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2018 “Making A World of Difference” Awards and Banquet

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Tempe Sister Cities 12th Annual

“Making A World Of Difference”

Awards and Banquet

What Can One Person Do…to help the disadvantaged, the sick, the people trapped in grinding poverty all around the globe?  The very idea seems overwhelming.

The Tempe Sister City organization created “Making A World of Difference” to honor individuals who have truly brought aid and comfort and hope to the less fortunate…whose achievements inspire us…and whose ongoing efforts have reached the world stage.

The 2018 Honorees include:

Kenton Lee-The Shoe That Grows

Connie Sunday-E3 Africa

Michael & Michelle Tessendorf-Orchard Africa

Charlotte Gould-Stitches By Charlotte

See more information about each of these outstanding honorees below!

We invite you to join us as we salute them…to support their charities…and let light shine on the humanitarian spirit that dwells in all of us.

You’re Invited!

Tempe Sister Cities 12th Annual  “Making A World Of Difference”

Awards and Banquet Honoring Global Humanitarians-Stories of Inspiring Service

When: Thursday, October 11, 2018

Where: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 West Rio Salado Parkway  Tempe, AZ 85281

Details:  Meet and Greet 6:00 p.m.  Dinner to Follow.  Dressy or Business Attire.

CLICK HERE to Register online

or you can reserve by calling Tempe Sister Cities/Hackett House (480) 350-8181.  Anyone wishing to sponsor a table for the banquet may call Jane Nueheisel (480) 838-0437.

Please RSVP by October 3, 2018.

MEET the 2018 “Making A World Of Difference Honorees!”

Kenton Lee – saw a little girl in Kenya trying to walk in shoes that were much too small for her… she had cut the front of the shoes off and her toes were hanging out. He learned that shoes were precious… needed to protect feet from parasites and disease… and in many cases were a requirement to attend school. Some 300 million children in the world do not have shoes, and children who do have shoes quickly outgrow them….and so he thought about a shoe that grows as the child grows. That was in 2007. After approaching several manufacturers and finding no interest he assembled his own team and after five years produced a prototype that would work. Today some 184,163 pairs of “the shoe that grows” have been distributed in 100 countries.. and there is more on the horizon…

www.theshoethatgrows.org

 

Connie Sunday – of Tempe, Arizona, is Chairman of the local
arm of E3Africa, a faith-based organization dedicated to helping the orphaned, impoverished and often forgotten children of Africa. E3 is translated to Educate, Enrich and Empower and is reaching out
to Uganda with an education program that now has 197 students
enrolled with 100 others graduated and now contributing to Ugandan
growth and sustainability. In 2016 Connie’s team began building a secondary education boarding school, the St. Thomas Aquinas College.  When completed the school will have four classrooms, a dormitory, a multipurpose hall, a chapel and restrooms. It will have the capacity to educate some 800 students and will also help nearby villages by providing food from the college farm, education programs about disease prevention and treatment (Aids, Malaria) and clean water from the school well.
www.e3africa.org
Michael & Michelle Tessendorf- of Chandler, Arizona, founded Orchard: Africa more than 25 years ago in Mafikeng, South Africa, as a way to feed hungry children seen rummaging through the city garbage dump searching for food. Over the years they have expanded the program from a church-led feeding project for 30 children to a network of some 600 community churches and 100 funded programs that reach across sub-Saharan Africa. The program works through the local churches by training local pastors and staff with ways to provide education for children of all ages; to develop gardening and agricultural programs for growing food; and to provide compassionate care for orphans, the sick and the elderly. These programs address the many challenges brought about by extreme poverty and today are providing a channel of hope and sustainable change for thousands of families.
www.orchardafrica.org
Charlotte Gould – is a darling 10-year-old who makes dolls for children facing surgery or other
medical challenges. She is creating dolls which will soon be on their way to Tempe’s eleven sister cities
where they will be given to a child in need. Come hear her inspiring story.
www.stitchesbycharlotte.com

CLICK HERE to Register online

or you can reserve by calling Tempe Sister Cities/Hackett House (480) 350-8181.  Anyone wishing to sponsor a table for the banquet may call Jane Nueheisel (480) 838-0437.

Please RSVP by October 3, 2018.

Student Exchange Information Meeting 6-7pm on December 5!

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You’re invited to join past student delegates and select Tempe Sister Cities representatives for an information session for parents and potential delegates regarding the student exchange program. There will be ample time for questions and answers regarding the application process and the overall exchange program.

The meeting will be held at the Tempe Library, Room A from 6-7pm on December 5.

Remember, applications are due on December 15th! Good luck!

Follow the Student Exchange Delegates on Instagram!

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This is just a subset of the experiences shared on the Tempe Sister Cities Instagram page!

This summer you may use social media to follow our student delegates as they embark on the summer of a lifetime! Agra, Trollhattan, Lower Hutt and Regensburg student exchanges have already begun with more delegates scheduled to depart in the coming weeks!

Follow Tempe Sister Cities on INSTAGRAM or check out the link below:

http://instagom.com/explore/tags/Tscstudentexchange

“Making a World of Difference (Sister Cities)” – A tribute to the Mission of Tempe Sister Cities

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Duane Moore, lead singer of Mogollon Band and one of our board members,  wrote a song with the help of local and international sister city friends honoring the mission of Tempe Sister Cities and Sister Cities International.  There’s nothing more fitting than celebrating our mission of peace through the universal language of music.  Have a listen!

“TSC Boot Scootin’ Holiday Party”

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Tempe Sister Cities presents a

“Boot Scootin’ Holiday Party”

Saturday, December 16th

from 6-10 PM

at the Hackett House

Smokin’ Aces BBQ dinner bu’et includes:

Sliced Brisket, Pulled Chicken and Pulled Pork

Mac & Cheese, Beans and Cole Slaw

Cherry and Peach Cobbler

Featuring music by special guest Mogollon and holiday activities by TSC students.
40% o’ one holiday item in the Hackett House gift shop that evening
Ticket price (includes one drink):
$30 for Tempe Sister Cities members; $35 for non-members

To register, call Hackett House at 480.350.8181, or online at Hackett House website.

RSVP deadline is Tuesday, 12/13.

2016 Oktoberfest Website Goes Live September 1st

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2016 Tempe Oktoberfest Website goes LIVE on September 1st!!

Don’t miss all of the fun-October 7-9, 2016 at Tempe Beach Park!!

CLICK HERE for Tempe Oktoberfest Website Information!!

This year brings Four Peaks Brewery’s beer portfolio as well as other German style beers, German style fare like bratwursts with sauerkraut, German potato salad, pretzels, and more! We can’t forget about the other festival favorites like noodles, burgers, chocolate covered fruit and that is only the beginning! Music is one of the biggest parts of the festival and this year’s lineup is NO exception. Whiskey’s Quicker, Jared and the Mill, DJ Munition, Mogollon, and the Das Aubachtal Sextette to name just a few! The Four Peaks Oktoberfest welcomes Grammy Award winning artist Lil Jon to take the stage and close out our Friday night festivities. Want to find out who is closing out Saturday night? Check back when our website goes LIVE on September 1st.

Don’t want to miss the BIG game?! Come to our Kilt Lifter Sports Haus to enjoy a cold beer (or two) at a great outdoor sports bar built exclusively for the Four Peaks Oktoberfest!

We will have something for the entire family including the Landings Credit Union Kinderfest filled with games and fun activities for kids and adults young at heart.

We also have the world’s largest…nah…we can’t give away all of the details just yet…

CLICK HERE as our new site goes live September 1st and will be chalked full of information, details and snazzy new look!

TSC Student Summer Program Donations

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Please help TSC by donating to the student summer activities programs.  Each year the 32 Tempe student delegates raise funds to support the many summer activities they enjoy with the 32 international student visitors from our sister cities.  If you would like to make a donation, please click here.

Make a Summer Program Donation.

Tempe Sister Cities as a 501(c)3 compliant non-profit organization.  You donation is 100% tax deductible.

Tempe Sister Cities