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WNYC The Brian Lehrer Show Interview
- Mandela’s Nurturing & Hallie’s Love
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Go Animals!
— a special musical and literary event
Please join LOVE, HALLIE's friends and family at “GoAnimals!” – a special musical and literary event featuring songs, poems, and essays about animals by or inspired by Hallie Geier.

This summer, Hallie's beloved dog, Cherry Lulu, passed away. In honor of Cherry and of Hallie's lifelong commitment to, as she wrote at age 11, "work with the beautiful animals of the world," we'll gather for songs, readings, and to highlight and make contributions to organizations working on behalf of animals, including Animal Rescue of Queens - ARQ Animals, the Wild Bird Fund, Inc., and Woodstock Farm Sanctuary.

We also invite you to read one of Hallie's pieces at the event. If you'd like to do so, please send us a message and we'll arrange it..
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Welcome to the world, Hallie the Goat! We are so excited to meet you!
Woodstock Sanctuary Facebook Post
This afternoon, the wonderful Woodstock Farm Sanctuary announced the birth of twin goats, one of whom they've named after Hallie.

Hallie was passionate about animals, and took great pride in caring for the goats at her summer camp. We cannot think of a more poignant tribute to her memory.

"Welcome to the world, little Hallie and Raymond. Born yesterday on a freezing winter day, these goat twins are doing wonderfully. Their mother Tova was rescued from a backyard butcher in October and was pregnant when she came to us. We are so grateful that all three of them are warm, safe, and loved today.

Raymond (all white) is named after a much-loved regular volunteer who was out working on the farm yesterday and discovered that Tova was in labor. And little Hallie (brown ears) is named after a girl whose family founded the LOVE, HALLIE Foundation. Hallie was an animal lover, poet, and beautiful being-- we are so happy to be able to share her name with our tiny Hallie."

— Woodstock Farm Sanctuary
donate.woodstocksanctuary.org/tiniestherd

Together, They Sing
Scholastic Family Magazine
These South African orphans lost their orphanage in a fire, but they never lost their hope. "Agape" is the Greek word for unconditional love. But life for kids at the Agape Health Care Center in Durban, South Africa, is harsh. They live in a region called KwaZulu-Natali, known for having the world’s highest HIV infection rate. Many of these kids became orphans when they lost their parents to AIDS-related health problems.
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Pair of Sixth-Graders Do Their Part to Fight Malaria
The Grand Rapids Press

Two sixth-grade girls at Forest Hills Northern Trails School are on a mission. Their goal: Veto the 'Squito. Gretchen Mason and Tori Crawford, both 11, want to help children in Africa fight malaria and have been raising money to buy mosquito nets for the beds of African kids.
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WAY TO GO! Protecting Kids from Malaria
Newsday
By Mary Ellen Pereira
After reading an article about children living in Africa plagued by malaria, Ryan Chugh, a fifth-grader in Thomas Alletta's class at South Bay Elementary School in West Babylon, was inspired to action.
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ROWVA School Helps Fight the Bite
Fifth-graders donate to malaria prevention
The Register-Mail

These ROWVA fifth-grade students took action after reading a news article about malaria deaths in Africa. Donations collected by the class will be used to buy mosquito nets for African families.
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The Agape Choir and a Gift That Keeps Giving
National Public Radio
By Jocelyn Frank
The philanthropic wishes of a New York girl and the efforts of the Agape Choir—AIDS orphans from Durban, South Africa—have propelled a broad effort to enable children to raise money for other children.
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2005

South African Orphans Make Unlikely Journey to Brooklyn
The New York Times
May 7, 2005
By Anahad O'Connor
The six African orphans had traveled more than 8,000 miles to be there. Shortly after 7p.m., they graced the makeshift stage, looking out at the crowd in the backyard of a brownstone in affluent Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
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2004

Oprah Brings Special Gift from a Little Angel
The Mercury
December 15, 2004
By Nalisha Kalideen
Oprah Winfrey traveled with a treasured cargo of $398 from the United States to Benoni on the East Rand.
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Honoring Hallie's Spirit of Kindness Sunnyside Fest Includes All the Things 11-Year-Old Girl Liked: Volunteering, Painting, Music & Community
Newsday
September 19, 2004
By Daniel Hendrick
Hallie Geier may be gone, but the kindness, creativity, and community spirit she was best known for were alive and well during the first "Halliestock" in Sunnyside yesterday.
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An Angel Dies
New York Post
May 17, 2004
By Jason Carpenter
An 11-year-old girl tragically killed by a car while walking her dog in Queens over the weekend was a talented, budding actress who planned to join the city's AIDS walk yesterday to raise money for her favorite cause: helping disease-stricken kids.
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