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What Can You do for MEMO in 2013?

What Can You do for MEMO in 2013?

Greetings on the start of 2013! One of the things that makes MEMO so different to many overseas humanitarian organizations, is that there are so many opportunities for hands on contributions from dressing dolls to moving 1200 pound mammography machines. From washing last year’s menu off wheelchairs to re-programming the computer on a heart testing machine. From time to time somebody asks if there is something they can do hands on, even if they live away from Thunder Bay. Yes there are! How about selling this…

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Helping Adrian

Helping Adrian

Adrian Perez Glez was born August 29, 2000 to very poor Cuban parents. As a baby he failed to thrive and it was discovered he had only partially formed kidneys. Since that time he has been on renal dialysis 3 times a week and requires a special diet and medication. Meanwhile the children of St Mary’s Anglican church began collecting money to help needy Cuban children. As well a member of St Mary’s parish was teaching a group of young…

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MEMO Project: D.O.L.L.s – “Dolls Offering Lots of Love”

MEMO Project: D.O.L.L.s – “Dolls Offering Lots of Love”

Originally the idea was to give Cuban children in hospitals a nice doll (for most, the first doll they had ever had) and have a Canadian pray for the child prompted via a digital photo of the child. For the first few years we were unable to find a champion to organize the program here in Canada, and very few people volunteered to pray for the children. That has now changed with Charlotte Hutton taking on the task with a…

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