Expressing Condolences: The Passing of an ELMA Student and His Father

Dear All, On October 12, a 2nd year male ELMA School student and his father drowned when they rode on a small boat carrying food across the water canal to a monastery named Wat Chetdey by the shore of Tonle Sap Lake South of Sambour Village. The small boat was overloaded and sunk in the water. They were in a group of 6 people. Most of them drowned but some were rescued. His father jumped into the water to save him but, unfortunately, the water was very deep and his left leg got entwined with fishing net that caused him unable to reach the surface again. This is a great loss to a family with two children. He and his sister were taking the afternoon ELMA School class. I'm expressing condolences to his family on behalf of the ELMA supporters like you. All the best wishes, Vey Principal, ELMA School

Putting prize money from Schwab Outstanding Community Service Award to good use

When the $2,500 prize money for my Schwab Outstanding Community Service Award came in this July, I put it to good use, by splitting it between nonprofits and programs close to my heart: $1,500 to the Cambodian Children's Book Project for the ELMA School in Sambour, Cambodia, and $1,000 to Art for AIDS, benefitting the UCSF AIDS Health Project.

After Bart Skorupa, of Groundwork Opportunities, helped me ship 208 books to the Angkor Hospital for Children, where the nurses will alert ELMA's principal, Vey, that the books have arrived, we had $800 left to donate directly to the ELMA School.

The ELMA School's founder, Jacqueline Lawrence, shared that the amount will fund more than a month's worth of operating expenses for the school, including teachers' salaries and school supplies. The school requires $600 / month to keep it open.

Vey Lav, the ELMA School principal, also sent this note:

"Dear All,

Greetings from Elma School Cambodia, many thanks for all your hard work on behalf of Elma. The pupils are on the fall holiday while the intermediate level adult students are still in our to complete their courses for two months till the the new semester begins in October regularly.

Leah, Bart and Colleagues,

The books sent to us have been very useful for all ages students and very helpful for adult readers. We have found the numbers of reader have been increasing for adult students for the last two years. The most have spent more time to read at home as we allow to borrow the books to read and they return them to the bookshelves afterward, we have fund this such great idea after speaking with Sheree, she really appreciated, and worked hard too.

Lots like the article related to history, nature, geography, sciences ..... of course more books which are just sent to us will be very interested in more reading. I will let you know soon after they arrive. Thanks again for your donations for Elma Cambodia, we will use them to support our school materials, teaching staff.

All the best wishes and regards,

Vey"

Thank you all for everything you've done to help the ELMA School!

Love,

Leah

20 Boxes Arrived in Cambodia From Singapore & the US

Dear Joshua and Leah,

I would like to inform you that 20 parcels arrived at the Post Office on different dates

- 8 Boxes from Joshua & Jeremiah Chan, Singapore ( Reached Post office on January 31, 2011).
- 3 Boxes from Leah Lau & Vitaliy Kralka, US - Thailand ( Reached Post office on Feb 03- 2011).
- 9 Boxes ( small parcels) from Leah Lau & Bart Skorupa, USA ( Reached Post Office on Feb 08, 2011).
We pick them up on Feb 8, 2011 afternoon

Here are some photos attached bellow, we just opened the some cases to make sure every thing was not damaged or lost. The some photos of items were taken from the top surface of the cases to show you and donors for more secure.... We have not counted the items yet as we have been busy on duty , we will double check and count them before putting in the shelves and distributing the clothes to the kids.

There will be more photos and let you know number of the items soon.....

Many thanks for all those items, and we also send our best regards to the donors.

All the best wishes

Vey

148 Books Shipped! A Million Thanks to Mona Varsh & Bart Skorupa

A million thanks to all of the amazing people who continue to keep the ELMA students in their hearts.

Mona Varsh donated 42 gorgeous new books and an inflatable globe which were part of a shipment of 148 books, 15 pieces of clothing and 3 games (the classics: Checkers, Chess and Chinese Checkers) that Bart Skorupa and I shipped out today.

The book train starting to leave my apartment

It takes a Bay Area. Heartfelt gratitude and thanks to all of the people who donated books, clothes, storage space, strong biceps, cars and shipping funds to make the ELMA library possible:

Izabela Akerman, Eli Bingham, Windy Borman, Trey Bundy, Andrew Byrne, Winnie Chan, Andrew Chandler, Dora Fang, Marc Fong, Anthony Haraguchi, Holly Haraguchi, Sean Heskett, Dee Iraca, Martine Jardel, Caley Johnson, Kent Johnson, Kai Kronfield, Allison Lau, Cathy Lau, Eric Lau, Grace Lau, Leah Lau, Sean Maher, Mike Michon, Paris Morgan, Fran Navarro, Eileen O'Neill, Sheridan Pauker, Teri & Helmut Peindl, Louise Roberts, Thierry Rosset, Bart Jan Skorupa, Mona Varsh, Thurgood Marshall High School Library, Katherine Wong, May Young

Leah Lau Wins 2010 Schwab Outstanding Community Service Award

Dear family and friends,

I was stunned to walk into the office this morning to a wall of congratulatory emails: I won Schwab's 2010 Outstanding Community Service Award. Only one is awarded per year for community service outside of the firm, and one is awarded per year for finance related community service.

Following my 2009 nomination, for 2010, lightening struck. =) We featured my current philanthropy founding the Cambodian Children's Book Project, my service on the board of the UCSF AIDS Health Project and my year-round work on Art for AIDS, its premier annual fundraiser.

This award, which comes with a $2,500 donation to a charity that I've volunteered with (details still being sorted with the Schwab Foundation), is one of the most amazing things to ever happen to me. It is an honor and milestone that helps celebrate the volunteerism I've been dedicated to since I was 17.

Thank you all for being such a loving part of my community. I am grateful for your presence every day.

Love,

Leah

Sat 2/19/11 Cambodia donations at Rare Device grand opening party

Dear friends,

Please join me on Sat, 2/19, for an amazing opportunity to check out the revamping of a local gem and support the Cambodian children of the ELMA School!

My philanthropic and talented friends, Giselle and Phurba Gyalzen, are taking over the art and design gift store, Rare Device.

Saturday, February 19 from 11 am to 6 pm

Customers who bring a book or school supplies to donate to the Cambodian Children's Book Project will get 10% off their entire purchase. Refreshments will be served.

ELMA School wish list

Become a fan

Rare Device is located at 1845 Market Street at Guerrero in San Francisco.

For more information, please call the store at 415.863.3969, check out the website atwww.raredevice.net, or email info@raredevice.net.

Read the entire press release here: http://www.raredevice.net/content.php?content_id=1061

Hope to see you there!

Cheers!

Leah

Jet Set: Vitaliy Kralka Flying Books & Clothes to Bangkok > Siem Reap

Amazing thanks to Vitaliy Kralka and Will for flying two donated suitcases filled with 62 books, including several gorgeous oversize atlases and glossy educational library reference books, and 79 pieces of clothing to Bangkok on January 7, 2011, and then sending them on to Siem Reap, where Vey Lav can them bring them to the ELMA School.

If anyone has contacts who might be able to transport them the last leg from Bangkok to Siem Reap instead of our shipping them, Vitaliy could hand them off Jan. 9-10, 2011 in Bangkok.

Michael Nickoloff and Sean Heskett donated the suitcases, and all of these philanthropic and generous angels donated the books, clothes, storage space, people power, labeling, sorting and logistical help to make this latest donation for the ELMA School happen!

Izabela Akerman, Trey Bundy, Andrew Byrne, Winnie Chan, Andrew Chandler, Ann Dowd, Mary Dowd, Dora Fang, Marc Fong, Anthony Haraguchi, Holly Haraguchi, Sean Heskett, Vitaliy Kralka, Martine Jardel, Kai Kronfield, Alliey Lau, Cathy Lau, Eric Lau, Grace Lau, Leah Lau, Marcia Lau, The Lyon Family, Paris Morgan, Eli Bingham & Ingrid Bingham, Fran Navarro, Michael Nickoloff, Eileen O'Neill, Sheridan Pauker, Teri & Helmut Peindl, Louise Roberts, Thurgood Marshall Library, Jen Valdivia, Katherine Wong, May Young

Suitcases to donate to ELMA School?

Does anyone have 1 or 2 airplane checkable suitcases or bags to donate for Cambodia? A flight attendant friend is flying them there Dec. 29, so I'll fill them with books for the ELMA students. Wheels would be awesome but aren't essential.

Please email cambodiabookproject at gmail.com

Thanks and happy holidays!!

Leah

2010 Semester Update from Vey Lav

Dear Joshua,

Thank you so much for your help, effort and hard work for Elma foundation, we would like to send kind regards to all donors who support Elma and put it under their concerning eyes.

We are all doing fine, the kids attend the classes six days perweek. The new semester which began in the late September, now ELMA help more then three hundred children, included the new students. For more then three years since Elma started its project, we found the significent improvement in the language, acknowlegement of foreign language in Sambour area, noticeable numbers of enrollment, the numbers of drop out become lower etc ..... even it is a small project in Cambodia but we are highly responsible for kids' security while they are at Elma. We work closely with Sombour community and hospital when the kids get sick and injured.

We will send you the photos of the items, the kids handed with the clothes as normal when the stuff arrive at Elma.

We know the donors are looking for their donations and they will be used, we do all our best for all donors......

Best wishes and regards

Vey

Merry Christmas from Joshua & Jeremiah Chan: 9 Boxes to the Students

Dear Vey,

Awesome news! over the past few months, my friends, colleagues and I
have been picking out children's clothes, books and stationery for the
kids at ELMA. Today, we have just shipped all 9 boxes of them out.

How have you and the kids been? please share with us an update!

We really look forward to the kids receiving these items!

Look forward to hearing from you!

This is my blog that I use to share the message of the ELMA kids -
https://achancetoshare.wordpress.com/

Merry Christmas!!!

Love,
--
Joshua Chan

Global warming is still the huge concern for our people

It takes long time to write you back, it has been so hot since the end of winter in Cambodia, as we know it was over 40 degrees today. Malaria and diarrhea are still harming the children and even the adults.

I just talked to ELMA teachers for buying the 2 normal water filters that both cost less than $100 for ELMA School this morning, we hope the proposal will be carried out quite soon as it so important issue related to the kids' health care.

I have also asked Sambour Commune for the electricity and soon the electricity wire will be installed and connected from Old Market area to Sambour directly, but the costs of the Siem Reap electricity is still the subject to be considered by the poor people in the out skirt.

All the best wishes,

Vey

GO Cambodia FUNdraiser at Elixir

A rockstar turnout anytime especially on a school night! Guest bartenders, the Groundwork Opportunities crew, old and new friends mingled and celebrated to raise money for the Cambodian students at the ELMA School.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=169088&id=591472423&l=058d465617

Cambodia Project Goes Nonprofit!

Dear friends,

I am thrilled to share that the Cambodian Children's Book Project, which I started in 2008 to send books to the ELMA School in rural Cambodia, now has nonprofit status under my partnership with San Francisco-based Groundwork Opportunities (GO), which operates community-based microprojects in seven countries on multiple continents.

As part of my photography expeditions, I visited Southeast Asia in June 2008, drawn there by the star temple, Angkor Wat. During the week of 4 am sunrise shoots, I was awed by the magnificence of the temples and humbled by my interactions with the children who are living in extreme poverty. I met Vey Lav, who is the principal of the ELMA School in nearby rural Sambour, and he asked me if I wanted to visit the school.

I was honored to be the first non-Cambodian visitor the afternoon students had ever met. In spite of everything Cambodians have been through, they are the most optimistic and hopeful people I have ever met. Vey and the students were so excited to show me their library, a small concrete room which consisted of a handful of tattered books. Knowing that I had access to an abundance of resources once I got home, the Cambodian Children's Book Project was born.

Heartfelt thanks to all of the family, friends, colleagues and new acquaintances who have donated books, clothes, school supplies, shipping funds, time, energy and ideas these past two years. We have helped hundreds of Cambodian children thrive, get basic necessities and stay in school.

The project grew so quickly through your philanthropy and generosity that my apartment joyfully turned into a Goodwill warehouse! By the end of 2009, I knew I either needed to turn the project into a nonprofit or partner with an existing nonprofit. I was blessed to meet the founders of GO in January 2010 at their annual fundraiser dinner / auction.

GO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so starting now all donations to the Cambodian Children’s Book Project are tax-deductible. Because we're an all-volunteer organization, there's no overhead and 100% of the donation funding goes directly to the projects. Thanks to the Google nonprofit grant, there's also no online transaction fee.

If you’d like to continue to support the book project or learn more about how I first became involved with the ELMA School, click here to:

• Learn about other ways to help, check out this wish list
• Become a fan on Facebook

Thanks again for your support.

Love,

Leah

Auspicious Beginning to Lunar New Year

Dearest Philanthropy Mafia,

Thanks to your generosity and spirit, we were able to pay for the shipping to send a box filled to the brim with books, school supplies and clothes.

*33 books

*34 pieces of clothing

*12 colored pencils

*96 no. 2 pencils

*8 markers

*12 oil pastels

*96 crayons

*5 erasers

*3 glue sticks

*2 pads of construction paper

*2 notebooks

Donations from: Teri & Helmut Peindl, Anna Honda, Louise Roberts, Katherine Wong, Martine Jardel, David Klein, Yosh Haggerty, Jennifer Orlando, Fran Navarro, The Lyon Family, Marcia Lau, May Young, Grace Lau, Leah Lau, Allison Lau, Eric Lau, and Cathy Lau.

The Philanthropy Mafia: Andrew Chandler, Anna Shurter, Anna Wallace, Anood Taqui, Autumn Engel, Benny Lee, Brian Checkoway, Camille Calichon, Cristina Tejada, Daniel Clemens, Dee Iraca, Dina Mackin, Dominic Lucia, Dora Fang, Drew Byrne, Fran Navarro, Gray Clossman, Ian Locke, Isaac Hill, Izabela Akerman, Jane Kenny, Jen Greene, Jeremy Mulder, Joanna Parks, John Mack, Jon Marr, Jose Portillo, Julie Brown, Justin from New Zealand, Karl Mauks-Koepke, Lara Edge, Lauren Patti, Martin Chai, Mark Berman, Matt Wood, Michael (Anna's guest), Mo DeJong, Michael Michon, Ray Ortigas, Rick Wood, Sadie, Santiago Suarez, Scott Houston, Sean Iraca, Sheridan Pauker, Tim Lang, Tony Brasunas, Torr Melling, Windy Borman, and Yan Liu.

The Rainbow Connection: Drew Byrne, Helmut & Teri Peindl

Dearest Drew, Helmut and Teri,

Thank you so much for the two perfect boxes of books all of the way up from Los Angeles!

They're such a charming mix of classics like the Tales of Peter Rabbit and educational books like the Children's Atlas of the United States and the Wildlife Fact File. The ELMA students will be so excited to receive them!

Drew,

You are such an angel for spending part of your birthday weekend personally delivering the books. Your love and support have always meant the world to me. To three decades of friendship and counting!

Helmut & Teri,

I have heard so much about you from Drew, I feel like I know you. Across the short distance of our lovely Golden State, I at least feel like I know your kind and generous hearts. You've been such amazing friends to Drew and, by extension, to me. We're so lucky to have you in our lives. Until the next time I'm in L.A.

Love,

Leah

New Year Tidings From the Philanthropy Mafia

Dearest Philanthropy Mafia,

Your generosity started the year on a meaningful note. I sent a packed shipment this morning which included:

*36 books

*21 items of clothing

*62 pens

*40 pencils

*72 crayons

*15 colored pencils

*4 glue sticks

*2 pads of construction paper

*8 pencil sharpeners

Book, clothing and school supply donations from: Fran Navarro, The Lyon Family, Anna Honda, Cathy Lau, Leah Lau, Katherine Wong, Yosh Haggerty, Jennifer Orlando, Martine Jardel, Marcia Lau, Louise Roberts and David Klein.

The Philanthropy Mafia: Andrew Chandler, Anna Shurter, Anna Wallace, Anood Taqui, Autumn Engel, Benny Lee, Brian Checkoway, Camille Calichon, Cristina Tejada, Daniel Clemens, Dee Iraca, Dina Mackin, Dominic Lucia, Dora Fang, Drew Byrne, Fran Navarro, Gray Clossman, Ian Locke, Isaac Hill, Izabela Akerman, Jane Kenny, Jen Greene, Jeremy Mulder, Joanna Parks, John Mack, Jon Marr, Jose Portillo, Julie Brown, Justin from New Zealand, Karl Mauks-Koepke, Lara Edge, Lauren Patti, Martin Chai, Mark Berman, Matt Wood, Michael (Anna's guest), Mo DeJong, Michael Michon, Ray Ortigas, Rick Wood, Sadie, Santiago Suarez, Scott Houston, Sean Iraca, Sheridan Pauker, Tim Lang, Tony Brasunas, Torr Melling, Windy Borman, and Yan Liu.

Celebrating Cambodia at Christmastime

In the year and a half since I visited Cambodia, friends, family, colleagues and strangers from around the world have come together to help the ELMA students.

I frequently receive e-mails from strangers who stumbled across this blog, were compelled to help, and ask me how they can contribute.

Every time this happens, I am stunned for about a day while I reflect on the magnitude of people's humanity, compassion and generosity.

While recovering from some small surgeries this past month, I've been under doctor's orders not to lift anything heavy.

This has put a damper on my usual ability to heft around 30-40 pound boxes of books, strap them to luggage wheels, maneuver them onto buses, and wheel them the home stretch to the post office.

Knowing about this temporary setback, my amazing friend, Fran Navarro, offered to pick me up from home and carry the box to the post office.

I have to admit that, usually, I am one of the most independent people around. But the physical limitations of recovery have been humbling and I've had to reflect on the necessity of accepting help while I try to help the ELMA students.

In spite of her overbooked and overstressed schedule as a working mother, Frannie carved out time several weeks ago to come get me and the box.

She and her four-year-old daughter, Bella, visited with me in my apartment as we prepared for the errand.

Bella loves reading, going to the library, and perusing bookstores. She's always amazed at the piles of children's books in my apartment. This visit, she asked me why so many books are here.

I explained that in some other countries, like Cambodia, the libraries don't have as many books as our libraries here in the United States.

Pointing to the box in front of us, I told her that I had filled the box with books from the piles behind her, and that her mommy was kind enough to drive the box to the post office so that we could ship it to Cambodia and help build their libraries.

Bella listened carefully and later reflected to Frannie:

"Some people don't celebrate Christmas, you know? They celebrate Cambodia. I celebrate Cambodia."

Heartfelt thanks to the Philanthropy Mafia that Lauren Patti assembled during my birthday celebration. The first shipment you paid for went out today in the sea of Christmas packages departing the San Francisco US Post Office station.

This shipment included donations from Fran Navarro, The Lyon family: Millie, Larry, Megan, Mason and Logan; Martine Jardel, Jennifer Orlando, Yosh Haggerty, Marcia Lau, Katherine Wong, Louise Roberts, Cathy Lau, Anna Honda, David Klein, and Leah Lau.

Boundless gratitude to these nightingales, Grace Lau, Fran Navarro, Lauren Patti, Anna Shurter, Sheridan Pauker, Windy Borman, Izabela Akerman and Dora Fang, who nursed me back to health with their love and friendship. Those two gifts make anything possible.

Best Birthday Ever Courtesy of the Philanthropy Mafia

For my birthday celebration, my friends, led by Lauren P., Sherry Pauker and Mo DeJong, astounded me with their ingenuity and generosity.

Knowing how much the ELMA students mean to me, Lauren came up with the idea to secretly collect donations to help me with the expensive book-shipping costs.

By passing around a gold box decorated with the story of the ELMA students and personally telling guests about my dedication to them, Lauren and Sherry led the charge in connecting with all of my guests and got amazing participation to help the Cambodian students!

Earlier in the evening, Mo asked me what my favorite moment of the night had been so far. In a night filled with amazing moments with friends, one stood out: seeing my 24 dinner guests come together, meet each other for the first time, and watching the effervescent energy start to percolate.

Friends rallied from so many different times in my life. One of my oldest friends, Drew Byrne, even made it up from Los Angeles!

I had been planning my birthday party for two months and, at the moment that all of my dinner guests were together (and we would be doubling our party afterward for drinks), my work was officially done, and I could just relax and let the alchemy of the evening work its magic.

Little did I know that the surprise they were planning would reach far beyond our humble San Francisco hangouts all the way across the Pacific to help hundreds of Cambodian students!

Lovingly decorated by Lauren, the note on top of the magic gold box read,

"As you likely know, our Leah has been collecting English-language children's books for students of the ELMA school in Cambodia (ages 5-15).

Through selfless and unwavering dedication, she has amassed quite a treasure trove of books over the past several months. Since shipping to Cambodia is quite expensive, Leah limits the mailings to a few times a year.

Currently, the book pile in her San Francisco flat has grown considerably (read: it's out of hand!).Please donate what you can toward the cost of her next mailing so that she can clean out her flat and get a little elbow room to breathe, sleep and apply sparkly make-up products.Simply open the gold box and drop in your support.

We'll present our gift to Leah at the end of the evening to top off her birthday with a bit of magic. Thank you!Hop on Pop level donation: $5Superfudge level donation: $10Catcher in the Rye level donation: $20Choose Your Own Adventure level donation: your choice!"
At the end of the night, Lauren rallied the guests and revealed to me what they had been doing. While I was mingling and introducing people to each other, they had raised $500. By morning, it had climbed to $555! (And then $565!)

When the shock passed and the magnitude of my friends' generosity and love registered with me, I started crying tears of joy. How many times in your life does that happen?

When Mo asked again what my favorite moment of the evening was, I replied that not only was it the best moment of the evening, but one of the best moments of my life.

With gratitude and love in my heart for all of my old and new friends who selflessly contributed to help children halfway across the world whom they have never met, I know I am one of the luckiest people alive.

As we prepare the next boxes to ship to the Angkor Hospital for Children, where the nurse Rithy Yam receives them and passes them to Vey Lav, one of the ELMA School's founders, we include the love of my community.

Amazing thanks to: Andrew Chandler, Anna Shurter, Anna Wallace, Anood Taqui, Autumn Engel, Benny Lee, Brian Checkoway, Camille Calichon, Cristina Tejada, Daniel Clemens, Dee Iraca, Dina Mackin, Dominic Lucia, Dora Fang, Drew Byrne, Fran Navarro, Gray Clossman, Ian Locke, Isaac Hill, Izabela Akerman, Jane Kenny, Jen Greene, Jeremy Mulder, Joanna Parks, John Mack, Jon Marr, Jose Portillo, Julie Brown, Justin from New Zealand, Karl Mauks-Koepke, Lara Edge, Lauren Patti, Martin Chai, Mark Berman, Matt Wood, Michael (Anna's guest), Mo DeJong, Michael Michon, Ray Ortigas, Rick Wood, Sadie, Santiago Suarez, Scott Houston, Sean Iraca, Sheridan Pauker, Tim Lang, Tony Brasunas, Torr Melling, Windy Borman, and Yan Liu.

Flooding at the ELMA School

October 2009 update: The floodwaters receded, and all of the students and the books were OK. ~Leah

From: Vey Lav
Date: October 5, 2009 3:52:03 AM PDT
Subject: Flooding

Dear Sheree,

It gets flooded in Siem Reap, as well as Sambour and ELMA school. The terrace in front of the classrooms and library is also still overflooded that students' bike are not able to parked on and it affected the young students too.

Since ELMA school restarted this fall and the same time the bloody rain appeared and getting flooded, we do not get many students come to the classes once the family afraid of the kids getting drowned and it is hard to get through by bike.

It is still containing with almost 0.5 meter on some spot of the road to ELMA school.

You are right Siem Reap gets flooded almost everywhere as we never expected. We were so afraid that the books get wet but all are OK.

This is the horrible flood in Siem Reap as we have never had this for years before. I spoke to the Sambour School principal and Chair of Sambour Commune for Building new Water drainage in front of ELMA School and the house next door for offering the high flowing speed of the water out from our school.

In this case, I need help from local authority and commune as they have supported us in many cases like security and environmental issues up on the request. Don't worry. Water will disappear soon. We may need also higher elevation in front of ELMA classrooms next year just in case more flood in the future.

All very best wishes from ELMA School Cambodia,

Vey

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From: Sheree O'Donnell
Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009, 11:30 AM

Dear Vey,

How are you?

I'm not sure if you have received any of my previous messages and I can imagine that given the current flooding situation in Siem Reap that Internet connections are hard to find.

How are you coping with the weather? I've heard from friends that a lot of the town is under 3 meters of water! Old Market area, etc. How has it affected Sambour? How are the children and their families coping?

I am praying for sunshine for you!

Best Wishes,

Sheree

Summertime: Children in Their New Clothes

Vey Lav, one of the ELMA School's founders, sent this delightful photo of the younger students with some of their new clothes.

A million thanks to the Lyon family for their continued kindness and generosity.