09/07/2008 - Fall Update |
Greetings from OPEN, and hope all of you had a great summer. We apologize for missing the spring update, and will try to do a better job on keeping everyone in the OPEN community aware of the latest projects. Before we get to the projects, we need to announce that we will not hold the Rasika concert in the NoVa area this fall. Sapna, one of the Rasika vocalists, was injured in a car accident, and other Rasika members are tied up with personal commitments. Preparation for the annual fall concert usually wipes out summer weekends for the Rasika members. On behalf of all the children who are beneficiaries, we thank the Rasika members for their generosity with time and effort these past few years. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sapna and Karthik and their family and we wish her a speedy recovery. We will likely have the concert in Spring 2009, and are thinking about other fundraising events for this fall. Getting back to the projects, there are quite a few:
We request that you consider this note as a request to continue your support of Educate A Child and other OPEN programs. Since we won't have a formal fundraiser this year, please do make it a point to mail in your donations as soon as you can. Our ability to fund these projects depends on your generosity. We request that (tax deductible) contributions payable to "OPEN Inc." be sent to one of the addresses below. If you made a pledge during the concert and if you haven't sent your check yet please do so as soon as possible.
If you would like your contribution to go towards the "Educate a Child" program, please mention it on your check memo section. Contributions may also be made online at: http://www.mydonations.com/openindia Please consider investing in India's future. To delay may mean to forget. Sincerely, |