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Vietnamese, Cambodian kids show Rockland spirit

November

Just a quick note today – but check back tomorrow for my story in The Journal News about what Rotary Club members from Spring Valley and other Lower Hudson Valley towns are doing to help at-risk Vietnamese children stay in school.

And for those of you just tuning in, directed here by Nancy Cutler’s In Focus: Rockland blog, or Bernie Duff’s blog:

During our recent trip, my father and I couldn’t help but smile at the sight of American T-shirts and hats on Vietnamese and Cambodian children. (While traveling south through the sweltering Mekong Delta, our group even saw a village teenager keeping cool in a D.A.R.E. T-shirt from Los Angeles, and a dusty little boy wearing a New York Yankees baseball hat!)

Of course, the kids we met don’t realize what they’re wearing; they were just happy to have some new clothes. But, it’s still nice to know we’ve left our mark – literally, in the form of local logos, in addition to all the medical supplies, toiletries, vitamins, toys and other donations we helped distribute. Maybe the next time travelers from the Lower Hudson Valley are in Vietnam, they’ll be pleasantly surprised to meet a small child proudly wearing a Piermont P.A.L. T-shirt…

This entry was posted on Friday, November 23rd, 2007 at 4:27 pm by Nicole Neroulias.
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3 Responses to “Vietnamese, Cambodian kids show Rockland spirit”

Doc Bernie Duff November 29th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
On behalf of all of the kids in the garbage pits of Tra Vinh, Bao Anh and I would like to thanks each of you for the love and support you have shown them. Obviously, they have no way of saying thank you themselves…the Internet is not something these kids have ever seen, or even given much thought to. Still, if you all just close your eyes and feel the magic of their love, and thankfulness, they send it to you from half way around the world from you. Yes, they are wearing all of the clothes, the hats and have safely tucked away the other many treasures delivered to them from angels they have never imagined existed. In their world, life goes on as it always does…in the garbage pits of Tra Vinh. Cam on nhieu New York!
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