"Local 'People' Helping Foreigners in Need"

Exciting news, everyone. People Helping People Global just got an article published in the Henrico Citizen. The article, entitled "Local 'People' Helping Foreigners in Need," was published in the Henrico, VA newspaper's August 19-September 1 edition. It outlines the general work and origin of the organization, in addition to focusing on the benefits of the new website and its ability to connect our donors with our loan recipients. The article may be posted in the online edition sometime in the next few days, but for now, I have scanned the print version and added it to our website. You can access the article here. Thank you all for your continued support, and just remember that you can help us get more articles like this one just by spreading the word about our organization.

Take care for now,

Alex

PHPG is Heading to the Carytown Watermelon Festival!

Hey there, People Helping People Global supporters!

I just wanted to let you all know that you can find us this Sunday, August 8th at the Carytown Watermelon Festival in Richmond, VA. According to the website, over 115,000 people are estimated to attend, making it the  largest single-day festival in Virginia.

Isabel and I will be out there representing PHPG with our bright, powder blue shirts. We plan to have tons of great Nicaraguan, fair-trade items available, ranging from hand-crafted earrings to recycled paper products to ceramic whistles. Additionally, since we've had to cancel our bowling event, we have tons of great gifts from Richmond-area businesses that we're going to raffle off. We plan to put together several gift packages, including gift certificates to the Capital Alehouse, Basils, and the Can Can Brasserie.

Please let all of your Richmond friends know to look for us at the festival. Also, if you haven't done so already, please follow us by clicking on the "Follow" link on the right-hand side of this blog and tell all of your friends to do the same! Thanks much for reading.

Until next time...

Alex

Party Like It's 2009!

Hello everyone, and Happy Holidays from the folks here at People Helping People Global. I hope that everyone had a great holiday season, and you are all ready to get started off on the right foot this new decade. I just wanted to share some news about the fundraiser that we had here in Richmond this past Thursday, aka New Years Eve. Baja Bean was gracious enough to host our event, and we were able to raise over $6,000 for our organization!!! Thank you everyone who attended and helped out with the event.

We had over 300 individuals join us that night, and it resulted in one of the biggest parties in Richmond, VA on New Years Eve. Everyone had a terrific time, and people even donated more money that night on top of the $50 entrance fee. I'll post a link to the pictures from the event in the next few days.

If you are in the Richmond area over the next month, please check back on our website (www.peoplehelpingpeopleglobal.org) often for more of our organization's events.

Thanks for reading!

Alex Tuck

Program Manager

People Helping People Global