Boulder for Darfur

The “Nets” portion of the Southern Sudan Health Project has already raised over $5,000 for 500 nets!! That’s 25% of the goal for a net in every home with young children in Chukudum, Sudan!! Ask if your friends or worklace wants to donate and challenge them to follow National Business Media in Broomfield which donated $1550!!

Insecticide-treated mosquito nets cost $10 each. We are committed to providing enough nets to cover all children in Chukudum. Please support the Nets Work Project by sending a donation payable to “Congregation Har HaShem” with “SSHP” written on the memo line. Mail to HHS, 3950 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO 80303.

*The Southern Sudan Health Project (SSHP) is a Boulder-based coalition of religious institutions, schools, youth groups, and other local organizations assisting in the development of health delivery infrastructure in Chukudum, South Sudan. Stay tuned for Part 2 of the Southern Sudan Health Project: The Wells Project.

CCGAA (Colorado Coalition for Genocide Awareness and Action) was recently highlighted in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Website.  What an honor!   Click here to view the article.    www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/blog/?p=828 Way to Go CCGAA!

The Sudan Genocide Response Team at Congregation Har HaShem will meet Monday December 13th from 6:00 to 7:15 pm.  The team will be brainstorming ideas for more nets events.

Please email Linda at lfarb@mho.net if you will be attending.  The team welcomes anyone who has the passion for helping the people of Darfur and South Sudan.  Congregation Har HaShem, 3950 Baseline Road.  Meeting is held in the overflow room just to the left of the main entrance.

Nets Work FUNdraiser!

Sunday, November 7^th, 4-6 p.m.

Congregation HHS South Building

3950 Baseline Road

For Adults and Teens Ages 13 and Older

Save Lives While Playing Net Games

A FUNdraising Event to Benefit Sudanese Children

Join the Southern Sudan Health Project* for a fun afternoon playing basketball, ping pong, net golf, Wii computer net games, and other indoor net sports!

Proceeds will be used to purchase and distribute mosquito nets for children in Chukudum, Sudan who need to be protected from Malaria during this hazardous mosquito season.

• Meet southern Sudanese neighbors in person.
• Enjoy “Didinga Singers” from Boulder.
• Our partner, Peter Lujana, Director of Christian Development Services, will report to us via. Skype live-video about the Situation in Sudan.
• Snacks and beverages provided.

$18 admission includes 10 tickets for games. Additional tickets available for $1 each. RSVP  to Robert Farr at (303) 499-7077 or r.farr@harhashem.org.

Can’t attend but want to help?

Insecticide-treated mosquito nets cost $10 each. We are committed to providing enough nets to cover all children in Chukudum. Please support the Nets Work Project by sending a donation payable to “Congregation Har HaShem” with “SSHP” written on the memo line. Mail to HHS, 3950 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO 80303.

*The Southern Sudan Health Project (SSHP) is a Boulder-based coalition of religious institutions, schools, youth groups, and other local organizations assisting in the development of health delivery infrastructure in Chukudum, South Sudan. Stay tuned for Part 2 of the Southern Sudan Health Project: The Wells Project.

Sept. 21st: A Peace Tour on Tennyson St! Jovial Concepts invites you to join us on Tennyson St. from 39th-44th to join in the observance of the UN International Day of Peace. This is a day of non-violence and international cease fire recognized by the U.N. and allows much needed humanitarian aid into areas that are normally unreachable due to conflict. Though celebrated in many countries and other states, this will be one of the largest celebrations and awareness raising events for Peace Day Sept. 21st in Denver!

What is A Peace Tour?

• The community of Tennyson St. has come together to give you a fun filled day of live music, art, events, speakers, a fashion show, silent auction, refreshments, discounted food, and much more all in the name of raising awareness for peace!
• We will start at 2pm at Shack Man Glass and meander up Tennyson St. participating in numerous peace making events being put on by the local shops. The tour is FREE to all ages and will feature activities for everyone 0 and up!
• There will be a Show at the Oriental Theater following the tour from 7-11pm. The Show Features Jonny 5 (Flobots), Refugee speaker from the Sudan, DU Center for International Law’s Ved Nanda, Live music by Drienka, Gabrielle Louise, and other musicians. Also, A Peace Dance lead by Donna DeNomme, speaker from GRASP, Silent Auction and much much more! Click the Buy Now button to purchase Discounted Tickets for the show! $6 online and $10 at the door.
  **For more info and for the peace tour schedule please visit: http://www.jovialconcepts.org/?page=11

Our topic this Wednesday, August 25, at 8:00pm on KBDI channel 12, is the Sudan, focusing on the genocide and slavery that exists in Sudan and is denied by the Sudanese government; the effect on the country if Southern Sudan secedes to form a new nation in Jauary 2011; and what assistance Americans can offer the people of Sudan.

Our guests are:
On phone:
Roger Winter, Former US Special Envoy to Sudan

Mangar Amerdid, Sudan native & Executive Director, Sudan LIONS (Leadership Institute of New Sudan)

In studio:
Pastor Heidi McGinness, Christian Solidarity International’s USA Outreach Director
Dr. Ved Nanda, Vice Provost for Internationalization at the University of Denver
Rev. Oja Gafour, Episcopal Diocese of Colorado and Sudanese Community Church

Studio 12 airs live on Wednesday evenings from 8:00pm-9:00pm. Our host is Emmy-award winning journalist Tamara Banks. I invite you to call with questions or comments to create an informative, interactive discussion with our panel of experts on cyber bullying. Starting at 8:00pm on Wednesday night, viewers can call our studio at 303-296-1253. Or, they can email questions or comments at any time to Studio12@kbdi.org.

for more info about Studio 12 contact:

Kim Hadhazy  720-937-5652  KHadhazy@kbdi.org

Join us for a Reception and Dinner with Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese refugee whose amazing life story is told in the bestselling novel What Is the What: the Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng,by internationally acclaimed writer Dave Eggers.

Basic Ticket: $150 ($120 tax-deductible to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation)

Sponsorship Ticket*: $300 ($270 tax-deductible to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation; includes signed copy of What is the What)

*Provides a girl’s scholarship for one year

Checks should be made out to Valentino Achak Deng Foundation

Monday, September 13 at 6:00 PM (MDT)

Highland City Club

885 Arapahoe Avenue

Boulder, CO 80302

Contact Info: Tat Maxwell  Tatmaxwell@mac.com