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The Dorm Project
Hey Giftkids family! After months of brainstorming and planning (which explains our recent silence), I'm very excited to unveil our...
Riya Hariharan
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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Five Years!
Giftkids is five, and we have some wonderful news to celebrate! But before we do that, we'd like to share the new 2022 Giftkids...
Riya Hariharan
Aug 11, 20222 min read
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Introducing... the Giftkids Scholarship!
Happy Summer! Since my last few blog posts a lot has changed, around the world and with Giftkids! During the course of my gap year I have...
Riya Hariharan
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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We've Graduated!
Just as I have graduated, Giftkids is also graduating... I am excited to share a new growth idea! But first... Responses have arrived...
Riya Hariharan
Sep 9, 20202 min read
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Presence during Pandemics
Hi Everyone - It has been quite a while since my last post! Over the past 6 months so much has changed, both in my life and around the...
Riya Hariharan
Jun 13, 20202 min read
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100%
Hi Everybody - Happy Thanksgiving! As we are approaching our third holiday season, I am thrilled to share that we have met 100% of our...
Riya Hariharan
Nov 27, 20191 min read
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Good Things Come In Threes
Hi Everyone, I have just started school as a Senior (!) after a wonderful summer. Hope yours was great too. I am looking ahead at the...
Riya Hariharan
Sep 10, 20191 min read
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Hello from India!
As I step outside the car, I am surrounded by kids ages 6-14, dressed in their finest clothes to greet me. The director of the orphanage...
Riya Hariharan
Mar 15, 20191 min read
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100+ from around the globe-we are growing!
Hope your summer was great! As I head back to school as a Junior (!!), I wanted to share some exciting plans for Giftkids for the 2018...
Riya Hariharan
Sep 1, 20182 min read
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2017 | You made it happen!
Thank you Letter to our Donors, Neighborhood & School Teen Volunteers, Elves and Friends: 2017 was our first year of business - the...
Riya Hariharan
Apr 9, 20181 min read
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Bon Bagay!
This means 'Good Things' in Creole, the language spoken in Haiti - the language in which 36 middle school aged kids are learning to read...
Riya Hariharan
Feb 10, 20181 min read
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8,000 Miles!
Responses and reactions have arrived from Bidar (Project India), and although we are many many miles apart it feels as if we were with...
Riya Hariharan
Feb 4, 20181 min read
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New Year, New Shoes!
Happy New Year! Our team started 2018 by hosting our second gift-wrapping party for Project Haiti on Saturday, January 13th. We were...
Riya Hariharan
Jan 15, 20181 min read
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Colorful sweaters shipped - with love!
Our first gift-wrapping and card decorating party for Project India was a huge success! We were overwhelmed by the love and passion,...
Riya Hariharan
Nov 14, 20171 min read
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