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Award Reception and Ceremony of First Annual Art and Essay Contest

Raindrop Turkish House in Collaboration with Houston Independent School District organized the Award Reception and Ceremony of First Annual Art and Essay Contest with the theme “Alliance of Civilizations”. The program started with the reception in the lobby of Turquoise Center and the students, parents, teachers, and administrators from HISD enjoyed delicious Turkish food. The award ceremony started with the Mayor of Houston Annise Parkers` opening proclamation .After that the president of Raindrop House Mr. Mehmet Okumus stated that we aim to develop young generations ambitious for the ideas of peace friendship and fraternity with these projects. Mr Mehmet Okumus also added that we had a great honor to have this project with a talented education institution which is the first in Texas and the seventh the biggest education institution in United States. Mr Lawrence Allen who is the member of Texas State Education Ministry of Board joined the art and essay award ceremony on behalf of Texas Schools. Texas Representative Alma Allen, Honorable Consul General of Turkey Akil Oktem, and Dr. Lynn Mitchell from University of Houston presented the awards to the students. The art and essay award ceremony came to an end with exchanging the plagues between the two institutions with the idea of coordinating a peace and friendship bridge between the countries. (January 29, 2010 Houston,Texas)

 

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Raindrop Turkish House is an educational, charitable, social and cultural organization and now it operates in six states: Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The mission of Raindrop is to introduce Turkish culture into American society and cultivate friendship and promote the understanding of diverse cultures through its unique services to the community, through dialog and corporation.

Raindrop organizes annual Turkic Cultures and Children’s Festival, annual Turkish Language Olympiad and Intercultural Trips to Turkey. Raindrop contributes in colorful life of society by organizing, sponsoring, and hosting cultural and social events. Raindrop also offers educational services such as Turkish and English classes, Turkish Cuisine Cooking classes, music classes, seminars and international conferences. Raindrop also helps the needy through its charity organization Helping Hands. Raindrop organizes Breakfast & Morning conversations, which is a series of public conversations that draw together diverse minds to discuss critical issues and engage in cooperative social action.

Raindrop Turkish House branches: Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, College Station, Lubbock, El Paso, Little Rock, Jackson, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, New Orleans, Baton Rouge.