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Tsunami Relief (2006)
Last January, Creative Learning launched a campaign to collect funds to help children in Indonesia who have been affected by the tsunami. One hundred percent of all collected donations, plus dollar for dollar matching funds up to the first $10,000 we received, went directly to help the most vulnerable victims in the Aceh province of Indonesia. Creative Learning contacted the Yayasan Inovasi Pemerintahan Daerah/ Center for Local Government Innovation (YIPD/CLGI), a professional Indonesian foundation with links to Aceh, and their
Katrina Relief (2006)
Creative Learning launched a campaign to collect funds to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. A generous pledge was made to match the first $5,000 collected. Creative Learning channeled the donations to the Katrina Open Arms Fund. The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region established this Fund to support the children and families affected by Hurricane Katrina who are evacuating to the metropolitan Washington community. The fund supported the needs of individuals and families while they reside in our
Kegali Sweaters (2005)
What does it take to educate a child orphaned by AIDS in Africa? Sometimes it is only a matter of a blue sweater. In Kenya, a blue sweater allows a child to go to school. Creative Learning has donated hundreds of blue sweaters that will allow children to go to school. The Kakamega Blue Sweater Campaign is brilliant in its simplicity. The Kakamega AIDS Orphanage and Care Center in Kakamega, Kenya houses 48 children orphaned by AIDS. The Care Center’s
U.S. Small Business-Washington Metropolitan Area District Office’s (SBA WMADO) Small Business Week (2007)
Creative Learning is dedicated to community development and the promotion of small businesses in the Washington region. As one of SBA-WMADO’s partners, Creative Learning sponsors the Metropolitan Area Salute to Small Business Awards Breakfast, an annual event that educates the public about small businesses and honors small business leaders and their achievements. This event attracts more than 300 individuals from organizations in both the private and public sectors. In the past, Creative Learning has also partnered with SBA-WMADO in Small
International Trade Data Network (ITDN) (2005)
In partnership with the Rhode Island Assistance Center and the U.S. Small Business Administration-Washington Metropolitan District Office, Creative Learning seeks to create an environment for bringing together firms that have an interest in conduction business in foreign countries and matching them with international opportunities in their respective sectors. The ITDNis a collection of databases that provides detailed country reports, maps, statistics, and cultural and political trade information. Data gathered daily from diverse sources throughout the world is presented in an
Youth Leadership Diversity Day
In partnership with Youth Leadership Washington, Creative Learning conducted a whole day workshop with teenagers from the Washington metropolitan area. Youth Leadership Diversity Day gives participants an opportunity to understand and experience diversity as it is present in the group, and to learn more about cultures, what it means to be a culture broker and how this simulation applies to the participants’ experience of culture.