{"id":200061,"date":"2012-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=200061"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:54:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:54:04","slug":"auto-insert-200061","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-200061\/","title":{"rendered":"American Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA raise funds at first Gaza Solidarity Run – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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American Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA races for the kids of Gaza<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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15 June 2012, Washington, D.C. — Goals were shattered at American Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s (AFU) first annual Gaza Solidarity 5K walk\/run in Washington, DC, on 9 June! With warm weather and blue skies, over 300 men, women, children, and even pets from all across the United States and beyond came out to Rock Creek Park to support the kids of Gaza. In total, over USD 50,000 was raised to support Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s community mental health programme, providing summertime counselling to more than 1,200 Gazan kids in need.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some participants were serious about running; others were just serious about the cause. Participant Rama said, “Being part of this fundraising effort for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is the least I can do for an agency whose work hits particularly close to home. My father was among those educated at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools while growing up in the Yarmouk refugee district in Damascus, Syria.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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See photos of the run on the American Friends of <\/span>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Facebook page<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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AFU would like to extend special thanks to our generous sponsors: Consolidated Contractors Company, Bank of Palestine, ANERA, the PLO delegation to the United States, Drink More Water, and CI Lanyards. AFU looks forward to holding the second annual Gaza Solidarity 5K walk\/run in Washington, DC, next spring.<\/p><\/div>\n

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American Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA<\/p><\/div>\n

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American Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA (AFU) is an independent non-profit organisation that provides support for the humanitarian work of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA through advocacy, fundraising and education. AFU aims to educate the general American public about the situation of the Palestine refugees and generate support for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s programmes in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. US taxpayers are eligible for tax deductions for <\/span>donations made through American Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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To learn more about the work of American Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, visit <\/span>AFU online<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information, or to be sponsor or participant in next year’s 5K, contact:<\/p><\/div>\n

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Abby Smardon
\nExecutive Director
\nAmerican Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA
\n<\/span>abby@friendsunrwa.org<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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