Friends of Colombian Orphans http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog Improving the quality of life for children in Colombian orphanages. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Our teacher with a student http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/09/our-teacher-with-a-student/ http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/09/our-teacher-with-a-student/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:03:22 +0000 Jane http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/09/our-teacher-with-a-student/ Dora Amelia w student

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]]> http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/07/follow-us-on-twitter/feed/ 0 We WON! http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/07/we-won/ http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/07/we-won/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:11:48 +0000 Jane http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/07/we-won/ We won $20,000 in the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook! If you voted, thank you very much. Now we have money in the bank and can continue to make our knitting program work for as many girls as we can in Bogota.

]]> http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/07/we-won/feed/ 0 It’s a great morning when…. http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/its-a-great-morning-when/ http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/its-a-great-morning-when/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:39:20 +0000 Jane http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/its-a-great-morning-when/ you wake up to a $1000 grant from RollGiving, the two part employee charitable giving program of the Roll International Corporation.
Gloria Ramirez: thank you for this wonderful gift.

]]> http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/its-a-great-morning-when/feed/ 0 Great article about us! http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/great-article-about-us/ http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/great-article-about-us/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:11:16 +0000 Jane http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/great-article-about-us/ Please read this and VOTE for us! We need every single vote to win the $20,000. Thank you so much, Jane
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-25213-Austin-Knitting-Examiner~y2010m6d25-Vote-for-knitting-charity-on-Facebook

]]> http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/great-article-about-us/feed/ 0 More fundraising http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/more-fundraising/ http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/more-fundraising/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:54:18 +0000 Jane http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/more-fundraising/ Many months have gone by, but we are still operating. We are looking for a permanent home for the program, and are looking into renting space in a mall. That’ll take more money out of our pockets, however.
There’s another great contest about to happen, with 200 cash prizes. It is taking place on Facebook. I don’t know the particulars yet. However, if you want to take part, you will be voting for COLOMBIAN ORPHANAGES. That’s us… Let me see if I can link to it here…
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/?src=support-badge-wall-post-self&ref=mf

]]> http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/06/more-fundraising/feed/ 0 And more thank yous! http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/01/and-more-thank-yous/ http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/01/and-more-thank-yous/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:13:53 +0000 Jane http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2010/01/and-more-thank-yous/ And more thank yous to those of you who chose US are your charitable contribution recipient this holiday season. We received over $1000 in donations. Thank you SO MUCH!

Our knitters are close to being proficient enough to sell their garments. We are approaching a whole new level with our vocational training project and will be learning as we go. Thanks for your support. And a very happy, peaceful and healthy new year to all.

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]]> http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2009/12/please-vote/feed/ 0 Please help us! http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2009/12/please-help-us/ http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2009/12/please-help-us/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:44:53 +0000 Jane http://friendsofcolombianorphans.org/blog/2009/12/please-help-us/ Vote for us between Dec. 3 and the 11th: we could use this ebay gift certificate to buy more yarn. To make more items to sell, in order to have money to buy more machines.

Go here to vote….
http://www.nameyourcause.com/index.html

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