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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.
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.
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.
Raindrop Executive Yusuf Ozdogan and volunteer Mithat Karabulut visited the Mayor Mark Stodola, Mayor of Little Rock. They gave a brief information about Raindrop's services to the community ,Inter satate Turkish Language Olympiad and Turkey Trip. Mayor Mark Stodola expressed his appreciation for the visit and said that he is happy to learn more about Turkish Culture. He also stated that non-profit organizations like Raindrop are doing a great job for the society's improvement. (March 5, 2009, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Raindrop Woman Association visited Congress and House of Representatives in Austin. State Representative Dr. Alma Allen from District 131 greeted ladies of Raindrop Women Association . Dr. Allen introduced Turkish women representing Turkish Community and Raindrop Turkish House’s activities in Houston to House of Representatives.
The 42nd Annual WorldFest Film Festival' inde Independent Film kategorisinde yarışacak "Sıfır Dediğimde" filmi, kendi kategorisinde iddialı filmler arasında...
Raindrop Turkish House of Tulsa joined the rest of the cultural community of Tulsa Community College for the "Global Festival". The volunteers of Tulsa Raindrop Turkish House exhibited some posters from several parts of Turkey and they shared brochures about the beautiful parts of their country. There was a video show and there were flyers of some of the activities such as Turkish Language Program and Turkish Food Cooking Classes. The Raindrop Turkish House served the traditional dessert baklava, cheese pastry and a potato pastry to the TCC community. (March 5,2009,Tulsa,OK)
Raindrop Turkish House of Tulsa hosted the chief officers of Broken Arrow Police Department on Wednesday, March 18th for a community dinner and a Security Seminar. Over 40 members for the Turkish community of Tulsa were present at this friendly dinner. Kamil Celik of Raindrop Turkish House gave a brief introduction of the Turkish community in Tulsa area and invited Chief of Police Todd Wuestewald to help the Turkish community understand the safety in the U.S.A. better. Chief Wuestewald specifically stressed the importance of not giving any opportunity to the criminals. "If the opportunity exists, they will use it" said Chief Wuestewald. (March 18,2009,Tulsa,OK)
Raindrop Turkish House of Tulsa hosted American Red Cross on Saturday, April 11th at its Tulsa office for First Aid and Adult, Child and Infant CPR Seminar. Several members from the Turkish community of Tulsa participated at the seminar and achieved their certificates. Instructors Ashley and Tina taught the participants how to act when they face an emergency situation and how to perform a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).At the end of the seminar, Raindrop Turkish House volunteers offered "Turkish hot tea" to their guests and gave some information about Turkey, Turkish Community in Tulsa and the Turkish culture.(April 11,2009,Tulsa,OK)
Raindrop Turkish House Grand Opening & Turkish Festival 
Raindrop Turkish House Grand Opening & Turkish Festival was
rescheduled due the weather condition even though Raindrop Turkish
House hosted Art and Fair Craft at March 28.
Raindrop Turkish House of Oklahoma City joined International Student
Awareness Day. The Special Joint Committee on International Development
in conjunction with the Governor's International Team invited Raindrop
Turkish House to participate in International Student Awareness Day as
an exhibitor. The volunteers of Oklahoma City Raindrop Turkish House
exhibited some posters from several parts of Turkey and they shared
brochures about the beautiful parts of their country. There was a video
show and there were flyers of some of the activities such as
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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.