by Nermien Riad | Oct 5, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, This “a picture is worth a 1,000 words” entry is one of my favorites because it shows how Serve to Learn gives volunteers opportunities to use their talents to play with, empower, and love the world’s greatest kids! Play an instrument?... 
by Nermien Riad | Sep 21, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, I have some exciting news! Applications for the Jan. 22 – Feb. 13, Serve to Learn trip are now available and are due by Nov. 15. For those of you who have never heard of Serve to Learn, here’s what it is in a nutshell: three weeks of service... 
by Nermien Riad | Sep 4, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, Pictures are only as powerful as the emotions they convey, and this picture, from the July Serve to Learn trip, is powerful because it conveys the most powerful emotion of all— love. Every year, youth from all over the world meet in Egypt to experience... 
by Nermien Riad | Aug 27, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, This summer I traveled around Egypt asking our kids “What would you like to be when you grow up?” “Doctor! Engineer! Pharmacist!” were their answers everywhere I went. Our kids are smart, and they work hard to do well at school —... 
by Nermien Riad | Aug 12, 2015 | "The Widow's Cause"
A giant drawing of St. George looms over visitors to Susan’s home, but she’s not waiting for heroes on horseback to save her family. She’s taking her fate into her own hands — she’s had to, since the artist, her husband, passed away two years...