January 2012 eNews

Issue #34
		Lotus Outreach Wins the Girl Effect Challenge and Becomes a GE Partner! Congratulations!  You helped win the first ever Girl Effect Challenge for our Blossom Bus riders! In the month from October 15 to November 15, 574 unique donations were made to this project - pushing us into sixth place and across the finish line with five other finalists! Thanks to you, the Blossom Bus will be featured on the Girl Effect Fund’s project page for a full year.  Read more>> Lotus Outreach Welcomes Three New Members to its Board of Directors In 2011, Lotus Outreach welcomed three new members to its international Board of Directors: Julie Chender of Nova Scotia, Dr. Ron Greenberg of Vancouver and Jody Lippman of Southern California.  Please join us in thanking Julie, Ron and Jody for sharing their time, talents and compassion with Lotus Outreach and the communities it serves.  Read more>>      Girls' Access to Education (GATE) Siem Reap Receives Full Grant Funding We have great news regarding our Girls’ Access to Education (GATE) program in Siem Reap, Cambodia.  These past few months, Lotus Outreach received two grants from the Material World Charitable Foundation and Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation which will support the project at full capacity.  Read more>>    LEARN Work Area Serves as Epicenter for India's National Day of Education Prompted by the growing buzz around the LEARN project's successes and the unrelenting pressure our local partner brings to bear on education officials, this year’s November 11 National Day of Education ceremony was moved from the customary location of Delhi – and held instead in Mewat. Read more>> Do You Shop Online?  A Few Clicks Can Mean Thousands of Dollars for LO! Shopping to earn free money for our causes in India and Cambodia just got easier. Now all you need to do is visit our Facebook page and look for the tab on the left side that reads "Donate by Shopping Here." (You can find it under our profile picture, between “Info” and “Photos”.) Learn more>>
Our Team
	Khyentse Norbu
	Patty Waltcher
	Glenn Fawcett
	Erika Keaveney
	Raksmey Var
	Suraj Kumar
	Rachel Curtis
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children and their communities through education and healthcare.  Lotus Outreach is a registered
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