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Workdays at Esto House: We worked together *For a Beautiful Christmas*


As President Ilves has inspired with his call to participate in workdays, on two consecutive Saturday mornings, we got together and accomplished a lot. On November 22 and 29, representatives from Estonian organisations contributed their time and effort to get a lot of good things done.

Gaidipere juhtidega Kristina Kald ja Talvi Parming, kes esindab ka Estonia koori. Eesti Koolist on kohal Eda Oja ja Linda Soolepp. Erika Jõgi on üks talgute korraldajatest. Tagaplaanil töö juba käib.

The coatroom got cleared out, the kitchen was cleaned, the candleholder collection was cleaned and put right out on tables for the mens' choir Christmas Celebration. The Estonian School sorted their storage spaces and the scouts helped to carry boxes for them. The Kindergarten and Ethnographic Society also sorted out their storage spaces. We sorted chairs for cleaning, cleaned the lamps in the Grand hall, and the side entrance stair handrails got polished. The accessible washroom on the basement level was repaired and painted. We decorated inside and out: the girl guides helped to put lights out in front of the house, and the brownies and cubs decorated the youth room. The extra books outside the archive were put on shelves in classroom #9; these are free for the taking! Please help yourselves! With this comes a special request from the archive: if you wish to give them materials, please contact them first and leave your contact info on the boxes.

Refreshments were provided by Erika Jõgi and Aime Nurmse. The table was beautifully set! Thank you!
Thank you to our donors who have contributed to the Estonian House Improvement Fund (EHIF), which helped to fund this work. Donors have been Astra Hiis, Anita Saar, Aime Nurmse, Erika Jõgi and Kristiina McConville, and two anonymous donors from the LaLaLa Choir Workshop in January. If you would like to support our ongoing work, then please direct your donations to the Estonian Toronto Credit Union account number 134210 (EMKF/EHIF), or put your donation in the box in the Estore. In either case, please include your name so that we can thank you by name. If you have questions, please contact 416-419-9507, or write to kristiina@rogers.com

We had fun working together, and the participants requested to do this again! So please watch for our spring workdays *to bring in the flowers!*. If you would like to help then, or in the meantime, please contact: kristiina@rogers.com
Thank you to all participants!

Kristiina M.

 

Hellakeste ja hundude pered noorteruumi kaunistusehoos.

 

Skaudid kastide tassimisel.

 

Arhiivi raamatud riiulitele: vasakult Aino Lokk, Talvi Parming, Liis Truuvert ja skaudijuht Arnold Tralla.

 

Arhiivi raamatuid korrastamas: Elle Rosenberg ja Nelli Hubel.

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