Meeting #19 - recap

The meeting last night was great. A perfect example of the good idea society at it's best - beer, cheese, and helping school girls in Sudan. Here's a quick recap.

#1 - BEER AND CHEESE TASTING
We started the night off with the beer and cheese tasting. Yes beer, not wine. Here are the pairings we tasted:
- Brooklyner Weisse with the Blue Ledge Farm Chevre
- Peak Organic Pale Ale with Grafton Farms Sharp Cheddar and Maple Smoked Cheddar
- Budweiser and Cabot American Cheese Slices
- Samuel Smith Lager with Le Gruyere
- Woodstock Inn Pig's Ear Brown with Gouda and Orb Weaver Coby Farmhouse
- Wolaver's Oatmeal Stout with Boucher Farms Gor-Dawn-Zola
The Wolaver's and Gordawnzola was by far the favorite. Others included the Peak Pale ale with maple smoked cheddar and the Weisse with Chevre.
























#2 - HELP FOR SUDAN (via Vermont)
Annie talked to us about her upcoming trip to Africa to open secondary schools for girls in Southern Sudan. We are going to help gather supplies. Here is a recap of what we need and a recap from Annie:

Our goal is to gather the following:
• 10 backpacks in good condition filled with:
- A calculator
- A pencil sharpener
- A three-subject college ruled notebook
- 10 black or blue ink pens.
- 10 No. 2 pencils.
• $20 that will be spent on textbooks.

You can help a high school student at NESEI's (New Sudan Education Initiative) first school in Sudan-- it takes just a little money and time!

The New Sudan Education Initiative (NESEI) is a partnership started here in Burlington, VT between Sudanese and a local/global network of supporters, who have come together to bring the gift of education to Sudan. We are working to build 20 schools in this region by 2015.

The first school site is scheduled to open on May 15, 2008 in Yei, Sudan. On May 10 a group from Burlington will be travelling to celebrate this huge success. On our trip we will bring backpacks filled with resources to help the first group of students begin their educational journey.
This campaign is a great way to help a young student receive a quality education, and a wonderful opportunity to create a personal connection to NESEI's first school. Please join us today!