Carmel Children's Hope holds South Indian dinner, auction

JUNEAU - Carmel Children's Hope Inc. will hold a South Indian dinner and auction fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mountainview Senior Center. Tickets are $30, available at Hearthside Books or Curves For Women.

Carmel Children's Hope is a nonprofit organization established in December 2005 to help improve the lives of and provide opportunities for underprivileged children around the world. The 2006-'08 goal of this organization is to help children of incarcerated parents in India and Alaska.

In the last two years, Carmel Children's Hope was able to support the Catholic Community Services in Juneau (2006) and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Alaska's "Amachi Program" (2006 and '07). These programs provide assistance to the children of incarcerated parents in Southeast Alaska. Carmel Children's Hope also supports homes for children whose parents are in prison in Kerala, India.

For more information, contact Pona Samuel at 789-2393.