Loloma Foundation eNewsletter

Board members Allison Batlin, Lance Hendricks and Linda Kwasny and volunteers Jennifer Johnson and Larry Fisher will arrive on the 11th of January to begin unpacking two containers in Suva, Fiji. The first container consists of donated medical supplies and equipment from Direct Relief International. These contents will be repackaged and distributed to Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Nadi Hospital and a variety of rural medical facilities.
The second 40 foot container consists of donated clothing, more medical supplies and equipment, educational materials, 1000 school bags and over 300 boxes of books.
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Solomon Islands 2009
by P. Lance Hendricks, MD

The Scripps Health/Loloma Foundation medical/surgical team visit to the Solomon Islands was a very busy trip and provided a great deal of much needed help to the area. Lance Hendricks, Linda Kwasny and Eileen Natuzzi left one week ahead of the team. They had meetings at Fiji School of Medicine for a day and then on to the Solomons for meetings with Ministry of Health and nursing school staff to discuss postgraduate training programs for Solomon Islands doctors and nurses.
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1000 School Back Packs to Yasawa Islands
Container leaves for January Mission
by Bob Sykes

On October 3^rd about 30 volunteers gathered in Del Mar CA to pack 1000 school back backs for primary school children of the Yasawa Islands. Each back pack contained: notebook, pencils, pens, crayons and a ruler, Items hard to come by on the other side of the world. Hosted by board member Linda Kwasny volunteers included board members Lance Hendricks and Bob Sykes and a host of friends and supporters.
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Sister Patricia Returns to Ireland
Her work will bear fruit for generations of Fijians
by Bob Sykes

Sister Patricia McLaughlin, Loloma’s angel of the main Island of Fiji, Viti Levu, will be leaving Fiji and returning to her native Ireland sometime during 2010. This will indeed be a sad day for the children Nausori and the people of Fiji.
A Catholic nun of order of Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Sister Patricia works tirelessly building schools, creating computer labs, getting a warm blanket to a sick child—teaching, giving wherever it is needed. She has given hope and a future to countless children that have come in touch with her. Her tireless commitment and unselfish love is inspiring.
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"Heard on the Coconut Telegraph"

Last Chance to Donate to Loloma in 2009
Thank You from all of us at The Loloma Foundation

As 2009 draws to a close so does the opportunity to make a tax deductible donation to the Loloma Foundation. Many thanks to all who have given during the past year. It would not be possible for the Foundation to do what it does without the help of the hundreds who give of their time and resources.
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Contact the Loloma Foundation

Please contact us with any questions you may have. We need your donations of medicine, equipemnt, school supplies, or clothing. Especially, we need cash to acquire materials, and cover shipping costs. Every little bit helps.
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Happy Holidays from the Loloma Foundation

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Pennies from Heaven (Petersburg, WV) for Fijian Schoolchildren
by Trish Halterman

9 year old Sierra Hickling Packs School Backpack for Fiji

In Sept. the Loloma Foundation recieved a check for $200 from the children of the Main Street United Methodist Church in Petersburg, West Virginia. Here is the story of their wonderful gift:
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Loloma Nominated for Asian Heritage Award
by Bob Sykes

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What does your Donation Buy?
--Photo Allison Batlin

$10.00 Will buy enough pencils to stock a rural primary school in Fiji for all children for half a school year
$25.00 Will buy enough notebooks to stock a rural primary school in Fiji for all children for half a school year
$50.00 Will purchase enough topical antibiotics for one nursing station for 1 month.
$100.00 Will purchase 100 double walled boxes for clinic delivery
$500.00 Will purchase one case of bandaids
$1,000.00 Will purchase a case of bandages
$5,000.00 Will pay for the cost of shipping one 20 ft. container full of medical supplies

Published by Bob Sykes
Copyright © 2009 Loloma Foundation. All rights reserved.
The Loloma Foundation is a non-profit 501(c) (3) entity that was formed to support the heavily burdened medical/dental and educational systems already in place in island nations of The South Pacific. The Foundation is authorized by the IRS to accept tax-deductible financial contributions.

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