Rock for Layla House

Adam Ezra and percusionist Turtle rock the house!

In March, AAI Director of Development Susan Poisson-Dollar led a trip to Layla House for 12 high school students and 3 chaperones from the Emma Willard School in Troy, NY.  One of the high school girls, Hayley Kohler from Westwood, MA, was so moved by her experience that she and her parents organized a fundraiser for friends and family with Boston Area rock musician Adam Ezra who often devotes his considerable talent to good causes.

Haley (left) with 2 friends

Haley's June fundraiser brought in $2000 for Layla House and Hayley has chosen to help the Grace Fund, the Good Neighbor Fund and a medical fund for the children of Layla.  Her family recently sent these photos of the event.   Hayley did a fabulous job decorating with pictures she took in Ethiopia and also gave a short slide show during the intermission so that her friends and family could learn more about our work!

Thank you so much Kohler family.  We hope it inspires more people to do something fun for a cause.

The Layla House "Traveling Quilt"

Hi all,

We really need more people to sell tickets for the 2009 Layla House Quilt Raffle! Please contact Johanna at the AAI office and she'll be happy to mail you as many tickets as you can sell. Tickets are $5 apiece and come in books of 10.

Remember that the proceeds from the 2009 Layla House Quilt Raffle go to Opportunity House, our facility for developmentally-delayed children that is also open to families in the neighborhood. You can see some pictures of the new property we've rented below. It has lovely "green space" just waiting for the playground equipment that will be purchased from the funds raised by the raffle. Opportunity House is a wonderful project that helps demonstrate AAI's commitment to "giving back" to a country from which we place children for adoption.

Barb Patton, the quilt's creator, has also made a "traveling quilt" pictured below in this post. If you have an opportunity to sell tickets at any kind of event, we would be happy to send the quilt and AAI brochures to you. Just let Johanna know when the event is scheduled.

Thanks!

Susan Poisson-Dollar
Director of Development

the "traveling quilt"