A Sustainable Joint Effort The AWCH team makes a difference with Hanseatic Help
Meredith , Regina , Leonie , Stella , Michaela , and Mary Francis helped fill dozens of backpacks with supplies in August . ( Photos by Shelly S .)
With the Ukrainian crisis , new streams of refugees are coming into Germany . Most of them are women with children who are desperately trying to create a normal environment after fleeing a war zone . It has taken Hanseatic Help some time to restructure their efforts to fill the current need , but , as usual , they have brilliantly come up with a system that is highly efficient and where everyone can help . There are plenty of opportunities to sort and box up donated clothing , as well as to donate needed items , which are posted and updated each week on their website . need . Money from a FAWCO 2021 Development Grant awarded to Hanseatic Help for a Learning Center was also used to help buy still more school supplies .
Interested in donating some time or items to Hanseatic Help ? Please look either on their website or contact me at hanseatichelp @ awchamburg . org . Thanks to all who have participated ! ( Shelly S .)
During the summer , Jennifer L ., Holly T ., Carol B ., and I put in a few hours here and a few hours there at the warehouse . Brenda B . and Carol H . helped set up one of their new Help Stores in the Hamburger Meile .
Our latest efforts focused on school and education . Before the first day of school , a team of six AWCH members , Michaela A ., Mary Frances L ., Meredith G ., Regina L ., Leonie H ., Stella K ., and I spent several hours filling backpacks with school supplies donated from several organizations to be given to children in
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