Tom Hanks Day Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/tom-hanks-day/ Educating | Informing | Illuminating Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:47:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-Lifeline-Energy-Logo-512-px-32x32.png Tom Hanks Day Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/tom-hanks-day/ 32 32 The Esila initiative expands in Kenya https://www.lifelineenergy.org/the-esila-initiative-expands-in-kenya/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:36:45 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13579 Recognising the challenges imposed by COVID-19 lockdowns, we extended our support to young boys who had to leave school to attend to livestock.

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]]> Another successful Tom Hanks Day celebration in Chicago https://www.lifelineenergy.org/another-successful-tom-hanks-day-celebration-in-chicago/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:57:53 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13509 What is Tom Hanks Day? Read about Tom Hanks Day 2023, which was yet again a raging success with Tom’s hit 1988 movie, BIG, as the theme.

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]]> Tom Hanks Day 2021 Highlights https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-2021-highlights/ Thu, 13 May 2021 09:05:03 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13311 The 18th annual Tom Hanks Day might have been a virtual event, but it sure was fun!

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]]> Tom Hanks Day Eslia – For Girls Campaign https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-eslia-for-girls-campaign/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:19:40 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13255 Having daily access to school lessons can make the difference between a girl passing, failing or being kept back a grade. It’s the difference between a future with options and choices and a future with few.

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]]> Tom Hanks Day 2020 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-2020/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-2020/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2020 13:23:04 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=12498 The post Tom Hanks Day 2020 appeared first on Lifeline Energy.

]]> https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-2020/feed/ 1 Radio-lights Distributed to Cyclone Survivors https://www.lifelineenergy.org/radio-lights-distributed-to-cyclone-survivors/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:18:29 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=12153 The post Radio-lights Distributed to Cyclone Survivors appeared first on Lifeline Energy.

]]> Tom Hanks Day 2019 Sends Radios to Cyclone Survivors https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-2019-sends-radios-to-cyclone-survivors/ Mon, 13 May 2019 08:16:20 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=11618 It started on April Fool’s Day, 16 years ago, with a bunch of students watching Tom Hanks movies on a double decker couch in Kalamazoo. (I know right?!) They enjoyed the day so much, they did it every year after that

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]]> Why Tom Hanks Day Co-founder Continues His Support https://www.lifelineenergy.org/why-tom-hanks-day-co-founder-continues-his-supports/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:40:15 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=11060 I never imagined a point in my life where I would have the ability to travel across the globe and speak with organizations affecting people’s lives at such a profound level. Yet, that’s exactly where I found myself this past July...

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]]> Teachers Can Now Have a “Second Voice” https://www.lifelineenergy.org/help-for-teachers-in-overcrowded-classrooms/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 04:12:02 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=10364 It’s one thing to hear about classrooms with 200 students, but it’s another to visit one. While at Kakuma Refugee Camp we spent time in a Grade 3 classroom packed with 200 students. There wasn’t so much as a chair or brick for them to sit on. all of Kakuma’s 24 primary schools are overcrowded.

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]]> Tom Hanks Day 2018 Highlights https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-2018-highlights/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:43:15 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=8997 The 15th annual International Tom Hanks Day was celebrated on the 07 April by more than 500 revellers. Everything was what it promised to be: loads of fun and fellowship, clips from Tom's movies, Tom Hanks chants, a Tom Hanks shop, a costume contest, Tom Hanks memorabilia raffle, a band called what else, The Hanksters

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