Hi, my name is Lucy Pitts and I am so excited about working in the Charlotte office for TFFT! I am starting my junior year at Rhodes College in the fall, but I went to high school and grew up right here in Charlotte, NC. I am an education and adolescent psychology major at Rhodes.
As I completed my final exams of junior year, packed my car, left Clemson in the rearview mirror, and headed home to Charlotte, I had one thing on my mind: summer. While summer is a special time for many reasons – going to the beach, being home with family, taking a break from school –
WOW!! You really blew us away. Together you knocked the socks off our Annual Fund goal. Even without the match, you helped us exceed our goal by 15%. On top of that, you made it possible for us to receive the entire $15,000 match, which bumped us up to 138% of our original goal! Again,
From now until the end of the campaign—May 31, 2015—loyal TFFT supporters have offered an extremely generous gift. All contributions to the Annual Fund, up to $12,500, will be doubled! That means every dollar you give between now and May 31st, 2015 will count not once, but twice. If we don’t reach our $12,500 goal,
My family members are staunch Notre Dame people—they bleed green and gold. Today, I want to share excerpts from “Reflection” a short essay by Notre Dame alum Tony Pohlen ’97. While TFFT is and always will be a secular organization, I hope this will resonate regardless of your religious affiliation. In his piece Pohlen points
In the end of the month of February, the TFFT team conducted a one-week media campaign advocating issues of Most Vulnerable Children and their access to quality education in Tanzania. We conducted this campaign on 4 radio stations in Arusha. In addition to advocating the issue of most vulnerable children, the campaign also aimed to
Meghann and I are up tonight tag-teaming the prep work for the March newsletter. The Chicago streets are quiet, and I think the ground is finally thawing. I’m imagining Kona’s puppy head is nestled against Meghann on her couch back in Charlotte. Our teammates in Tanzania are just waking to start their day. As we
YES-We did it again, this January 29-30, 2015, at King Solomon Hall in Arusha we hosted our Annual Programme Review. We established TFFT’s Annual Programme Review in the interest of learning and accountability. We use these action-packed sessions to share our progress and challenges of the previous year and to absorb ideas, lessons, and experiences
The goodbyes to family, friends, and especially my dogs :) were (as always) a bit sad, but I am now so happy to say that after about 24 hours of travel, I finally made it to Arusha, Tanzania! My flights over went smoothly, and luckily all of my bags made it here in one piece.
I arrived in Tanzania 7 days ago and I am already feeling at peace. I arrived mid day and a friendly face greeted me at the airport. I then went to my favourite restaurant Fig and Olive to pick up my house keys and carried on home and to the grocery store to get properly set up.