Soup for Syria Events Next Week at ARMS

Oct 3^rd  Monday. ARMS will hold an all-school assembly 10:00-11:00 AM on Understanding the Syrian Refugee Experience. Featuring a visit and slide-talk from Barbara Abdeni Massaad, photographer of portraits in the book SOUP for SYRIA (see soupforsyria.com). See the CNN interview with Barbara Abdeni Massaad here. We are fortunate that Mr. Michel Moushabeck, publisher of Interlink books (and whose kids are alumni of Amherst schools ) is sponsoring this opportunity to have this world renown photographer at ARMS.  In the assembly, in addition to hearing Barbara's slide talk, some of our students will present their understandings, research and artistic expressions. We are doing some curriculum prep to help all our students engage in and understand the global situation that has created the crisis around Syrian families living in refuge.

Oct 6^th Thursday. Soup for Syria night in the ARMS Cafeteria 5:30-6:45 (so you can go to the high school Open House on time, if your have high school kids). Free to all ARMS families, and we will collect suggested donations.  Here’s how it works: many "soup cooks" are invited to cook a pot of soup,  making soup at home, bringing it to our kitchen and then we serve it to anybody who attends. Dinner will be free, and we will also collect suggested donations $  per bowl - just a suggestion - soup can be free to anybody. The book SOUP for SYRIA will be available for purchase that night too, to fundraise for the cause. Barbara Abdeni Massaad will give a talk and slide show during dinner, too. We will also have a brief film showing from SAMS (Syrian American Medical Relief) with a representative from SAMS. All proceeds support Syrian refugees through the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees).

If you want to help make soup, or eat soup, or clean up, or help host the event...contact PGO parents Josie DeAngelis <josiedeangelis3@gmail.com>

Photo Credit:  Barbara Abdeni Massaa