Sr. Community Liaision from Houston Police Department, Mr. Stephen T. Daniels visited Raindrop Turkish House's new facility. Executive Director of Raindrop, Mr. Candir gave a brief information about new offices and event halls after the lunch. They talked about how important these kind of centers are for the community in terms of cultural and educational services and how they serve in promoting friendships. Mr. Daniel gave some ideas of working together with the neighborhood and thanked to Mr. Candir for the hospitality. (July 16, 2008, HOUSTON, TX)

Executive Director of Raindrop Turkish House, Ali R Candir and President of Texas Turkish-American Chamber of Commerce, Ali K Civelek participated in the inauguration dinner of US-Panama Business Council Southwest Chapter. Business Council was created to strengthen the relationship between two countries and promote business opportunities. Minister of Commerce & Industry of Panama, the Hon. Carmen Gisela Vergara gave a speech about the importance of this council. Mr. Candir and Mr. Civelek thanked to Hon. Adsinar Cajar Bocek, Consul General of Panama for the invitation and the kind hospitality. (July 14, 2008, HOUSTON)

Raindrop Turkish House invites you to see its new facility. We are going to keep offering our services to the community at this location from now on. You can bring your kids to playground while you enjoy your Turkish tea. We also have classrooms, meeting rooms and event halls to give a better answer to the community's educational, social and cultural needs.

Our new direction is 9301 W Bellfort Ave. Houston, TX 77031. (July 10, 2008, Houston, TX)

You can also participate in this project by bringing toys to us. 

Let's "Make a Child Smile" together! (May 30, 2008, Houston, TX)

We invite you to help when it's urgent! Please go to www.raindropturkevi.org/helpinghands/ and show your support for those in need!

We appreciate your generous donations. Thank you! (May 20, 2008, Houston, TX).

Raindrop Turkish House welcomed Larry Blackerby, VP & General Manager of KPRC Local 2 TV at a morning conversation and breakfast today.

Raindrop's Morning Conversations is a series of public conversations that draws together minds from different backgrounds to discuss diverse issues in the educational, cultural and social areas.

Mr. Blackerby gave a speech about Community Involvement. He has realized many significant projects in this area such as "Your Education Station" where success stories from teachers and students are shared.

Raindrop Helping Hands expresses its deepest condolences to the Chinese government and people for the tragic loss of life and the devastation wrought by the earthquake on May, 12. The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 occured in the southwestern area of China and left nearly 10,000 people dead and almost 20,000 people lost. It was the worst earthquake during last three decades in China. Our sympathy goes out to those families who have lost their loved ones.

We stand by the victims and we support the government's good efforts to alleviate their sufferings and rebuild their livelihoods. (May 13, 2008, Houston, Texas)

Raindrop Turkish House executives Yasar Tiryakioglu and Ali R Candir participated in a farewell ceremony organized by Turkish Consulate in Houston for the Hon. Nicolay Sofinsky, Consul General of Russia.

The Hon. Atilla Uzer, Consul General of Turkey, gave a speech and talked about how Mr. Nicolay is a good friend of him as well as for many. Mr. Nicolay thanked to Mr. Uzer for his kind words and to all participants because of their attendance. (May 13, 2008, Houston, TX)

     Raindrop Helping Hands expresses its deepest condolences to the Myanmar (Burmese) people for the loss of life and the devastation wrought by the Tropical Cyclone Nargis on early Saturday, May 3.

Cyclone Nargis, one of the world's worst storm,  caused almost 25,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of them without shelter and clean water.Our sympathy goes out to those families who have lost loved ones.

  We stand by the victims and we support the people's good efforts to alleviate their sufferings and rebuild their livelihoods. (May 5, 2008, Houston, Texas)

   Last Saturday (April 5th, 2008) University of Houston Cullen Performance Hall hosted a great event! It was the 2nd Annual Statewide Turkish Language & Talent Olympiad . From singing to poetry, from folk dances to talent contests there were myriads of activities that students and visitors could enjoy.

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