Salaam!

I love the IAAB blog because it gives you a more personal look into the workings of our organization.  Currently we are working hard on and getting excited about Camp Ayandeh, which is just 2 weeks away.

We are still actively encouraging students to enroll and have decided to extended enrollment for camp until Sunday, June 21. The extension was granted not because of a lack of applicants; in fact, IAAB has received a record 70 applications of camp. Rather, we firmly believe that each new camper enriches the experience exponentially and have worked hard to increase our camper capacity to 100.

Personally, I became involved with camp in its first year in 2006. It was the summer following my freshman year of college and I applied to be a counselor after meeting an IAAB staffer at a local Nowrooz performance. Being involved with the camp for four years, even on the staff side, has helped with my self confidence, given me valuable leadership skills, connected men meaningful ways to other Iranian-American youth, and taught me about the amazing diversity of our community. Our community needs Camp Ayandeh, the only program of its kind in the world.

Please help us provide this unique and life-changing opportunity to as many campers as possible.  We encourage you to contact Arash Majdi, Director of Camp Ayandeh, with any questions you may have by email at arash@iranianalliances.org or by phone at (404) 376-1619.

See you at camp! Make sure to check out the new campayandeh.org for interactive updates on camp!