Hand 'N Hand Program

Dear GEMS friends,
After I posted about our GEMS making cookies, I thought I should post again about the upcoming opportunity we will all have to be part of something that goes beyond our North America GEMS Clubs. It is called the Hand 'N Hand program. Please read on and if you are a Club Coordinator you should have recieved a packet of information about this already. We will also go over this briefly at the fall training.
Coming this fall we have the amazing opportunity to partner with our sister clubs in Africa in an adventure called Hand 'n Hand Program. This is a fund and friend raising program providing clubs in North America AND Africa with the opportunity to work together- hand 'n hand, so that more girls will come to know Jesus Christ. Girls in GEMS Clubs in North America will sell handcrafted items made by girls and counselors in Zambia along with gourmet food items from North America. The funds raised from the sales of both items help clubs in North America operate successfully and grow, AND help clubs in Africa thrive and become self-sustaining. This will reduce dramatically African club dependence on financial aid from North American clubs. This is wonderful opportunity which we have to serve as the body of Christ working together for the overall good! Club Coordinators will be receiving a mailing soon explaining all of the details of this new program. PLEASE DO NOT THROW THIS MAILING AWAY, but read it carefully and join this marvelous joint venture. Not only will we get to help by selling items that are tasty and useful, but for every club that participates donors have generously offered to give $500 to the Esther School fund to help build this desperately needed school in Zambia!
Through the Hand 'n Hand Program GEMS Clubs in Africa will work toward becoming self-sustaining, GEMS Clubs in North America will raise needed funds for their own clubs, and The Esther School fund will grow, making it possible to begin the school building process very soon!This will all be happening from Oct. 8-23 of THIS YEAR! So, be ready to implement this into your planning for this coming Fall. Details will follow, but I just wanted to give you all a head start on thinking about this new program. You can go to the GEMS Website read more.
(just a little hint about the Fall Training- we will get to sample some of these wonderful cookies and soup- so get your taste buds going for that!)
Kathy