. For example, at Christel House Mexico, all students brush their teeth after lunch before returning to classes.
When Tom and Mary returned to Indiana, they reached out to their friends and family. As Lt. Governor of his Kiwanis district, Tom asked fellow Kiwanis members to donate toothbrushes as a service project. Their church also go involved. The result: over 2,700 toothbrushes for the kids of Christel House. A box of 500 are already en route to the students of Christel House Mexico.
Thank you Tom and Mary!
Tom and Mary Anthony with the toothbrushes they collected and Cheryl Wendling, Sr. Vice President of Christel House International. Labels: donation, South Africa, violence, visitors
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Sustain Christel House by becoming a monthly donor
Did you know that you can support Christel House by scheduling a monthly donation using your credit card?
Naomi Orsay, from St. Louis, Missouri, is one of our monthly donors. “I feel very strongly that we can change the world by providing impoverished children with high quality education,” Naomi saya. “After researching numerous organizations through Charity Navigator, I selected Christel House as one of my top five because of its mission and commitment to deploying 100% of my gifts to programs and services for children in the US and around the world.”
Orsay, who is also a volunteer literacy tutor in the St. Louis school system, continues, “It’s important for me to give back in multiple ways including contributing to the causes that are closest to my heart. Setting up an automatic monthly gift to Christel House using my credit card was simple and children around the world benefit immediately from my gifts. Monthly giving is definitely a ‘win-win.’
Set up your recurring donation today!Labels: donate, donation
Thursday, February 24, 2011
"Off the Mat" and into the hearts of local school
Off the Mat (OTM), a US based organization using the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and ignite grassroots social change, recently donated $40,000 for a senior library at Christel House South Africa (CHSA). The school, started by Christel DeHaan, which educates and empowers disadvantaged children, hosted the official inauguration of the newly resourced library on Feb. 16. Twenty-three OTM members joined CHSA for the celebration.
CHSA’s Principal, Ronald Fortune presented a donor’s plaque the group of OTM “‘social champions” and included them in the ribbon cutting ceremony that officially opened the school’s library.
Seane Corn, an internationally celebrated yoga teacher and one of the founding members of OTM, said they believed CHSA was the perfect fit for them. “Not only is the school providing excellent education to hundreds of children who come from some of the most poverty stricken areas in Cape Town, but they are creating sustainable change in many communities through their unique model of education,” she said.
According to Corn, each OTM member spent a full year raising awareness and funds for CHSA. Inspired by what Christel House was achieving, they each raised a significant sum of money by selling products and hosting events. While visiting CHSA, the group covered and catalogued books in the library. “I believe that CHSA is making an enormous and lasting difference in solving one of the most critical problems in South Africa. I can’t describe how proud we are, even more so now that we have seen the school, met the inspiring teachers and staff and interacted with the wonderfully natured learners, that we have established this partnership,” she said.
Director of OTM, Suzanne Sterling, commented that this was indeed a partnership, adding that their involvement would continue. “We are friends and fans of this school for life and will be looking for new creative ways to assist the school in their good work for many years to come,” she said.
Labels: books, Christel House, donation, library, Off the Mat, OTM, South Africa, students
