November 30, 2015 | Richard Geist | Tolerance
“Muslims in Indonesia Challenge Isis Ideology” is an excellent article published in today’s New York Times by Joe Cochrane. A publicity campaign with a message of tolerance has been created by a 50 million member, Indonesian organization, Nahdlatul Ulama. It is directed against jihadism and will be carried to North America, Europe and throughout Asia. It reminds us
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November 21, 2015 | Richard Geist | Ramblings
NYC to Columbus, OH is the only part we still need help filling! Two donors provided sufficient miles to get Curtis to Cambodia and as far back as NYC in July. Does anyone have enough miles on American or Delta to help Curtis with the last short leg of his trip home? Now that’s all
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November 16, 2015 | Richard Geist | Ramblings
Just 40,000 United Airlines (part of Star Alliance with Air Canada, China, Lufthansa, Singapore, Swiss, Thai) miles would be another alternative for a one way ticket for Curtis all the way from Columbus to Phnom Penh. So we have multiple options for Frequent Flyer programs. Any gifts would receive appropriate credit for use as a tax deduction.
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November 15, 2015 | Richard Geist | Ramblings
Does anyone have a whole lot of frequent flyer miles? If so, it would be marvelous if you made a donation for Curtis’ round trip ticket. While the Fund only committed to providing him a small stipend for food, it would be great if we could help him with this major expense. Using the SKYTEAM Alliance (Delta, KLM,
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November 15, 2015 | Richard Geist | Ramblings
Curtis West is a graduate student at Dominion University in Ohio doing his Masters Degree program in Teaching English as a Second Language. He has volunteered to travel to Sre Prey and stay there for between three and six months giving the children a lengthy exposure to a primary English speaker and to share some new
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