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Town
& Gown communities pledge their support for providing a
long-term and sustainable solutions to Tsunami
Generations...CDT, 2.18.05
TGIP (Town & Gown
International Partnership) is the only local non-profit
foundation in Centre County, in partnership with Penn State
University & United Way, providing relief, service and sustainable
solutions to the children of Tsunami Victims.
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Dr. Lewis Jillings, Co-Founder,
Associate Vice Provost, Penn State
University
Dr.
U.B.
Bakker, Founder and Chairman, Former Penn
State University Professor
Honorable William Welch, Honorary Co-Chair, Mayor of
State College, PA.
Honorable Lynn B. Herman, Member of the House of
Representatives PA.
Ms. Ellie Beaver, Co-Founder, Executive Director,
Centre County United Way
Dr.Graham Spanier, President, Pennsylvania State
University
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Town
& Gown communities pledge their support for
providing a long-term and sustainable solutions to
Tsunami Generations...CDT, 2.18.05
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE (ISLE) CLUB
AT PENN STATE IS SPONSORED BY THE TGIP - - MARCH 1, 2006 TGIP STARTS A NEW INITIATIVE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2005:
KATRINA+FRESH START. CLICK HERE TO REVIEW
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School-to-School
Partnership (S-T-S) Activities and MAY FUNDRAISER
FOR THE TSUNAMI CHILDREN IN SRI
LANKA–MALAYSIA-KATRINA REGIONS
Penn Pal Activities: Befriend and partner with a
school by exchanging
personal and educational information. This will lead
into a better global
understanding among the students, faculty and
community and will facilitate future international
course work and exchange programs for the students,
faculty, and community leaders and partners.
Currently, we received a packet from the School for
Children and youth Development Centre (CYDC) which
contain many cards and letters from the orphaned
students at this school. These letters were shared
with the Easterly Parkway Elementary School students
through the school administration
Adopt-An-Orphaned-Student Activities: We have
started a fund raising project for this purpose in
cooperation with a group of Penn State students
enrolled in a class: 497INTAG-International Service
Leadership Experience (ISLE). As a result, a sum of
$500.00 was raised and sent to the CYDC with Ms.
Vindhya Panagoda, a visiting scholar from Sri Lanka.
See the donation check below
 
TGIP TSUNAMI
PROJECT LINKS THE SCASD STUDENTS WITH THE SRI LANKAN
STUDENTS AT THE CHILDREN & YOUTH CENTRE (CYC)
VIA PEN PAL/ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROJECT: This
project encourages the youth from both nations to
learn about each others culture, values, language
and express their feelings and emotions related to
tsunami tragedy by exchanging letters, postcards and
art work. Many students are excited about future
exchange programs.
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Students, orphaned by the tsunami, at
the CYDC are preparing postcards for their partners
in SCASD (Left). Mt. Nittany Middle School, SCASD
students and Malcolm send their greetings to CYDC
students in SL (Right).
Children of the Tsunami Victims are
provided special health care, computer and ESL
education by the "CYC", thanks to the
vision of the founder Dr. Asoka, Jayasena, MD, in
Sri Lanka. Special thanks are extended to local
mural artist Michael Pilato and SCASD Superintendent
Dr. Patricia Best for their leadership and continuous
support in initiating and maintaining this project.
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