:: Portable Libraries Training Workshop in Vietnam August 3 &4. GVF staff in Vietnam, including Le Ly Hayslip, have just completed the first of a series of literacy and Portable Library trainings which will help train over 150 teachers, librarians and administrators from 50 schools in literacy education techniques and Portable Libraries use...   >>

:: August 26 Benefit in Jacksonville, Oregon launches fundraising drive. GVF Board Members Dr. Ralph Duffin and Linda Moreau are busily planning an evening of food and fun in Oregon, featuring fine Vietnamese cuisine personally prepared by Le Ly Hayslip, featuring Vietnamese entertainment and a showing of the new documentary pilot From War to Peace and Beyond... >>

:: 2006 Bridge of Peace Awards with hosts Oliver Stone, and special guest Martin Sheen, celebrates five courageous peacemakers from around the world. See here for a full report and photos... >>

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GVF begins fast and fund online fundraising drive, letting you develop your own "fundraising families" with the click of a mouse...   >>

:: New "Dental Health Education Project" (DHEP) begins fund drive, bringing dental education and vital resources to the children of Vietnam...   >>

:: Le Ly returns home to Vietnam for funeral of Tran Thi Huyen, her 102 year-old mother, and shares her thoughts and descriptions of village customs and ceremonies of "living and dying" ...   >>

:: GVF co-sponsors Returning Veterans Retreat for Iraq and Afghan war veterans with Claude Anshin Thomas, decorated Vietnam veteran and Buddhist monk...>>

Returning Veterans Retreat – Los Angeles  (RVeR – LA)
August 18 – 21st, 2006, with Claude Anshin Thomas
Zen Center Los Angeles, 923 South Normandie Ave., Los Angeles
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REGISTRATON FORM
Dear Friends: The RVeR LA is limited to 30 vets, on a first come basis. We encourage you to register as soon as possible.  Registration forms may be emailed to: returningvetsretreat@yahoo.com (with online payment available through www.mehadifoundation.org.  Be sure to mark your payment “RVER – LA” in the “comments” section of the PayPal form provided from the “Donate” link at the website.)  Or you may mail your registration and payment to:

Veterans for Peace – L.A.
c/o Mehadi Foundation
516 North Griffith Park Drive
Burbank CA 91506

If you have any special medical or dietary needs, or any additional information you would like us to have before the retreat, please use the back of the this form, or email your remarks to: returningvetsretreat@yahoo.com. You will be asked to sign an insurance liability release form from Zen Center - LA upon arrival.  Food at the retreat will be hearty vegetarian.
For additional questions or information, contact 310-455-2688 or 310-703-3964.

*A limited number of beds are available for those with special needs.  We request all other retreat participants to bring sleeping bags and air mattress or pad, pillow, etc.
** Transportation will be provided from airport and train stations in LA area as needed.  Please let us know asap if you will need to be picked up or have other transportation needs.

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Name:(first)__________________________(last)_______________________            Sex: __M__F
Address:_________________________________________________________
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City:______________________________State:______Zip:________________
Telephone (home):_________________(work):_____________________(cell):______________________
Email:____________________________________________________________

Registration and Retreat Fee: $250.00     Note: The organizers of the RVeR LA are committed to ensuring that all who need and want to join us are able to do so, regardless of their financial situation.  Scholarships for registration fees as well as transportation are available. If financial concerns present a hardship for you, please contact Tonia at 310-703-3964.

Registration Fee:     $250.00
Additional Donation:_____ (will go to registration  and transportation scholarships)
Total: _______                       I would like to pay by:
Credit card – Visa ___ MasterCard ___ Amex ____    Expiration Date: (mm/yy) _______
Card Number: ________________________________________________________________
Name as it appears on card:_____________________________________________________
Billing Address (if different from above): ________________________________________
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Check or Money Order, make checks payable to:              Veterans for Peace – LA
c/o  Mehadi Foundation (please be sure to write  RVER-LA in the memo line of the check.) 
Mail payment with this Registration Form to:  Veterans for Peace – LA c/o Mehadi Foundation,
516 North Griffith Park Drive, Burbank CA 91506.      Email: returningvetsretreat@yahoo.com

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