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SWEATSHOP-FREE T-SHIRTS: Do you know a congregation, camp, youth group or Vacation Bible School that’s planning to print T-shirts?  Please share with them the good news of Sweat-Free Ts – shirts made by a cooperative, not a sweatshop – available from the PC(USA). HAITI DISASTER RELIEF:   Pray, send donations, prepare disaster kits, and volunteer.  Find out how to help with Haiti disaster relief efforts by clicking here. HEAVEN ON EARTH: AGRARIAN ROAD TRIP TO THE US SOCIAL FORUM: You’re invited to the Presbyterian Hunger Program’s Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum from June 13–26. Join this delegation of college students, farmers, musicians, bloggers and other adventurous souls. Starting in Louisville, Kentucky, we will make stops in six other states along the way to Detroit, Michigan to visit with congregations and community groups who are participating in the grassroots sustainable and just food revolution that is sprouting up everywhere.  For more information, see the website. INTERESTED IN ECOLOGICAL & ECONOMICAL JUSTICE ISSUES?  Stay up to date with the latest news from the PC(USA)'s Global Eco(n) Justice Newsletter. READ THE LATEST FROM THE PC(USA) WASHINGTON OFFICE:  Check out the Washington Office's most recent "Witness in Washington Weekly," to read the call for Presbyterians act on issues facing our nation.  2010 MISSION TRIP OPPORTUNITIES:   Find International Opportunities in Cameroon, the Dominican Republic, etc.; as well as National Opportunities, like a trip to Mississippi for post-Katrina rebuilding.    "FROM FRIENDS OF THE COUNCIL" NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES SHARES UPCOMING EVENTS: Find out more about Immigration & People of Faith Conferences, Health Care Reform call to action, Peacemaking Stories from Sudan, the Raleigh/Wake Partnership to end homelessness, and more news about bringing peace and justice to the nation and the world. Click here for the latest newsletter.   SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS ARE IN NEED:  Read these facts about school health programs in CMS from the Mecklenburg County Health Department.  The needs, indeed, are great.  What can you do?  Faith communities can assist and support CMS/public school nurses by providing much needed health supplies.  Read this school nurse partnership proposal.