Saturday March 1, 2008
Collection day for the Eva Ruf Resource Center.
Container to be shipped April 1, 2008 to Uganda.
I was overwhelmed with the response to this day.
Walking in to the gym of the First Luthern Church and seeing the boxes and boxes of books from School District 23, seeing the homemade quilts, baby blankets and clothes, seeing the table spilling over with computers, knowing that everyone was here to volunteer their time completely floored me. I was so proud of the efforts put in by all the different individuals. They will never get to see the faces or experience the pride of sharing these treasures with those in Africa but they do it anyway because they believe it matters.
The energy, the fun of being part of something bigger than my world here in Kelowna was so moving.
This just helped fuel the excitement of going to Africa in 2 weeks. Knowing that as we go and get things ready for the July delivery of this great container and the difference it is going to make there, just puts a big smile on my face. Angela Klassen
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