ISOH

Dear ISOH Member,
The International Society and Olympic Historians [ISOH] starts an action among its members to collect money for replanting the premises of the International Olympic Academy (IOA) in Olympia.

During last week, when the news about the fires in Greece, and especially those around Olympia reached us, we made contact with Kostas Georgiadis, Honorary Dean of the IOA. We were successful; because Kostas Georgiadis had just arrived in the Academy that day, and he could tell us that more than fifty percent of the woods on the grounds of the Academy had been destroyed by the fires, but that the buildings of the IOA had been saved. (Some pictures are available here.)

Many of our members have been part of the Sessions there, and we all remember how beautiful the surroundings were before the catastrophe that happened a week ago.

Because the ISOH is only a very small organization in the Olympic Family, we decided to organize an action of our own to support the replanting of the woods on the premises of the Academy.

Anyone willing to support our initiative can pay his donation in the form of a check to our treasurer John Grasso.

The use of credit cards is also possible, but only for VISA and MASTERCARD. If you wish to make use of this method, please contact the ISOH Treasurer for more details.

All collected money will be placed into the ISOH account in the U.S.A. at Wilber National Bank, 18 South Broad Street, Norwich, NY 13815, U.S.A. and will then be send directly to the IOA.

According to information we received from a source abroad; the costs for replanting will amount to $10 for one tree; so if you wish to donate, please keep this in mind.

We do hope sincerely that you will all take up the challenge to support our initiative.

Karl Lennartz - President
David Wallechinsky - Vice-President
Tony Bijkerk - Secretary-General
John Grasso - Treasurer