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Tsunami
Vigil & Art Sale
TGIP
hosted a downtown vigil at
the Fairmount Avenue
Elementary School, which was
then followed by an art sale
fundraiser offered by Mr.
Michael Pilato, who is a
local mural artist. He
contributed 50 mural prints
in order to help purchase
boats for the tsunami
regions in need of fishing
boats.
During
this event Honorable Lynn
Herman, Representative,
presented a copy of the
Pennsylvania House
Resolution, expressing the
sympathies of the
Pennsylvania residents and
complementing the community
leaders in Happy Valley for
their local tsunami relief
efforts.
February
21
TGIP
Meeting
TGIP
local business partnership
task force established at
this meeting, which included
Jeff Kern, Paul Ruskin,
Padma Karanuratne, and Dr.
Bakker. The task force
decided to contact Chamber
of Commerce in Sri Lanka.
February
28
School
Partnership & Pen Pal
Project
Mr.
Michael Pilato and Dr. UB
Bakker gave a presentation
at the Gray's Woods
Elementary School in order
to start a Tsunami Pen Pal
Club at this school.
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