Elkhart Women’s Group Donates to Friendship Flights
A group of volunteer pilots who help others will get a lift from a $10,000 grant from 100 Women Who Care Elkhart County.
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Logansport Officials Say Immigration ‘Is Nothing New’ As Haitian Influx Goes National
Thousands of Haitian nationals with Temporary Protected Status have found a home in the Hoosier city of Logansport — drawing national political ire and motivating new federal legislation.
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‘Shop For A Cause’ Saturday, April 27, In Winona Lake
A local charity’s spring market is giving shoppers the chance to support medical missions in Africa and Haiti.
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Haiti And Democracy
America’s knee-jerk solution to political problems like in Haiti today has always been to hold democratic elections as soon as possible.
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Local Girls Raise Money For Haiti With Lemonade Stand
Last year around Christmas time, Warsaw residents Chad and Amber Harrison had a discussion with their children about living conditions in Haiti.
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North Webster COG Blesses Community With Be Rich Campaign
NORTH WEBSTER — They say a committed group of people each doing a little bit adds up to a lot. The good folks at North Webster Church of God proved that again this Christmas season. In the church’s second annual three-week Be Rich “generosity campaign,” congregation members dropped their … Read More
Edgecomb Family Launches Shoe Drive Fundraiser
NORTH MANCHESTER — The Edgecomb family is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser until Sept. 5, to raise funds for their adoption of up to three children from Haiti. The Edgecombs will earn funds based on the total weight of the pairs of gently worn, used and new shoes … Read More
FMSC Prepares 140,400 Meals Opening Night
WARSAW — With music blaring, 390 people helped pack bags for Feed My Starving Children’s opening night Wednesday, Oct. 5. Participants young and old gathered around set stations at Grace College’s Gordon Student Recreation Center to fill MannaPacks with vitamins, veggies, soy and rice for Warsaw’s third annual … Read More
Sacred Heart Church Visits Haiti
By BOB LIST Bob List Photography WARSAW — Sacred Heart Church of Warsaw sent 10 teens and adults to work on the St. John Paul II School in Kenscoff, Haiti. Their mission was to paint a couple of the classrooms at the school associated with their mission twin … Read More
Altrusans Assemble Kits For Mission Trip to Haiti
Members of Altrusa International of Warsaw assembled 150 clean hygiene kits for an upcoming Breath of Life Haiti mission trip to be led by founder Ashley Stills.
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Sacred Heart Church Welcomes Special Visitor From Haiti
Sacred Heart Church in Warsaw recently welcomed a very special visitor, Father Raynould, principal of John Paul II School also Sacred Heart’s Twinning Sister Parish St. Nicholas in Kenscoff, Haiti. Father Phil DeVolder pastor of Sacred Heart Church introduced Father Raynould at the beginning of each mass and … Read More
Both Hands Project Happening in Warsaw
For those unfamiliar with the Both Hands organization, it is a non-profit group that offers assistance to widows, orphans and adoptive families. Through community projects that help widows, the organization raises money to help facilitate adoptions. “The inspiration for Both Hands came as a result a friend of … Read More
Local Boy Helps Build Haiti House
A local child has a dream of building a house. Cohen Heady, a seven-year-old who will be starting second grade at Eisenhower Elementary School this year, has been working on a project for nearly a year to build a house for a family in Haiti. “My family has … Read More
Voss To Assist Haiti’s World Cup Dreams
WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s soccer coach Michael Voss will do his part to help the Haitian Women’s National Team qualify for the 2015 FIFA World Cup over the next week. Voss, an assistant coach for Haiti, will be on the sidelines for Haiti’s three World Cup qualifying … Read More
Sacred Heart Staff And Students Discuss Haiti
Students, staff and parishioners of Sacred Heart Church and School met to learn more about their sister parish in Kenscoff, Haiti. Mrs. Debbie Reith, Haiti chairperson for Sacred Heart, and Mrs. Cindy Hollowell, school liaison for Haiti, gave a wonderful presentation to all the students and staff about … Read More
Chess Tournament To Benefit Haiti’s Needy
They are calling it Checkmate Hunger and it’s the first of its kind for Warsaw Community Schools. The event, a fall chess tournament for both students and adults, is being held as a benefit to feed the needy in Haiti. Checkmate Hunger is being hosted at Madison Elementary School, … Read More