Miss Washington, Devanni
Partridge, promotes LifeNets at
Seattle Rotary fundraiser on
April 17, 2010. It was a
fantastic evening that helped
raise more than $11,200 for
building the JohJan LifeNets
school in Migori, Kenya.
See story and photos of our
biggest fundraiser to date.
Update on the new LifeNets project: The JohJan
LifeNets
school in Migori, Kenya. Posted August 26, 2010
MORE
Recent
donations to the
LifeNets
Wheelchair Project
came from our
website and by calling hospitals
and physical therapy clinics in
the Indianapolis area.
UPDATES AND
MORE....
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Update on JohJan LifeNets Academy in Migori,
Kenya. Major LifeNets project.
Change for
Change jar to collect change for a LifeNets project, in this case
the Street Kids in Vinogradov, Ukraine. Would you like a laminated
poster to put into a jar. Write to us at
change@lifenets.org for
poster and instructions.
New LifeNets eNEWS
March
19 -- Ukraine president visits LifeNets project in Chernobyl
area, Assisting Parma victims in Philippines, a wonderful
wheelchair story and Boot Scoot fundraiser in Ft. Worth, TX
(posted March 19, 2010)
See all eNews
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The JohJan School project
in Migori, Kenya.
UPDATE
Delivery of first goats for LifeNets Orphan Care Centre in Balaka, Malawi. Shown are Dr. and Mrs. Sam Chilopora
and village officials.
See story and photos
3rd Annual Boot Scoot Barbecue Dinner
and Auction Benefiting the LifeNets Developing Nations
Scholarship Program -- March 6, 2010 at the Fort Worth
Stockyards.
MORE!! 2007
Boot Scoot 2009
Boot Scoot
Once again, a beautiful Charity Tea was
held in Piscataway, New Jersey on an ideally beautiful day June 28,
2009. The chief organizer was Dr. Barbara Walls who again put forth a
phenomenal effort to raise attention and money for disadvantaged
children in Balaka, Malawi where LifeNets operates the LifeNets
Orphan Care Centre.
LOTS MORE!
LifeNets repairs
wheelchair and provides mobility for woman whose chair was damaged by car.
She waited four years! Small job, bit impact.
Read story and see
photos.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Brother-sister Hunter (4) and Gloria (2) Williams of
the Puget Sound Chapter of LifeNets donate some of their lemonade stand money to help LifeNets Vinogradov, Ukraine Street
Children's Program. MORE
The story of the
LifeNets Izabal Project on the Atlantic side of Guatemala. Jon and
Barbara Brightman from Chicago helped many children with shoes, school
supplies and school fees.
LifeNets helps
large family with extreme makeover of their home. We thank donors,
participants who helped!
MORE.
Monday, May 25, 2009
LifeNets helps
large family with extreme makeover of their home. We thank donors,
participants who helped!
MORE
The April
2009 issue of Indianapolis
Monthly mentions The
LifeNets Wheelchair Project in
its cover article "How to Get
Rid of Stuff" It is mentioned
on page 63 in section on
Wheelchairs:
MORE
Soundpost band performed at
the Ft. Worth, TX Boot Scoot
Fundraiser on January 10th for
the LifeNets Developing Nations
Scholarship Fund was a great
success. More than 100 attended
and about $5000 was raised. This
will send three young adults to
college for one full year in
Malawi or Zambia.
See report and photos.
Thursday, January 22,
2009
Christina Davis is spending two
months in Malawi starting
January 15, 2009 and will be
living and working in Malawi as
part of the International
Development Internship Program
at Seattle University in
collaboration with LifeNets. Her
research agenda.
LifeNets sent Jennifer Myers this past summer to Malawi and
Zambia to teach a "Business 101" seminar and to assess many of our
livelihood development projects in those countries. She was a joy
and inspiration to our people in those countries.
Read her
report and see a LOT OF PICTURES!
Amanda Rupp of Youngstown, Ohio
helps coordinate calendar
fundraiser for LifeNets
Developing Nations Scholarship
Fund that will benefit student
in Ghana. The amount raised will
pay for nearly a year of
college.
MORE
Sunday,
December 7, 2008
Order
LifeLines newsletter
Newest newsletter and calendar mailed out December 4, 2008
Howdy! You're invited to join
us on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fort Worth
Stockyards for a silent auction, dinner, dancing and sweets benefiting
the LifeNets Developing Nations Scholarship Fund.MORE
(posted
December 7,
2008)
Real
Simple
is a
monthly
women's
interest
magazine
published
by Time
Inc.
features
articles
and
information
related
to
homekeeping,
childcare,
cooking
and
emotional
wellbeing.
Real
Simple
is
distinguished
by its
clean,
uncluttered
style of
layout
and
photos.
Real
Simple
made its
television
debut in
2006,
with a
half-hour
segment
airing
on the
Public
Broadcasting
Service
(PBS).
LifeNets Girls Scholarship
Program co-chairs
Rose McDowell & Judy Servidio report on their miracle trip
to Kenya! A
special thanks to those who contributed funds for the scholarship
program and for the women’s project.
READ INSPIRING REPORT!
Sunday, July
12, 2008
Summer 2008 LifeNets project in
Vinogradov Ukraine from June
16-27 to teach
children English and help with
summer camp. Volunteer Ken Zahora
from Lafayette, Indiana
with Diana and Vasyl.
Read his impressions and
thoughts and see his terrific
photos that tell a wonderful
story! This is the first of
several reports from our
volunteers that also included
Dan and Cindy Harper from
Cherbourg, France and Stefan
Saxin from Gothenburg, Sweden.
A wonderful LifeNets Ladies
Charity Tea on June 22, 2008. It was well-attended and
provided funding for almost an entire year for the LifeNets
Orphan Care Centre in Balaka, Malawi.
More story and photos.
LifeNets 2007 Annual Report including
Financial Summary was mailed to friends, donors and
volunteers on June 5, 2008. You can also see it online
at
www.lifenets.org/newsletter.
Earth Day program at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis
about LifeNets water wells in Malawi given by Cathy McClure
and Victor Kubik on Friday, April 25, 2008.
Ivan Sobolev
of Chernihev, Ukraine was paralyzed for life on July 17,
2001 at the age of 20.
Read
his inspiring account about how he has battled this
great disability. LifeNets has been helping him since
2002.
Rebecca
McClure of Indianapolis, Indiana on her 14th birthday
January 5th. She told everyone that she had everything
she needed and would like any gifts be a donation
towards a LifeNets water well in Africa. This
philanthropic spirit generated about $1000 in donations
towards our next well project! What a spirit!! Thanks
Rebecca!
MORE
Sunday,
February 3, 2008
Reminiscing, updating and closing words on our
Manhattan Project to help 911 Victims in New York
City in 2001.
Monday,
December 10, 2007
New LifeLines newsletter mailed December 1, 2007.
See it online.
Update on our Ole Kaine
(OK) "Be Sober" program in Estonia. Our visit to the
alcohol/drug-free NK Kohvik (Cafe) on October 5, 2007
Monday, October
22, 2007
LifeNets van for our Vinogradov Street Children
is delivered in September 2007 to its destination in
Ukraine. On the left is Vasyl Polichko along with some of
the children that he and his wife Irina (in the middle) care for.
Thank you all for helping us with the funding of this Mercedes van.MORE
PICTURES
This short video is still being played on Indianapolis PBS TV
station WFYI. It is from a Communities
Building Communities segment hosted by former Indiana
First Lady Judy O'Bannon (right). She speaks about LifeNets
and its work.
View the clip.....
Phil Myers who along with Aaron Blue and Jennifer Myers
participated in the LifeNets Malawi Medical Mission in
June/July 2007. He completes his wonderful
travel blog on October 11th. You may want to read his
last entries.
LifeNets benefit in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Join us for dinner, live music, a silent auction and bake sale in
Ft. Worth, Texas! To
register or donate an auction item, contact Kelli Hogg at
kellihogg@yahoo.com or Brenda Hogg
at
bdhogg@yahoo.com More
information!
LifeNets North Dakota Chapter builds float for
4th of July Parade promoting the 2007 Mandan Triathlon on August
26th. Read more about the
PARADE. Details about
this year's Triathlon
Want to participate? Register at
Active.com
Portland, Oregon volunteers are organizing
fundraiser to benefit LifeNets and Lions. See website
www.lunchspecialstoday.com
Karen Schuster did May 20, 2007 interview to promote Lunch Specials
Today on 1190 KEX radio in Portland.
Hear it!
(mp3).
Cherisse from Cape Town,
South Africa along with Bervin and Sylvester of Zambia are LifeNets
three latest Developing Nations Scholarship Program recipients.
Read April's
LifeNets S
Cherisse from Cape Town,
South Africa along with Bervin and Sylvester of Zambia are LifeNets
three latest Developing Nations Scholarship Program recipients.
Read April's
LifeNets Story of the Month
Mary Chisevente of rural Mapoko, Zambia receives
LifeNets wheelchair delivered by Kambani Banda in January
2007. She has been disabled since age 15, yet continues
to work in the fields and walks five miles to church services
each week on her crutches.
Please
read Kambani Banda's inspiring story about Mary.
LifeNets helps farm family in Zimbabwe
who live in extreme hardship with purchase of pickup truck for their
farm. Thanks to all who help LifeNets help people in ways like
this!
More.
Update on our Vinogradov Street Children's
Program. LifeNets volunteer Katherine Rowland on
mission to Vinogradov Ukraine to visit our street children
program. MORE
Tsunami update: We are happy to show you brief clip
(6 min. 21 sec) from documentary
produced by Masoud Farand an
Afghan/American filmmaker called Force of Nature about the aftermath of
the Tsunami tragedy in Sri Lanka.
Download
clip. Stream clip.
(Requires Realplayer). Also go to the
Tsunami blog
E-PRAIRIE.COM
technology newsletter from Chicago read by more than
250,000 mostly technology and investment executives
features LifeNets work in Chernobyl as its top story
this week.
DIRECT LINK to article
LifeNets maize mill in Blantyre, Malawi
is up
and running in March 2006. This livelihood development project is providing
a living for three United Church of God families.
More.
Indianapolis, Indiana Better Business
Bureaufeatures LifeNets on the front page of its quarterly online
newsletter sent to thousands in Central Indiana. See
front page and the
article
LifeNets work in the Chernobyl area is
featured in the April 2006 issue of the
Rotarian magazine that goes
monthly to 1.3 million Rotarians in 33,000 clubs in over 100
countries. Download one of the versions below
Albertson's, Osco,
Savon join LifeNets to help Christina Davis of Portland, Oregon
to provide 1000 mosquito nets for Malawi.
Read updated report about how you can painlessly help when
shopping at any of these fine drug stores!
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