http://photos.patriciabrennanphotography.com/FullScreenSlideShow.aspx?gallery=782515&mt=Photo
Go to Patricia's slide show of the Walk4Water. Can you spot yourself???
We're making dresses for girls in India, Haiti, Kenya, Ecuador, Peru and El Salvador. Check out DressAGirlAroundtheWorld.com to learn how you can be part of our worldwide love revolution.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Walk4Water Raises $16,000
Last Saturday's Loveland Walk4Water brought together 165 walkers, their children and dogs to walk the 6K path along the Big Thompson river raising more than $16,000 to drill a water well in Kajarau, Uganda. The well will serve more than 4,000 people and will be engineered over the next several months and dedicated in Nov. by Loveland resident and Walk4Water chair Carolyn Griebe. Currently their water source is pools of rain water where animals also drink and mosquitoes breed.
"Thanks to the success of the Walk, Water4Kids International will be able to drill a well in Kajaurau, one of the villages I visited last summer," said Griebe. " But because of the overflow of support, we will combine with other Water4Kids donors to drill a second well in Uganda."
Sponsors of the Walk included LifeSpring Covenant Church, Ann Baron and Hach Co. Teams from LifeSpring and Summitview churches in Loveland, Team Sherri led by Chilson fitness guru Sherri Goering and the Loveland Lightfoots, a team of Loveland residents led by Joan Eggum Skogen, Loveland resident and sister of Tom Eggum, founder of Hope4Kids International, the parent organization of Water4Kids.
For more information about Water4Kids International, visit H4KI.org.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Successful Sewing Party at LifeSpring
More than 40 women, girls and a few boys came and helped make dozens of dresses, shorts, dolls and yarn snakes.
The dresses etc. are on their way to El Salvador, India, Kenya or Haiti.
Friday, February 18, 2011
One of our Dress A Girl Partners- Group Publishing and news about their upcoming Peru Mission Trip
Written by one of the LifeTree staff:
Today I'm dreaming of escaping to Peru. Peru is filled with amazing natural beauty and acres and acres of the most beautiful rainforests in the world. A dream land filled with pink river dolphins, monkeys, iridescent butterflies, turquoise ocean waters and colorful flowers, Peru seems close to heaven. But the deeper you look at this beautiful land, the more need you'll see. We travel regularly on short term mission trips to Peru to help the local Shipibo people. They are a kind and peaceful tribe of Amazon Indians who have inhabited the banks of the Ucayali River for as long as anybody can remember.
My mind wanders to the people themselves. What are they thinking today? What do they know about what's happening in the world around them? What personal issues are they struggling with today? Like us, they face joys and pains. Losses of babies. Births of new babies. Losses of a precious relative. Challenges with interpersonal relationships. But they face something most of us don't. Because of a mere lack of education, they face simple things that can kill them or their children in a heartbeat. Too many just don't know about easy steps to water purification and their babies die. Too many aren't familiar with basic nutrition to prevent disease in their toddlers and elderly. Too many aren't aware of standard health and hygiene practices that can prevent infection and the spread of disease.
You might be wondering if I still want to escape to Peru? Yes I do. I know that Lifetree mission trips to Peru provide the fragile link that they have to life-saving information. I know that Lifetree mission trips to Peru get things done when it comes to repairing flooded housing there. I know that Lifetree mission trips to Peru help to provide them with clean safe drinking water. So yes, I still dream of escaping to Peru. And I'm hoping you do too.
Dress A Girl will be providing dresses for them again!
My mind wanders to the people themselves. What are they thinking today? What do they know about what's happening in the world around them? What personal issues are they struggling with today? Like us, they face joys and pains. Losses of babies. Births of new babies. Losses of a precious relative. Challenges with interpersonal relationships. But they face something most of us don't. Because of a mere lack of education, they face simple things that can kill them or their children in a heartbeat. Too many just don't know about easy steps to water purification and their babies die. Too many aren't familiar with basic nutrition to prevent disease in their toddlers and elderly. Too many aren't aware of standard health and hygiene practices that can prevent infection and the spread of disease.
You might be wondering if I still want to escape to Peru? Yes I do. I know that Lifetree mission trips to Peru provide the fragile link that they have to life-saving information. I know that Lifetree mission trips to Peru get things done when it comes to repairing flooded housing there. I know that Lifetree mission trips to Peru help to provide them with clean safe drinking water. So yes, I still dream of escaping to Peru. And I'm hoping you do too.
Dress A Girl will be providing dresses for them again!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Sewfest for 800 in Phoenix
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| My friends Jill and JoAnne lent a hand getting supplies ready and helping make dresses. |
What an amazing day!
800 employees of Hospira brought pillowcases and spent half a day joining Dress A Girl Around the World for the largest Sewfest to date.
Everyone had fun- guys included!
They made dresses at home and brought them and helped make
more at the Sewfest
More than 900 dresses will bless girls thanks to Hospira. Way to go!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Latest Dresses on their way
Sandi, from Lifespring Covenant Church, taking 100 dresses and 100 pair of shorts to India in Feb. They will be reaching children picking rags in the dump. Thanks Sandi for being the hands and feet of Jesus!!
Patti, from St. Johns Catholic Church in Loveland brought over 40 dresses for my Pastor Jeff to take to Haiti. He leaves Feb. 6. 125 dresses, dolls and undies in 2 space bags. 
Troop 800 made 50 of the dresses, Sally made 4, Pam and Pepper each made 1 and Lucille made 29. They also made humanitarian dolls from the Dress A Girl website.
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