Global Aid Network
If you don't have clean drinking water, your life is over. Until you have a source of that life-sustaining fluid, nothing else matters. That's why Marvin Kehler and a scattered team of aid workers, geologists, machinists and business people, partnering with Campus Crusade for Christ and many churches, are working hard to come up with innovative...... >Read More
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Feeding the Hungry - One Soup Bowl at a Time
Looking for a meaningful volunteer opportunity that will allow you to make new friends while earning a great return on your time? Then check out the Fraser Valley Gleaners Society (FVG), an Abbotsford-based, non-profit organization dedicated to sharing God’s compassion for the poor by addressing their need for food.
The logic behind FVG
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Giving Something Back to Haiti
Haiti stole Roger Medley’s heart long before he ever visited the tiny Caribbean country.
It all started in 1995 when Roger and his wife Shawna adopted a little boy, Nathan, from Haiti. His brother-in-law also adopted two Haitian children. Four years later, Roger’s brother-in-law was leading a mission trip to Haiti, sponsored by Northview Community...... >Read More
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Comparing Notes: Canada vs. US
Because of AIDS and general social breakdown, the number of grandparents raising grandchildren increased in the United States between 1980 and 1990 by a phenomenal 44 per cent – and continues to rise. Currently, in the US, 1.5 million children are being raised by grandparents.
Fewer teen pregnancies, fewer young mothers incarcerated and fewer...... >Read More
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The Flip Side of Giving
There’s a saying of Jesus—reportedly more than two thousand years old—that goes like this: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” But in our time, many in our society seem to be ruled by a contradictory principle: “Receiving is all that matters.”
Other often-heard comments are:
"Get all you can out of life."
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A Mother's Day Gift That Will Last A Lifetime
Pier 1 teams up with UNICEF to help women around the world
(ARA) - In a time when current events have many people feeling helpless and uncertain, there are some positive ways they can connect with others and make a difference in the world.
On Mother's Day, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and Pier 1 Imports have created a program that will... >Read More
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Mom's Mercy
When Eleanor Workman arrived in Haiti almost 30 years ago, people laughed at her. She was 51 at the time and everyone said she was too old to make a difference. "They told me I'd come too late," she recalls.
But Eleanor persevered. Convinced that God was calling her to care for Haiti's orphans, the award-winning choir director and singer... >Read More
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Loving the Unloved in Vietnam
God help you if you’re a person with disabilities in Vietnam, never... >more
My Experience as a Food Bank Volunteer
Tiding people over in a time of need
After serving as receptionist at... >more
What Do You Fear?
