Media and Events
Event: AAH at the Arlington County Fair.
Date/Time: August 11-14; Thursday 7pm -10pm, Friday 10am – 9 pm, Saturday 10 am – 9 pm, & Sunday 11 am – 5 pm.
Where: Thomas Jefferson Community Center Arlington, VA
Event Details: We’ll be at the Fair 11-14 August at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center located at 3501 2nd St South in Arlington, VA. Come see us at the AAH booth!
Event: AAH 5% Day at Arlington Whole Foods Market
Date/Time: Wednesday August 17th
Where: Whole Foods Market. 2700 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA
Event Details: Our neighborhood Whole Foods Market here in Arlington Virginia will be donating 5% of their net sales to AAH on August 17th. Please circle Wednesday August 17th on your calendar and start making your plans now to SHOP EARLY and STOCK UP at the Arlington Whole Foods Market at 2700 Wilson Blvd. Please remember Wednesday August 17th!
Event: Arlington Traditional School / Arlington Academy of Hope Art Exhibit
Date/Time: Until August 21st. Wed-Fri 1-7 pm & Sat-Sun: 12-5 pm.
Where: Arlington Arts Center at 3550 Wilson Blvd
Event Details: Arlington Academy of Hope Art Exhibit continues until August 21st at the Arlington Arts Center at 3550 Wilson Blvd. Student artwork from Arlington, VA ‘s ATS and Bumwalukani’s AAH Primary School is on display. Gallery Hours: Wed-Fri 1-7 pm & Sat-Sun: 12-5 pm.
Event: Arlington Academy of Hope Annual Gala
Date/Time: October 28
Where: Key Bridge Marriott’s panoramic Top Floor Ballroom
Event Details: The Arlington Academy of Hope Annual Gala will be held on 28 October at the Key Bridge Marriott’s panoramic top floor ballroom. We are planning another spectacular event this year. The Gala is the major fund raising event held by AAH each year and we hope you’ll all plan on attending. Finally, the Gala Committees are just starting to be formed and we’re seeking volunteers to help with this fun and rewarding effort. Please contact Dan Gardner at (703) 973-0237.
AAH in the News
Featured in the The Washington Post Magazine: Learning Experience by Tara Bahrampour. The Washington Post sent a reporter and photographer on a trip to Uganda in the summer of 2005 with AAH Founder John Wanda and several other AAH Board Members and volunteers. The resulting in-depth feature article published in The Washington Post Magazine in May 2006 provides a vivid account of the impact AAH is making in Bumwalukani, Uganda.
Additional coverage by The Washington Post:
A Blessing for Teacher Grace: Sister School Relationship Helps a Ugandan Receive Critical Surgery, by Theresa Vargas, February 9, 2009
A Lesson in Foreign Exchange: An Immigrant and a Local Teacher Help Start a School in Uganda, By Tara Bahrampour, February 24, 2005
Additional Newspaper Coverage
Daily Monitor newspaper in Uganda: Making Quality Education Possible for the Rural Poor, January 28, 2009
Sun Gazette newspaper in Arlington, VA: Arlingtonian Honored, September 25, 2006
New Vision newspaper in Uganda: Manjiya Students Get Scholarships, August 24, 2006
New Vision newspaper in Uganda: Americans Pay Bride Price by Geresom Musamali, July 31, 2005
New Vision newspaper in Uganda: Arlington Academy Under Weather, by Geresom Musamali, May 24, 2004
Television Coverage
KSFY News, Sioux Falls, SD: Avera Medical Minute: Grateful Patient from Uganda, January 8, 2009
WUSA Channel 9 News, Washington, DC: Arlington Couple Builds School in Uganda, August 4, 2005
WUSA Channel 9 News, Washington, DC: Area Family Shows It Takes More Than One Village to Educate a Child, by Emily Schmidt, 2004
Arlington County TV: We’re All Arlington – John Wanda, June 10, 2008
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