Save Displaced Serbs

Dear Brother/Sister,

It is with sadness that we notify you that our brother
+DANIEL S. CHRISTY has passed away.

Funeral Service

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Saint Steven’s Serbian Orthodox Church
1621 W. Garvey Ave. Alhambra, CA 91803
at 10:30 a.m.

May his memory be eternal!

VJECNAJA PAMJAT!

Neka mu Gospod podari Rajsko Naselje!

DEAR DONATORS - DEAR FRIENDS

We are a non-profit organization and we do exactly as it says in our heading – we help children and Serbian people. We started in 1990, and up to now we collected and gave away $2,951.586.27. We shall enumerate what we did in the last six months.

- We bought 3 instruments for early heart failure detection for small children, valued at $20,000.00 and gifted it to the Loznica General Hospital, department of cardiology lead by Dr. Mirko Mrdjen.

- We bought a used tractor to a diligent and smart young man at the outskirts of Krusevac, the man lost both his parents and lives on the parent’s (grandparent’s) farm that he would like to keep in good order. The tractor was paid $2,900.00.

- We bought an $800 laptop and gave $1,000.00 for pension fund to a young man who lost both his hands, from Banja Vrujca.

Now we intend to collect $10,000.00 to gift to the Serbian families living in Kosovo and Metohija, in the conditions worse than a labor camp.

With your help – we will be able to attain that goal as well.

We pride ourselves with (and wish you to know it too):

1. All donations are given directly to the intended recipient.
2. The recipient signs a receipt and a thank-you note indicating amount received.
3. Same receipt bears the name of a man from this organization, who delivered the funds.

We do all this and are pleased to inform you, since we know how generously you gave, especially to some self- styled “do-gooders”, from politicians to artists, regretfully even the clergy – and no money was ever accounted for. Such unsound practice is what we avoid at a rate of 100%, and remain proud that we were on the same path for years – while retaining the same principles for the future.

We know the daily hardships of life here, and everywhere else, and we are aware that it’s hard to make the ends meet, but any degree of help is meaningful to some of our kinfolk. It seems that nobody, but us, can help some of these persons and this is the only way for them to continue to survive.

If you have the desire and means to help, kindly send it to: SDS, 72 Saddlebow Road, Bell Canyon, CA 91307.

We shall remain thankful, and the families helped will be much happier.

SAVE DISPLACED SERBS

Mile Nikolic President

Dear Donors;

Miodrag Nikolic, SDS President will be traveling to Serbia this coming February to March. He would also like to travel to Kosovo-Metohija in order to distribute $10,000 in donations to the needy. Please help make this happen!

Please send your donations prior to 12 February 2012 so that we can collect as much as possible. Your donations are vital at this crucial time for these people in need.

Sincerely,

SDS

Srbi iz Amerike kupili Peri traktor
Posle pisanja „Novosti“, Srbi iz Amerike mladom Peri Milosavljeviću ispunili veliku želju. Novac kojim je ovom odvažnom dečaku ispunjena želja skupio Dule Obradović

Mlađani Pera Milosavljević (17), nasmejan kao najlepši dan, seda za volan traktora i okreće ključ. Mašina iako mnogo starija od njega, odgovara ravnomernim, dobroćudnim brundanjem, kao da su godinama prevrtali zemlju na obroncima šumovitog Jastrepca.

Pre tri-četiri dana doputovala je iz župskog sela Rataje u selo Velika Lomnica, kao dar Srba iz Los Anđelesa iz organizacije „Spasimo decu Srbije“. Miodrag - Mile Nikolić, poreklom Šapčanin, 10. septembra došao je u Veliku Lomnicu i preneo pozdrave svoga prijatelja Duleta Obradovića, koji je u dalekom svetu sakupio dolare baš za Peru i kupovinu preko potrebne mehanizacije.

- Osetio sam ogromnu veru u ljude, neku novu snagu, želju da opstanem i uspem na pradedovskom ognjištu - govori ushićeno Pera. - Sad sam na konju - kaže i penje se na traktor. Mašina poslušno pod njegovim komandama, ulazi u garažu.

U KOLU DOBROTE MOTORISTI iz Novog Sada doneli su Peri 200 evra da opravi krov na kući. Zahvalan je kaže i gospođi Drenki iz Beogada koja ga je takođe obradovala novčanom pošiljkom. Njegov staratelj Bojan ovih dana traga za dobrim ljudima, koji bi po povratku praznim vozilom, dovezli iz Lapova metalna vrata za Perinu kuću koja mu je obezbedio Miodrag Mile Nikolić. Menadžer hotela „Rubin“ iz Kruševca Aleksandar Baraga, pokloniće nameštaj tako da mu kuća više neće biti prazna.

Dečak po godinama, a odrastao čovek po hrabrosti i upornosti, odlučio je da se ne preda, već da pokaže kako život, uz podršku iskrenih i dobrih ljudi, može uistinu da bude - čudo. Oko njega su se okupili rođaci Milosavljevići, stric Dragan, njegov stariji sin (Perin staratelj) Bojan, mlađi Boban, drugari Igor Mitić, Zoran Stevančević. Svi čestitaju mladom zemljaku i hvale humano poslanje „Novosti“. Dele sa Perom njegovu neskrivenu sreću.

- Kada mi je Bojan predložio da moju životnu priču objavi vaš list, nisam bio načisto da li za moje nevolje treba svako da zna. Smatrao sam da treba da ćutim, trpim i nadničim, dok ne završim školu, pa tek kada se zaposlim da na kredit kupim jedno makar polovno traktorče. Ubedio me je čika Dragan, Bojanov otac, a brat od strica moga pokojnog oca. On je verni čitalac „Novosti“. Nabrojao mi mnoge ljude u nevolji kojima je uz pomoć vašeg lista promenjen život iz korena.

Svi su se uključili u potragu da nađu traktor za prodaju. Uslovi su bili da bude ispravan i da cena bude ravna darovanim dolarima. Uz malo pogađanja uspeli su da sakupe još 30 evra i pogode se sa prodavcem. Pera Priča da mu je ovo bio najveći praznik u životu. U trećoj godini umro mu je otac. Njegova majka je kao težak bolesnik smeštena je u Gerontološki centar. Pera je učenik trećeg razreda Srednje građevinske škole u Kruševcu. Školuje se za montažera i veruje da će u ovom poslu biti uspešan. Traktorom će da obrađuje svoje malo imanje i zaradi pokoju paru.

	SAVE DISPLACED SERBS
	Helping Serbian Children Since 1993