Drumming in the Village
Our next monthly drum circle is June 28. It's held on the 4th Sunday of the month through November. The circle meets from 3:00-4:30 p.m. Facilitated by Greg Whitt of Drum for Change.

* Please note: Space is limited to 25 people. Please arrive early to claim your seat.

All levels of experience welcome. Bring your own drum or use one of ours. Free.

Annual School Kit Drive
Ten Thousand Villages Raleigh is launching our annual school supply drive as part of a collection through Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). Every year more than 100,000 school-age children whose lives have been interrupted by war, disaster and poverty receive a draw-string bag filled with new school supplies. They are given primarily to refugee and displaced children, helping students and teachers add some normalcy to disrupted lives. Also areas that experienced natural disasters receive them with joy. MCC sends school kits for children in places such as Bosnia, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Liberia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine and to poorly funded schools in Canada and the United States.

In 2008 MCC shipped over 120,000 school kits. Donors have contributed hundreds of kits at the Raleigh store’s location. Next time you are shopping in the school supply aisle, pick up an extra set to share with a child in need. You may drop them off at the store by August 31.
 
School Kit Supply List (All new materials, please)

·         4 spiral or perforated notebooks (around 70 sheets)

·         4 unsharpened pencils

·         1 ruler (flat, flexible plastic; indicating both 30cm and 12")

·         12 colored pencils (in packaging)

·    1 large pencil eraser