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When Jonathan Grows Up
Meet Jonathan! Jonathan is a born leader who cares deeply for other kids at the Touch A Life Care Center. His favorite subject in school is math and he loves technology! He is a professional when it comes to the computer and he loves learning new...
When Gideon Grows Up
This is Gideon! Gideon is an incredible leader. He is one of the oldest children at the Touch A Life Care Center and he is truly a role model on campus. He loves to explore new places and learn new things. He is also great dancer who loves music....
When Wisdom Grows Up…
Meet Wisdom! Wisdom is a bright, intelligent young man. He does well in school and he particularly likes studying subjects like math and science. Wisdom enjoys reading, especially books about nature, animals, and history. Outside of school, William...
Book Fair in Ghana
What do the Touch A Life children love more than almost anything? Books! We recently held a mini-book fair at the Care Center in Ghana with a shipment of donated books from International Book Project. Thank you to Susan Polous for facilitating this...
Guest Blog: Ally Root, Art Therapist
We are happy to have a special guest blog post today! Ally Root will be leaving for Ghana this weekend to spend three months as an Art Therapist at Connor Creative Arts Center. Read below to get to know her a bit! In August of 2013, I came to...
Holiday Match and New Years Resolutions
We did it! Thank you! Our Holiday Donor Match fundraiser was a great success - you all gave $25,000 toward our General Fund, and a generous donor matched every dollar to make $50,000! This is an energizing way to start 2014 as we turn plans into...
New Sneakers for Christmas
During our summer trip to Ghana, the Touch A Life staff asked the kids at our Care Center what they wanted most for Christmas. The boys decided on shin guards and the girls asked for Christmas dresses, but our team noticed that the children only...
Yoga Studio Gives Back to End Slavery
The Kula Yoga Project in Brooklyn, NY, is starting the new year off right by hosting a special New Years Day class to benefit Touch A Life! This hour and 45 minute-long session will include a one hour of detoxifying asana followed by 20 minutes of...
Crafting with Ghanaian Glass Beads
There are many beautiful things to see in Ghana, and some of our favorites are the handmade recycled glass beads sold in several of the country's largest markets. Recently, our staff in Ghana brought a large collection of these beads to Connor's...
Giving Tuesday
The holiday season begins with a celebration of thankfulness for all we have been given. Then the frenzy of holiday shopping seems to take over with Black Friday and Cyber Monday! This year, we are sustaining the attitude of gratitude by...