Thanksgiving Thank You!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, The Megobari Project expresses the deepest of gratitude to Trinity Lutheran Church (Moorhead, MN), Calvary Lutheran Church (Perham, MN), Edgewood United Methodist Church, St. Lawrence Catholic Church (Perham, MN), and Eve Christoffersen (a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Georgia).

The day before Thanksgiving, The Megobari Project travelled to four collective centers in Kutaisi with eight boxes of hats, scarves, mittens and quilts in tow. The Kutaisi team organized warm weather gear into sets for age groups.

Upon hearing that the items were handmade and from America, people were dearly touched. Many of the items had notes of love attached to them and upon translation, children blushed and mothers could hardly compose themselves.

At these four shelters, we distributed six quilts (for families with children under 5) and over 55 hat, scarves and mitten sets. One refugee had just arrived from Tschinvali with his family and newborn baby the day before. We gave every member of his family a warm winter set and a quilt.

Thank you from all of us here at The Megobari Project. People have been hard at work organizing donations to send. Jen McFann, another Peace Corps Volunteer, has been busy raising money to send boxes of blankets to Georgia. To donate - check out her website at http://jeningeorgia.blogspot.com/.

For more photos of the donation drive (will frequently be updated) - please see picasaweb.google.com/joholtan/TheMegobariProjectDonationDrive#