I've been asked to convey the following student messages (translated by SEED volunteers) to you, to which I add my own best wishes! - Ted 11th grade - Dear SEED Partners and friends, we shall never forget your love and help to us. We are able to boost and develop our skills with your help. We wish for you a wonderful Thanksgiving Day which you are about to celebrate. Here we have celebrated our own festivals of Deepavali and Saraswathi Pooja very happily. We are all showing considerable improvements in our studies. You are the reason for all the happiness and privileges we are enjoying. HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY! (signed: Raja, Kalarani, Vivek, Ambika, Latha, Sasikala, Kavitha and Kayalvizhi) 10th grade - To our loving brothers and sisters - We are all fine here and wishing the same for you. We are studying well and making good progress in school. In India our culture has many festivals and we are celebrating all with functions in our SEED Centre. We heard that today (28th Nov 2002) you are celebrating your "Thanks Giving Day." On behalf of all of us, our volunteers and friends, we wish you a Happy Thanks Giving Day. By your loving X Standard SEED Students, (signed: Anish Fathima, Nirmala, Sivakami, Karthik Raja and Noorul Shahidha) 9th grade - Dear Partners and friends of SEED, we all wish you a very Happy Thanks Giving Day. All of us here are in high spirits, and we hope the same for you. In our SEED Centre, as part of Science Club, we are all taking seminar classes and doing projects on our own. We got this chance only through SEED Centre. We all thank you very much for providing us with such facilities. We wished to celebrate this day along with you, but being in India we couldn't. Anyway, let this day be a very pleasant day for all of you and your families. (signed: Pandiyammal, Muthumari, Marimuthu and Senthilkumar) 8th grade - Our dear and loving partners and friends, this letter is from your SEED children. We all are fine here and similarly we hope you are in happy spirits. We thank you for all the help you are extending towards us. We all wish you a Very Happy Thanks Giving Day. (signed: Amutha, Priya, Paalthangam, Muniyasamy, Manikandan, Sundar Rajan and Kausalya) 7th grade - Dear Partners and Friends - How do you do? We are all quite fine here. We are leading a happy life by your help. We thank you very much for this. Our SEED Centre is functioning well beyond school education. We are being exposed to other topics of interest also. We are making maximum use of our Centre library. We are being lead in a good and developmental way. Science Club is functioning very well also. We are celebrating various festivals with much enthusiasm and happiness. On this "Thanks Giving Day," we thank you for the kind of help you are extending towards us. (signed: Baskar Raja and Arun Kumar) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dr. T. Adams, SEED Coordinator 18, Azad St., Gandhinagar Madurai 625 020 Tamil Nadu, INDIA Ph: 011-91-452-526342 email: seedplan@eth.net * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *