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4/23/2011. Spring Newsletter

Catch up on all the happenings in our Spring 2011 Newsletter.

6/23/2010. CASCADIA WEEKLY ARTICLE

BSEP received nice mention in this Cascadia Weekly Article about the many Bellingham/Mongolia connections.

5/6/2010. OFFICIAL 501(c)3 STATUS!

We received our official letter today from the IRS declaring BSEP to be a 501(c)3 organization.

4/15/2010. FUNDRAISER REPORT: HOW’D WE DO?

Our first fundraiser was fun, and a success!

We enjoyed amazing morin khuur music performed by Urnasan Gantulga after a blessing by Altankhuu, a Seattle based Mongolian monk. It was fantastic to share our projects with friends new and old.

Together we raised enough money to fund a mobile teacher for the year, to sponsor 28 new children (our goal for the year is 50), and to send two young adults to teacher college in Arkhangai. Thanks to all of you who helped make this event a success!

2/3/2010. IN THE LAND OF LEGENDS: A FUNDRAISER FOR BSEP

When: April 8, 2010/7-10 pm
Where: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-3122
What: Please join us for a wonderful evening of Mongolian music, poetry and food as we introduce BSEP to our neighbors and raise money for our nomadic teacher project..
How: Tickets will be available here for $20, or are $22 at the door.

8/21/2009. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY IN ERDENET

The governor of Jargalant Sum very generously offered his car to bring our scholarship students to a home with internet access. Several of our board were able to video conference with them on Friday night (Saturday morning in Mongolia):

Biambasuren, a retired school principal and one of our busiest volunteers, presented each child with an award certificate and let them know how important is is to do well in school. Their teachers were also present and offered speeches to mark the occasion. The children all wore their best outfits and sang songs for us. It was wonderful to “meet” them all, if only over the internet. They insisted that, to be fair, we should sing for them as well, so we all joined in with “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” Each of the children stepped up to the microphone and said thank you. All of them promised to work very hard and to make their teachers proud.

It was a tremendous evening! We are grateful to Osokhoo for his technical help. And we wish all the scholarship students a wonderful first day of school next week!

7/28/2009

In just ONE DAY, all of the Erdenet scholarship recipients have sponsors! Thank you all so much for your generosity. Your gift will make a world of difference for these kids!

We have pictures of our first scholarship recipients from Erdenet – 10 children who, thanks to you, will be able to start the first grade with their peers.

6/15/2009. YOU CAN NOW SUPPORT BLUE SKY BY SHOPPING AT ONECAUSE.COM

It’s really simple.

All you have to do is follow the link to ONECAUSE.COM. Register with them and choose Blue Sky Education Project as your cause. From then on, every time you shop with any of hundreds of online retailers, log in first at their site and then link to the retailer. The online merchants will then donate a percentage of your purchase to Blue Sky. It doesn’t cost you anything, and you’ll be helping a great cause!

Just about everyone you’d want to shop with is represented on this site:

Amazon, L.L. Bean, Target, Staples, Eddie Bauer, etc. The list is very extensive.