via HEM
Good Afternoon Friends,
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many of you are rushing to send help to our friends in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The recovery and cleanup will be a very long process and there are things that will be needed in the future, but not immediately. This is why I am writing to you today.
Project Noah is a homeschooling ministry that helps homeschooling families in crisis. We only provide curriculum and school supplies to the families that come to us with crisis needs - whether it is because their home has burned, or been flooded, or the primary wage earner has been without work for an extended period of time, or other similar crisis, we try to help. We have been serving the homeschooling community for almost 5 years now and will continue as long as there are families in need.
Although some of you that receive this letter do not homeschool, you can still help. There will be a great need for school supplies, even the workbooks that you see at Sam’s Club and WalMart will help.
The majority of homeschooling families in these states operate through their local churches. The churches as well as the families have lost much, including school books and school supplies. Having worked in the arena of these types of crisis for a number of years, I can tell you that these things are not on their minds right now. BUT…when they begin to think about these things, Project Noah wants to be able to have those things ready for them. Books, calculators, rulers, notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers, teaching tapes, textbooks - all the things that we use throughout the course of our homeschooling year - these will be needed. Even lunchboxes, crayons, markers, and on and on and on.
If you would like to help us help them in this unique niche of need, we would be honored.
To send us your donations please ship to the following location:
PROJECT NOAH
17519 Warm Winds Dr.
Tomball, TX 77377our fax number is 713-429-5971
Please spread the word!
Your Servant,
Lisa Guidry, Director
I am a homeschooler and I would like to know if you fullfill any clothing needs for homeschoolers affected by Katrina. My son has just grown out of size 24 months/2T summer clothing and I would like them to go to a homeschool family. Please let me know where I could send them.
Thank you
I was wondering if anyone knew of a donation site for curriculum, etc. I have approximately 5 standard office-file boxes full of curriculum ranging from the workbooks you pick up at Wal-Mart and BJs to Abeka curriculum texts. All of it is unwritten in and in excellent condition. I would like to donate them to an organization that benefits homeschoolers but couldn’t afford to ship them. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you . Debbie
Just to clarify - I’m not Project Noah, but I’m happy to get the word out about them. If you can’t afford to ship whatever you have to donate, you might try contacting the folks at Project Noah to see if they can help you with that, or maybe your local homeschool group(s) would like to pool funds (and goods) to make a group donation. Media mail shipping would likely be the cheapest - still expensive but perhaps manageable by a group?
Hi I was a homeschooler in Jefferson Parish, and evacuated to North Carolina, my daughter is in Public school now, but I am really unhappy, and want to homeschool her again, but don’t have the books, I only took my Story of the World teacher copy and science book, everything else was left behind, Where can I get help? Thanks catlover7731@yahoo.com
Cheryl: Here is information for North Carolina. These groups will be better able than I to point you to local resources. Good luck!
http://nche.com/ - North Carolinians for Home Education. Statewide organization formed in 1984. Seems largely Christian in character.
http://www.ha-nc.org/ - Homeschool Alliance of North Carolina. Statewide organization formed in 2003. Seems largely secular in character.
I’d like to verify that donated homeschool curriculum is given to families in crisis, not sold to them. Can you clarify that for me? I have some books I’m willing to give, but not to someone who is going to sell them to those in need.
Thanks for clarifying for me,
Cathy
Cathy - As I’ve said, I’m not Project Noah and can’t clarify anything about them. Please contact them directly with your concerns - their website (http://www.projectnoah.org/) should be able to provide you with contact information.
I know that Bright Minds (I am an independent consultant for them) donated many books to Project NOAH none of which were sold, all were as donations
Manya
Independent Bright Minds Consultant
http://www.inspirebrightminds.com
Creating critical thinkers.
Project Noah is such a worthy cause and I cannot emphasize enough about the good work they are doing. If you need educational materials, please do contact them.
Jane
Independent Bright Minds Consultant
http://www.learningtothinkbooks.com
Creating a Brighter Tomorrow Today!
Hello,
I am wanting the address for where to send curriculum to Project Noah. I have 2 different addresses and need the correct one.
Thank you,
Susan Jones