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DESCRIPTION:By Jessica Bernstein-Wax\nPosted: 06/21/2010 05:33:38 PM PDT IJ 
 \n\nKatherine Theus hugs Kevin, 5, an orphan at the Christian Refuge 
 Orphanage Center in Bawjiase, Ghana.\nA 23-year-old San Rafael woman is 
 hoping to raise $20,000 by the end of September for a soon-to-be displaced 
 Ghana orphanage.\n\nKatherine Theus, a 2004 Terra Linda High School 
 graduate, spent the first three months of the year volunteering at the 
 Christian Refuge Orphanage Center in Awutu Bawjiase, Ghana. On learning 
 that the 30 children and six staffers she had gotten to know during her 
 trip would have to vacate the orphanage, Theus said she decided to try to 
 raise money for a new building.\n\nThe orphanage, which often struggles to 
 meet payroll and feed the children, owns a piece of land but has no money 
 to construct a substitute residence, Theus said.\n\n"The $20,000 is enough 
 to build the first floor with six rooms and get electricity in," Theus 
 said. She noted that all 30 children live in just two rooms at the existing 
 orphanage.\n\nAfter returning from Africa, Theus ran into her middle school 
 physical education teacher at Scotty's Market off Manuel T. Freitas Parkway 
 in Terra Linda. Theus said another shopper overheard her describing the 
 orphanage's problems and suggested she contact San Francisco nonprofit Mama 
 Hope.\n\nThe nonprofit agreed to help organize a series of fundraisers, the 
 first of which will be a 6 p.m. Saturday at the Pint Size Lounge, 1615 
 Fourth St. in San Rafael. Advance tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at 
 http://orphanagefundraiser.eventbrite.com. Attendees can also buy tickets 
 at the door for 
 $13.\n\nhttp://www.facebook.com/david.quinley#!/david.quinley\n 
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 long \n\nThe nonprofit agreed to help organize a series of fundraisers, the 
 first of which will be a 6 p.m. Saturday at the Pint Size Lounge, 1615 
 Fourth St. in San Rafael. 
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