Larchmont “Tent of Hope" Destined for DC & Then Chad

Larchmont Temple Children's Tent Raises Awareness for the People of Darfur

by Kim Becker

(October 22, 2008) Larchmont Temple’s youngest members are participating in the national Tents of Hope Project this fall, transforming a refugee tent into a work of art. The children recently decorated a stark, bare refugee tent with vivid colors and messages of hope to express their compassion and desire for peace in Darfur, Sudan, where a civil war has forced hundreds of thousands of people into refugee camps. Their tent, which can now be seen in the Larchmont Temple garden, will make the trek shortly to Washington, D.C. and then overseas to Chad by year’s end.

Matthew Gropper's art will be seen in DC & Chad.

Annabelle Sharenow paints at Larchmont Temple

On November 9, Larchmont residents will escort the children’s tent to the National Mall in Washington, where it will join hundreds of other decorated tents for a two-day exhibit to create awareness and support for the people of Darfur. Following its national display, the Larchmont tent will then be among those sent to an actual camp in Chad to be used by the refugees living there.

For more information about the Tents of Hope project, visit www.tentsofhope.org. To join the local group traveling to Washington, contact Stacey Creem at stacizon@aol.com.

Messages of peace and hope decorate the tent behind Olivia Sharenow.

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