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Lapis Jewelry Sales To Support Afghan Education

TIE is selling beautiful Afghan lapis jewelry. Each piece has been improved by our dedicated quality control volunteer, Suzanne Rogge. Suzanne creates her own beautiful jewelry pieces and donates a portion of her profits to TIE and other nonprofit organizations close to her heart. Suzanne did some online research and this is what she discovered; […]

NEWSLETTER – June 2012

The packing party held four days ago once again demonstrated the strength and depth of TIE’s volunteer base.  The call went out and over 100 showed up. We packed 279 large boxes of clothing, blankets, shoes, toys, stuffed animals and Mylar. We also filled plastic buckets with enough rice for 140,000 meals. It was a six […]

Budd Wins 2012 Humanitarian Award

Rice for Refugees

Budd didn’t want me to post this…but I am going to anyway!  Although I might not have a job tomorrow, I think it is very important for our TIE family to hear that Budd was selected as Contra Costa County’s Humanitarian of 2012 by Local Happenings Magazine. I suspect that some of you may have […]

Keep Up The Good Work!…Jan.31, 2012

Working at Trust in Education has been an amazing experience.  As TIE is a grassroots organization, volunteers are the heart of soul of the group, and TIE volunteers are the best.  I want to thank you for all you have given to the people of Afghanistan, and all I have learned from you in the […]