NEWS!!!

Make Card Quilt Posters 
at the
Center for Living Peace  

Saturday, April 21st,  from 10am - 12pm
       We will be filling a special request from Miller 
     Children's Hospital to make as many card quilt 
     posters as possible!
Saturdays, May 12  from 11am - 3pm    and 
                    May 26  from 10am - 12pm
     The Card Quilt Posters will go to My Stuff Bags Foundation 
     to add a personal touch to the new belongings to children 
     are rescued from abuse, neglect and abandonment. 
Next Monthly Art Class 
is  
Tuesday, May 22nd

Theme is:  Memorial Day
Play the Free Rice Game and 
practice for the SAT at the same time!

For every correct answer 10 free grains of rice will be given away by the World Food Programme to help end hunger.  

Currently, all the rice is going to school lunch programs in Cambodia.   School meals mean that more kids – especially girls –are enrolled in school and stay in school.  This gives them the chance to build a better future for themselves and their communities.   

Be an Advocate for Children
Learn about and Write Letters to Address
the Issues that Affect Children
begin with
Advocacy Campaigns Sponsored by UNICEF

Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) lays out a comprehensive set of rights for children, and recognizes the essential role and importance of parents and families. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is joining with other child welfare organizations to ask President Obama to order a review by the Department of State and send the treaty to the U.S. Senate for ratification—but we need to show that it has the support of thousands of people like you. Sign the petition to ask President Obama to demonstrate that the U.S. stands firm for children’s rights around the world. 
ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SUBMIT THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD FOR U.S. RATIFICATION

Help prevent child marriage

Though the United States supports many programs that assist children and mothers, there is no specific U.S. Government effort to focus on the problem of child marriage. Bipartisan legislation in both the House of Representatives the Senate would bolster U.S. efforts to prevent child marriage by condemning child marriage as both a human rights violation and a drag on developmental outcomes. 
TELL YOUR LEGISLATORS THAT YOUR CARE ABOUT PREVENTING CHILD MARRIAGE

Keep cluster munitions out of children's hands

Children caught up in the conflict in Libya are at great risk from unexploded weapons and ordnance, including cluster munitions. The U.S. Government is a world leader in helping clear these unexploded weapons, but in addition to helping finding and eliminate old cluster bombs, as a Nation, we need to make sure that we never use cluster munitions that leave dangerous duds.  Today,  that is not current U.S. policy. HELP US CHANGE THAT

Support the Water for the World Act

We know that clean water and appropriate sanitation are critically important to keeping children alive and well.  The U.S. Government can do a better job of helping increase access to clean water and sanitation in poor countries. The newly introduced Water for the World act sets an ambitious goal: for U.S.-funded programs to reach 100 million people with first-time access to clean drinking water and sanitation.  LEARN MORE

U.S. government funding for UNICEF

To help us get to the goal of zero children dying from preventable causes—everyone has a part to play, including the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government makes a contribution to UNICEF which is funded in the annual appropriations. Although Congress is looking for ways to reduce Federal spending, money still will be appropriated for international assistance. We want to make sure that the money spent makes vulnerable children a top priority. UNICEF is the indispensable partner of the United States in the global effort to save and improve the lives of children everywhere. 
TELL YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT $132 MILLION FOR UNICEF IN FISCAL YEAR 2013 

For more ways to advocate for children, click HERE.  
To be homeless, young and without family 
makes you an easy target 
for human traffickers, drug dealers, and other people 
who exploit children.  

Covenant House 
is one Southern California organization 
that is trying to do something about it.


Here are some of our gorgeous Card Quilts.  The individual cards were made by many different people during our community card making events and also by our club members!  

These were made as a part of our Cards for Hope Project
We've got  AWESOME new T-shirts!!
Courtesy of our amazing VP Kaitlin!:D  
More Pictures!!!

of the Origami Crane Sculpture in Sendai, Japan.

from the Open Architecture Network, Do Something 
and Student's Rebuild 

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Recent Events!!!
(click on picture)

Living Peace Projects 
Day of Service  with Queen Noor
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www.goodhappens.org
through the Center for Living Peace  
and Leap of Faith on April 28th.
Lots of Painting
at
American Family Housing  (April 10, 2012)
Easter
Party!!!
2012
for the kids of American Family Housing
(also known as 
Shelter for the Homeless)
Easter Basket Filler Drive, $120 in Gift Cards and Card Quilts for 
Olive Crest
March 2012
St. Patrick's Day 
Art Class 
at American Family Housing
Organized 
making 330 Valentine's Day Cards  for children who are hospitalized
Delivered  jeans for 
Do Something's
Teens for Jeans Drive 
New Year's
Art Class with bejeweled snowflakes and lots of paint/paper and clay!
Arts-n-Crafts at the  Illumination Foundation's Holiday
Carnival 
for the motel families they serve.
_Christmas
Art Class! 
Painted wood frames and decorated cookies!
Delivered
Toys, 
$75 in Gift Cards, Hygiene Supplies and Card Quilts for the kids of Olive Crest 
(Dec. 2011) 
Thanksgiving
Art Class
at American Family Housing
Held a 
Make a Difference Day Community Card Making Event at Turtle Rock CDC
Halloween
Art Class 
at American Family Housing (Oct. 17th)
Raised funds selling Korean BBQ at Club Kickoff to laminate Card Quilts and purchase art supplies
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Sept. 17, 2011
Card making for the children of Olive Crest to celebrate the International Day of Peace at the Center for Living Peace.
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Monthly
Art Classes
LAUNCHED!
July 12, 2011 
  Developed an ongoing project 
in honor of 
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama 
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www.goodhappens.org
in the Working Groups for Compassion and Global Leadership
(2011)
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Organized
making
7767
Origami
 Cranes 
for the rebuilding efforts in and provide children's clothes for Japan
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An 
Easter
Party!!!
for the
children of 
Shelter for the  
Homeless
We won a $500 grant from Do Something!!  We used these funds to launch our Art Program for Homeless Children!
Planting Seeds for Second Harvest Food Bank
Presentation to Raise Awareness about Youth Homelessness
Organized
making 400 Valentine's Day Cards for Children's Hospital of Orange County and Miller's Children's Hospital
2011

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