We came together with the members of Christ Lutheran Church – Dallas for dinner on Feb 11th at the Turquoise Center. The event started with a tour of the center and continued by presentations about TAWA and Turkey, an attractive tourism destination. While enjoying the delicious food sponsored by generous donations of CLC-Dallas members, questions [ Read More ]
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The economic crisis continue to bring new faces of hunger to the world, many for the first time in their lives, and through no fault of their own. On July 14th, Turkish ladies volunteered for food packing to help the growing number of children, families and seniors in need inNorth Texas. The “Full on Faith” campaign was [ Read More ]
On Sunday May 13th 2012, Turkish American Women Association volunteers visited Garland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Arden Courts of Richardson. Senior citizens were given variety of roses and cookies from Turkish ladies and children to celebrate their mother’s day. The senior citizens were very pleased from our visit and wanted us to visit them [ Read More ]
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A group of TAWA volunteers visited Lake Highlands United Methodist Church on April 10th. The meeting started with a tour of the church and a warm welcome speech by church members. TAWA Outreach Director Kamile Yagci gave a presentation about TAWA and its activities. We thank members of Lake Highland Methodist Church for inviting us [ Read More ]
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TAWA ladies were invited to an Indian Family’s house on May 6th Sunday for an informal Indian Cooking Class. The hosts were Shahbanu and Ayun Melek. In this friendly environment the basic Indian Cuisine dishes were prepared. The appetizers were Indian Tea (Chai, with milk) and Samosas (an Indian Pastry). Then experienced cook Ayun Melek [ Read More ]
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The women from Lake Highlands United Methodist Church visited Turkish American Women Association on Saturday, Nov 12 afternoon. The purpose of this visit was promoting interfaith dialog between two communities. TAWA President made a short speech for welcoming the guests and introducing TAWA. Then we watched a movie made of pictures from TAWA activities. The second goal [ Read More ]
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TAWA visited Dr. Elba Garcia, Commissioner for Dallas County District 4. We congratulated and wished her good luck in her new position. She gave us information about three priorities she is working on. The first issue is economic development. She said the property taxes have not dropped as much as projected which is good news [ Read More ]
TAWA visited P.E.O. Women on November the 10th 2011. P.E.O. is a philanthropic, educational organization dedicated to assisting women attain higher education through its internal projects. P.E.O. and TAWA started get togethers to enhance their sincere friendship and sisterhood for 4 years now. For this visit, TAWA is kindly invited to home of P.E.O. member. TAWA is [ Read More ]
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and members of TAWA had a brief introductory meeting in August 8th, 2011. The Congresswoman currently represents the state’s 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. After introducing our organization and describing our activities, TAWA members requested her presence as a guest speaker in the third Annual Dialog [ Read More ]
We visited Genesis Women’s Shelter and met with Ms. Lara Gaither, Director of Outreach and Community Development. She gave us a brief introduction to domestic violence and the current situation in the Dallas area. Then she guided us on a tour of the shelter. We were able to see the bedrooms, kitchen, dining area, conference [ Read More ]
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