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 Raindrop Forum welcomed Dr. Abelardo Saavedra at a luncheon program. Dr. Saavedra is the Superintendent of schools for the Houston Independent School District (HISD).
HISD is the largest school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the nation. HISD has 200, 000 students, nearly 300 schools, 29,000 employees and a budget of $1.5 billion. (June 23, 2009, Houston, TX) |
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CPR & First Aid Seminar at Raindrop Helping Hands |
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 You can comfortably (!) have a heart attack now in and around Turquoise Center since there are many people with a CPR certificate.
Turquoise Center was home to a sweet rush among volunteers, staff and community members. Raindrop Helping Hands has organized a CPR training session for its staff, volunteers and community members in collaboration with OakBend Medical Center. Twenty people signed up for the course. (June 13th, 2009, Houston, TX)
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Texans Planted Friendship Trees in Turkey  |
At a ceremony organized by Raindrop Helping Hands, Texans planted friendship trees at Texas-Antalya Friendship Commemorative Forest in Turkey
After last year’s forest fire in the province of Antalya, Raindrop Helping Hands started a donation campaign in Texas. Helping Hands found out that the Ottoman Sultan the Aldulhamid II sent 300 golden coins when he was informed that there was a devastating fire in the U.S. back in 1894 and shared this information with the locals in Texas. Helping Hands’ initiative met with very good reception, resulting in 2,000 tree donation in total.
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Turkish Language Olympiad news at STV |
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 The 3rd Annual Texas Turkish Language Olympiad winners are participating in 7th International Turkish Language Olympiad in Turkey. Texas team’s performance has been covered by Turkish media. Samanyolu TV made announcement about this event. You can watch these videos here:
http://www.samanyoluhaber.com
http://www.samanyoluhaber.com
This year Turkey is hosting 700 students from 115 countries.
(May 27, 2009, Dallas, TX)
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Raindrop Executives visited Little Rock Police Department |
 Little Rock Raindrop Turkish house Executive and representatives visited Little Rock Police Department Chief Stuart Thomas. Director of Raindrop Turkish house -Mr. Yusuf- and Dr. Kockara informed Chief Stuart Thomas about activities of the foundation. Raindrop Executive has invited members of Police Department to Turkish House to meet on a lunch or for cup of coffee.
(May 20, 2009 Little Rock AR)
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Raindrop Helping Hands presents "Crime Prevention Handbook" in Turkish |
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 Turquoise Center has hosted Bill White, Mayor of Houston, on May 2nd, 2009. Mayor White met the Turkish - American community leaders, business executives and guests from Azeri-American and other communities.
Mayor Bill White received Turkish translation of "Crime Prevention Handbook" of HPD. Raindrop Helping Hands translated this book to Turkish as a service to the community. Mayor White thanked for this valious effort. You can download this book by clicking here.
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Turkish Coffee Night (Mothers’ Day) |
 Raindrop Turkish House Women Association celebrated Mothers' Day with a beautiful party at the Turkish Coffee Night. One of the distinguished speakers was the Vice President of Oklahoma Christian University Dr. Allison Garrett made the welcoming speech. She expressed her appreciation for those who put the program together and wished a happy mothers' day for all mothers. Malaka Elyazgi, who is in Governor's advisory committee also gave her wonderful insight about motherhood in general. Ozlem Avcioglu, who is a doctorate student at OU, gave a presentation on the place of women in Turkish culture. (May, 2009, OKC, OK)
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Grand Opening and Turkish Festival |
 Raindrop Turkish House opened a cultural center in Oklahoma City on 4444 N Classen Blvd which is the newest addition of cultural centers throughout six southwestern states. Such cultural centers are aimed to enrich the cultural diversity in the States. Raindrop Turkish House also hosted its first annual Turkish Festival along with the grand opening. During the festival, Turkish food and samples of Turkish art and crafts were exhibited in the cultural center and were available for purchase. (May 9, 2009, OKC, OK)
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TAWA and Make a Child Smile at Children's Medical Center |
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 Turkish-American Women Association (TAWA) in Dallas made a contribution to Raindrop Helping Hands's "Make A Child Smile" project.
A total of $667.00 of donation collected by the leadership of TAWA has been delivered to Children's Medical Center in Dallas for Oncology Division.
Executives from Oncology Divison at Children's Medical Center expressed their gratitude to TAWA and Raindrop Helping Hands and said that they have been delivering the best care possible to children from all over North Texas. (April 15, 2009, Dallas, TX)
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Turkish House of Tulsa hosted Special Education Class of OSU |
 Raindrop Turkish House of Tulsa hosted a cultural exchange program on Tuesday, at 6 p.m. with the Special Education class of Oklahoma State University. Dr. Giacobbe and her students visited Raindrop Turkish House. They enjoyed Turkish cuisine and tea following a small presentation from the volunteers of Raindrop Turkish House. Presentation was about the Turkish community of Tulsa and the cultural activities of the Turkish House. Dr. Giacobbe stressed the importance of cultural exchange and the value it brings to Tulsa community. (April 30, 2009, Tulsa, OK)
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Raindrop Forum hosted Gene Locke for a Morning Conversation |
 Raindrop Turkish House hosted Gene Locke, Partner - Andrew Kurth LLP at one of its distinguished series, Morning Conversations. Community leaders, academicians and more participants came to listen to Mr. Locke.
Mr. Locke talked about the problems and its solutions for the City of Houston.
The audience asked provoking questions to the speaker and expressed their interest in and pleasure for the organization as well as for the Turkish breakfast served at the event.(May 5, 2009, Houston, TX)
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 As of April 27, 2009, 20 cases of a novel strain of swine flu have been confirmed in the United States, with 2 of the cases in Guadalupe County near San Antonio, Texas. There are an additional 5 probable cases in Guadalupe County and 3 probable cases in the DFW area. These strains are identical to the novel swine flu identified in California, Kansas, New York, Ohio, Mexico, Canada, and Spain.
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