This past week our entire group was the beneficiary of a woman’s “two mites.” The work crew delivered a box of food to her when they went to work at her house. She immediately asked if she could give them something to eat. She had no food...
This week July 1-5, 2024, brought beautiful weather. Mostly sunny days and warmer than the last couple or weeks. We did get rain in the late afternoon, on Tuesday, but we were able to work every day. We worked on Jerry’s job, which started on...
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...
Two words describe the week. Community and diversity. Or are the words diversity and community? We had two groups of volunteers from the Lancaster, PA, area. One group consisted of five plain women, and the other group was made up of a church...
We had a wonderful week with 8 volunteers coming from Goshen/Elkhart, Indiana area and 13 from Greenwich/Shiloh, Ohio area. We had a total of 28, including long term volunteers, which kept our cooks busy. Our teams worked on two different...
First a few things about Barre-Montpelier VT. The area around Barre has and still does produce the most granite in the state thus Barre is known as the granite capital of Vermont. Maple syrup is another product of this area. Ice cream shops...
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...
The area of Vermont in which MDS is working is very beautiful and scenic. It is one of 4 states to ban billboards so as you travel the state there are no elevated signs blocking your view. Now to the week of June 10. We had another group of 14...