The problem:
U.S.-born children from the Stars and Stripes Dance Troupe are having trouble getting passports. Their parents put in the paperwork in January. The Washington passport office can be reached. The Washington branch sent an e-mail to the San Francisco branch but the San Francisco branch has not checked their e-mail as of this writing. An appointment cannot be made in San Francisco until April 30. The $2000, already fundraised-for, flight to Turkey leaves this Wednesday (April 18).
These children are scheduled to perform in the International Children’s Festival in Turkey later this week. Without the three kids (of the ten kid team) getting their passports, not only are the dances going to be significantly altered at the last minute, but it puts the team dangerously under the required roster size.
This is the first time that the U.S. has been represented in this Turkish festival.
Possible solutions:
- As my dad calls it, “become a pebble in their shoe” – mainly the congress people who have some connection to the U.S. government.
Jon Kyl
John McCain
Jeff Flake and the Representatives - Get the story out over the Internet. Maybe someone has a friend of a friend.
- Pray. God will do great things even if it isn’t in our timing.
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