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Weekly Reports

Shuswap, B.C. – August 4-10, 2024

This week we welcomed the Morden Sommerfeld Church group of 12 from Southern Manitoba in addition to 13 long-term volunteers.    At Rosie’s home, the kitchen cabinets were installed as well as lights and receptacles. The main panel was hooked up...

Shuswap, B.C. – July 28 – Aug 3, 2024

Last week’s “Athletes in Action” Soccer Camp at our host church was a great success. It was a quiet week at MDS camp with no weekly volunteers scheduled. We are back in business this week, with temperatures in the high 20s.    We welcomed 19...

Shuswap, B.C. – July 14-20, 2024

It was scorching hot this week in Shuswap. Smoke from nearby wildfires filled the air. We plan to shut down the project next week, to allow for the annual “Athlete’s in Action” Soccer Camp at our base camp.     We welcomed a large youth...

Shuswap, B.C. – July 7-13, 2024

Summer has arrived in the North Shuswap with temperatures reaching low 30s for the first time this year.   We had the pleasure of welcoming two youth groups this week. There were five volunteers from the Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, B.C...

Shuswap, B.C. – June 23-29, 2024

Fourteen volunteers worked on sites in the North Shuswap this week. The volunteers came from Winnipeg, Red Deer, Morden, Winkler, Meldrum Bay, Waldheim, Edmonton, Leamington, Chatham, Blind Bay and Port Moody. We were joined by seven community...

Shuswap, B.C – June 16-22, 2024

This week, 14 volunteers have been working at the sites in the North Shuswap. The volunteers came from Winnipeg, Red Deer, Winkler, Meldrum Bay, Waldheim, Blind Bay, Ladner, Delta, Stoney Plain, Calgary, Abbotsford and Port Moody. Additionally, we...

Shuswap, B.C. – June 9-15, 2024

Sixteen volunteers were working on sites in the North Shuswap this week. The volunteers came from Winnipeg, Red Deer, Morden, Winkler, Meldrum Bay, Waldheim, Cranbrook, Okotoks, Blind Bay and Port Moody. We were joined by five community volunteers on...

Shuswap, B.C. – June 2-8, 2024

Nineteen volunteers were working on sites in the North Shuswap this week. The volunteers came from Saskatoon, Warman, Cranbrook, Hanley, Winnipeg, Red Deer, Morden, Winkler, Meldrum Bay, Waldheim and Port Moody. We were joined by seven community...

Shuswap, B.C. – May 19-25, 2024

Twenty hardworking volunteers came to join us in the Shuswap this week. Five came from S.K. and were determined to finish framing a whole house. They had to do it a bit backwards, as the house they were hoping to frame didn’t have the basement...

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