Text Box: GG was one of the national honorees for Make a Difference Day. Our name was mentioned in the national USA Today Parade magazine, as one of only 15 projects in the state of Texas. Our project, the city wide children’s book drive, was a great success. We gathered over 16,000 books. We are gearing up for this years MADD, which will be on October 28. Please call if you can help sponsor a children’s book drive. Text Box: On June 3rd, GEM’S GEMS held its 3rd annual Golf Tournament at Painted Dunes Golf Course. All participants enjoyed 18 holes of golf, great food, and received some fantastic prizes. Text Box: Back to School Expo Text Box: 3rd Annual Golf Tournament

GG will have a booth at Cielo Vista Mall as part of the Back to School Expo  sponsored  by KLAQ/KROD.  This will be on Aug. 5th and 6th, which is also the tax free weekend.

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Text Box: 5024 Doniphan suite 1B in The Placita Santa Fe El Paso, Texas 79932 (915)845-KIDS (5437) Text Box: Volume 1, Issue 2 Text Box: August 2006 Text Box: Make a Difference Day www.Gemsgems.orgPages

The bookstore has had a very good summer – please support our organization by shopping there for your children and your children’s teachers.  Remember, gift certificates are available.

Text Box: The Book Store Text Box: We were just awarded 2,300 new books from the First Book/ National Book Bank. We want to thank them and all others for continuing to assist GEM’S GEMS.

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