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Membership Information
 RENEW YOUR ARKADAŞLAR MEMBERSHIP FOR
2008
Remember Turkey from the 1960s? Want to keep up to date on Turkey today?
Want to reconnect with friends from your Peace Corps Turkey experience? If
so, renew your membership
in Arkadaşlar for the year ahead.
WHAT ARKADAŞLAR DID FOR YOU IN 2007
 | Held Cumhuriyet Bayram dinners in various states |
| Maintained and updated a national database of former
Peace Corps Turkey volunteers, friends, and staff |
| Added new pictures and features to the Arkadaşlar
Website www.arkadaslar.info |
| Posted many stories and anecdotes about Turkey on the
Arkadaşlar Listserv at
ArkadaslarFriends@yahoogroups.com
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| Increased linkages with the Assembly of
Turkish American Associations (ATAA), and the American Turkish Association
of DC (ATA-DC) |
| Donated $11,000 to nonprofits in and/or for
Turkey (See below for further information about these organizations) |
WHAT YOU WILL GET FOR YOUR 2008 DUES
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Buralarda, three issues
of our newsletter featuring news of Arkadaslar and updates on old
friends from your Peace Corps Turkey days |
| The 2006-2007 Membership Directory featuring names
(including maiden names), addresses, and listings by
city/state/country, with information about groups of service and sites
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| Invitation to a regional Bayram Dinner |
| Access to and participation in our listserv and web
site |
| Opportunity to donate funds to noteworthy
nonprofits serving Turkey |
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DURING 2008, ARKADAŞLAR WILL
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| Continue our search for others who served in Peace
Corps Turkey |
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Mail a 2006-2007 Membership Directory to those members
who pay their 2008 dues, but did not pay dues for 2006 or 2007 |
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| Continue to support social, educational, and economic
causes in Turkey |
YES, I WISH TO RENEW MY MEMBERSHIP
IN ARKADAŞLAR FOR 2008
For further information about membership in Arkadaşlar,
contact Linda at
LMScheffer@aol.com.
Also, please email Linda with contact information for other RPCVs who served
in Turkey who have yet to know about Arkadaşlar.
HELP ARKADAŞLAR SUPPORT TURKEY TODAY**
To support Turkey, Arkadaslar donates funds to selected non-governmental
organizations in Turkey or the United States. When renewing your membership,
or joining for the first time, please consider donating additional funds so
that Arkadaslar can continue donating funds on your behalf to these
organizations:
Postsecondary Scholarships ($3,200 in 2007)
Arkadaşlar now is providing four-year postsecondary scholarships to four
students in Turkey.
C. Erik Olson Memorial Fund ($1,000 in 2007)
To honor this Turkey I volunteer, a memorial fund was established in
1999 to support the Pediatric Neurological Laboratory specializing in
childhood epilepsy at the Hacettepe University Hospital in Ankara.
Beekeeping Project ($1,500 in 2007)
This rural economic development program supports beekeeping and the
production of honey among farmers in Eastern Anatolia.
Ashoka ($2000 in 2007)
Ashoka is a US-based 501(c)(3) organization
whose mission is to support
social entrepreneurship around the world.
Arkadaşlar supports its new program in Turkey, i.e., four fellows working
with runaway children; a women’s center in southeastern Anatolia; women and
families in poor urban areas; and raising awareness of organic food
production. For more information about Ashoka, see
www.ashoka.org.
Sevinç Abla School ($2,000 in 2007)
This school in Adana serves children with various mental and physical
challenges. Our Website has pictures at
www.arkadaslar.info/sevinc_abla_school.htm
Anatolian Artisans ($1,300 in 2007)
This US-based 501(c)(3) organization
supports the maintenance and development of local crafts from Turkey, with
profits from US sales sustaining this effort. For more information, see
www.anatolianartisans.org.
**Arkadaşlar is not registered as a 501[c](3) organization with the IRS so
your donations are not tax deductible.
YES, I
WISH TO RENEW MY MEMBERSHIP IN ARKADASLAR FOR 2008
To join Arkadaşlar, please complete the
membership
form online, print it out, and submit it with a check for your dues made payable to
"Arkadaşlar."
Contact Linda Scheffer
<LMScheffer@aol.com>, Arkadaşlar
Treasurer, for the mailing address.
If you move, remember to send us your change of address.
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