Your \u00a0donations not only provide much-needed income for the Mar Elias Educational Institutions in Israel\/Palestine; your gift also tells \u201cthe Living Stones\u201d in Ibillin that they are remembered and loved by brothers and sisters around the world.<\/p>\n
Make your donation in any amount by credit card here<\/a>! \u00a0Then email<\/a> or call Joan Deming (608-241-9281) and request gift cards you can give, describing what their financial gift makes possible. \u00a0Some examples:<\/p>\n \u2022 $8 provides one week\u2019s tuition at Mar Elias High School, the school described in Archbishop Elias Chacour\u2019s book We Belong to the Land.<\/p>\n \u2022 $18 provides a share of Science Lab equipment for the elementary school in Ibillin.<\/p>\n \u2022 $25 provides a transportation scholarship for a student who rides a bus an hour each way to attend MEEI.<\/p>\n \u2022 $36 provides a share of a new library computer.<\/p>\n \u2022 $50 provides a share in a peace education project involving Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Druze.<\/p>\n Questions?\u00a0 Contact Joan Deming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alternative Gift-Giving: \u00a0YOU can make a difference! Your \u00a0donations not only provide much-needed income for the Mar Elias Educational Institutions in Israel\/Palestine; your gift also tells \u201cthe Living Stones\u201d in Ibillin that they are remembered and loved by brothers and sisters around the world. Make your donation in any amount by credit card here! \u00a0Then … Continue reading “Give an Alternative Christmas Gift!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pilgrims-of-ibillin","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}