Michael Freed, 12, gave a solo violin concert in his hometown of Columbus, Indiana on August 22 raising $435 for Tarahumara Indian outreach in Mexico.
Michael has been studying the violin since he was four and a half with teacher, Khin Yee Lo, who accompanied Michael for the concert. The program included Bach, Vivaldi, Pachelbel and Andrew Lloyd Webber. We are told that the music was so beautiful that many were moved to tears.
During the concert intermission, Michael’s sister, Jennifer Freed, played a slide show of her ‘08 mission trip to help the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico, traveling with Amistad Amistad volunteers Elidia Walker and Diane McDermott.
Thank you Michael, teacher Khin Yee Lo, Michael’s mother, Michele Freed, and sister Jennifer for your wonderful event blessing the people of the Sierra Tarahumara.
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began in 1980 when Karen Hanson Kotoske raised enough money from family and friends to provide food and medical care for several Huichol villages in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental. Since then Amistad has expanded around the globe, to India, Africa, and Asia.
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began in 1980 when Karen Hanson Kotoske raised enough money from family and friends to provide food and medical care for several Huichol villages in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental. Since then Amistad has expanded around the globe, to India, Africa, and Asia.• Assist a limited number of worthy projects, run by creative, compassionate people with a high degree of responsibility and accountability
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