AFGHAN
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On this page, we provide a list of news items and near term donation events sponsored by the Lamia Afghan Foundation, as well as links to events by our affiliates.

News article on our drive in Burke Park, VA, reported by The Connection newspaper. Click on the link; article is on page 5.
November 2008
News article on our 2008 drive (under Operation Care), which included shoes.  Reported from Bagram, reported in this article from CENTCOM. Click on the link.
May 2008
HOPE |  COMPASSION | CARE
NEWS and EVENTS
Announcement about a bicycle drive during National Community Service Day Collection in Rockville MD on 19 January 2009.   Bikes for the World is collaborating with the Lamia Afghan Foundation...
January 2009
February 2009
The first of several airlifts is started to bring supplies to Afghanistan.  Our initial flight, arranged with US AID Denton Airlift, flew almost 58,000 pounds of supplies to Afghanistan, including: clothes, blankets, school supplies, medical and pharmaceutical supplies and equipment.  Donations from many different people and organizations during our fall and winter drives made this possible.  Click here pictures of packing, transport and distribution!
News article on our December drive, reported in this article from the 301st Fighter Wing AF Link. Click on the link.
December 2007
News article about describing a meeting with Lamia (our namesake), reported in this article from the 301st Fighter Wing AF Link. Click on the link.
March 2009
Click here to see a pdf article showing some of our 6th and 8th grade supporters at a middle school “Paper and Pens for Afghanistan” drive, motivated by the presentation and film "Outside the Wire", by film maker Anthony Hornus (click here for a related bio on his visit to the school).
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