Friday, March 25, 2011

See Bosnia's "Indiana Jones" at Maggie Walker on March 29th!

While this isn't an official Richmond Alumni event, we wanted to let you know about this lecture happening at Maggie Walker on Tuesday, March 29 at 7pm. Check out the Smoke and Scales blog entry with all the info.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

GS Alumni service event at CARITAS Furniture Bank

Dear Richmond Alumni Chapter Members:

Help us assemble tables and dressers for CARITAS Furniture Bank! No previous carpentry skills needed!

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Location: Caritas Furniture Bank (1125 E. Commerce Rd, Richmond VA 23224).
Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011
When: 10:00am-1:00pm

We hope that you are able to support this service project.  Please RSVP no later than Tuesday, March 15th to Khiem Tran at SodaCan852@gmail.com  email to confirm that you can attend.  Please feel free to invite spouses, friends, or anyone else to join in the fun.  The more, the merrier.

Caritas Furniture Bank supports community members on the road to a permanent housing solution, acquire gently used or refurbished essential household needs at low or no cost.  Sana Khalid ’98, works closely with this organization and considers Caritas Furniture Bank to be one of the most important and critical partnerships of the American Red Cross. A majority of disaster victims that the ARC works with throughout the disaster recovery period are referred to Caritas.


Warm regards,
Khiem Tran ‘06, GS Alumni Community Outreach Chair

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Mentors Needed for 2011-12

Governor's School Juniors have a need for a number of mentorships in law and business management/marketing. If you are aware of any professionals who would be willing to serve as a mentor for one of our students starting in August, please contact Sharon Parker by email at sparker@gsgis.k12.va.us or by phone at 354.6800, ext. 3260. Your support is greatly appreciated!
 
This post was copied from Smoke and Scales, the Governor's School blog.