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Raising Awareness at Monarch PCS |
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Friday, 26 August 2011 00:03 |
Volunteer Profile: Adriana GreidanusBy Hanna Luong
Providence Christian School in Monarch, Alberta is a long-time supporter of Word & Deed. In 2001 they committed to supporting their first sponsor child, and since then they’ve taken on the support of three more children. When that disastrous earthquake shook Haiti in early 2010, their students responded by holding a Penny War to raise money for the relief effort.Adriana Greidanus, current... |
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Family Fun and.…Fishing? |
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Thursday, 25 August 2011 11:48 |
 Volunteer Profile: Richard Brouwer
By Tanya Byl
Richard Brouwer is one of the organizers of the Lake-to-Lake Bike-a-thon, from Fort Erie to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the first Saturday of June for the last four years. So far the Bike-a-thon has raised $183,000 for the Nakekela Clinic in South Africa. Look for updates about the current Bike-a-thon in a future issue of Word & Deed magazine. We caught up with Richard via email.
W&D: Rich, tell me a bit about yourself for our readers –... |
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Immeasurably Enriched |
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Thursday, 25 August 2011 11:28 |
 Volunteer Profile:Pete VanKempen referenced in summer 2011
by Martha Markwat
One Sunday in 1989, Pete VanKempen and his wife Minnie heard that some fellow church members were going on a work trip to Guatemala. When Pete expressed interest, they invited him along. “On the way home from church Pete told me that's what he wanted to do when he retired,” says Minnie. “So we said, if it was possible to get a ticket in time for him to leave with the others that Thursday, then it was God's... |
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Volunteer Profile: Dick Naves |
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Saturday, 12 June 2010 08:32 |
A Pleasure by Tanya Byl
It all started with a sponsor child. Now Dick Naves has been on Word & Deed’s Board since 2000, with his entry into that position initiated by a field trip to Haiti with Bernie Pennings. Since the beginning, “it has been a pleasure to watch God work and use Word & Deed in so many ways.”Volunteering for Word & Deed is just one more commitment for an already busy husband, father and teacher. Dick and his wife Carolyn are raising their four children in Ancaster... |
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Saluting Volunteers |
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Saturday, 13 June 2009 15:19 |
 (Left to Right) Corrie VanVurren, Anne Koerssen and Maria Wieringa are three of many faithful volunteers north of Toronto, who spend a lot of time knitting, crocheting, and collecting blankets, sweaters, baby booties and much more for th needy overseas. |
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