Lilypad-charity in Romania
Posted By admin on March 2, 2010
Material help to Romania for those in need.
Here’s how:
Donations are collected, sorted & packed in Alexandria, VA.
Mailed to “Hope for Others”, Covington Louisiana
Shipping via sea container New Orleans-Bremerhaven, Germany
Transport by land from Germany to Arad/Romania
Sorted and stored in a house I own nearby
Distributed to needy Romanian families by a local fireman who sends reports & pictures
Donation examples:
eyeglasses, clothes/shoes; school/art supplies; linens; lightweight house wares; toys
All donations should be:
new/like-new
lightweight
non-breakable
non-electrical/no batteries
not bulky
Want to donate or learn more?
Contact:
Lilly (Speaks English, Romanian and German) Alexandria, VA
lillyanddave@msn.com
Romania Contact: Michaela & Danny (Speaks Romanian Only)
mdani73@yahoo.com
Our Sponsors:
Hope for Others
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Huffman
P. O. Box 1207 Covington, La. 70434
Phone:(985) 892-1134 U.S.A.
Website: http://HopeForOthers.org
Smithfield Corporate Responsibility
Dr. R. Federici http://www.drfederici.com/
Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center of Northern Virginia
601 S. Carlin Springs Rd
Arlington, VA 22204, Phone:703-671-1919, Fax: 703-656-4787
Web site: http://members.cox.net/lerc
Why Water Lily: It’s Lilly’s charity effort.
Lilly grew-up in Romania but fled communism as an adult. Images of disadvantage and need in Romania have been in the news since the fall of communism. The Lilypad charity allows Lilly to team with her contacts in Romania and other charities to provide much needed relief without incurring overhead costs. All giving is provided directly to those in need thanks to donated shipping container space and European land transport as well as volunteers at every step.
The Water Lily (Lotus) is symbolic of rebirth, but in addition to its religious meaning, the water lily is also a symbol of all that is true, good and beautiful, representing good fortune, peace and enlightenment. A water lily represents life in general. As the water lily grows up from the mud into an object of great beauty, I want people to grow and change into something more beautiful. So the symbol represents the struggle of life at its most basic form. Water lily symbols are also popular for people who have gone through a hard time and are now coming out of it. Like the flower they have been at the bottom in the muddy pond, but have risen above this to be an object of beauty or represent a life of beauty as the case might be. Thus a water lily can also represent a hard time in life that has been overcome.
Lilly Pierce
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Charity for Romania
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzet26i9/
Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.
John Wesley (1703 - 1791)
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