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Other volunteers cut the actuaf donated tree, deliver it to the lot where it is further cut into fireplace sized sizes, and then
deliver it to the needy.
This n~. wholistic approach
focuses not only on the emergen- cy need, but goes furhter. The
WM sees this mutual participa- tion as the first step for the par- ticipants to begin to take the in- itiative to resolve their own pro- blems. In keeping with this, the WM has helped launch the New Land Jobs ministry which will help some of the needy take a fur- ther step of finding gainful
employment, a major movement toward self-sufficiency. In tribute to the needy who do work, the WM reports over 1400 hours logged in last winter by the participants. This is fine testimony to the cooperation the WM feels from those they work
band, Mary Strawder had to years YES students have been assistance was offered by Dis- husband had once taken care of.
INIA
VOL. LXVII NO.2
Members of the Wood Ministry celebrate lOth Anniversary.
tu ents from Virginia
Episcopal School, along with 38 other high schools participated brating its lOth anniversary. For Cinancial and administrative pioneer new things - things her in the 1985 Model Organization
standing of the determinants - the capabilities and constraints - that shape the foreign policy
of each country.
The YES students involved
are Will Girting, Senior Assis· tant; David Vyas, Owen Evans, Mark Puckett, Fourd Kemper, Chris Kelly, Douglas Grimm, Rapporteurs; Rick Gayle, Rob Stewart, Tim Harri ,
Secretaries; Jim Battle, Craig Wyatt, Jason Phillips. Richard Barne , Thoma McMt>t>kin,
Pett'r Cronin, Tom Berry, T.C. Palmer, Colby Howard, rlerk ;
By Chris Goodhart
The Wood Ministry is cele·
thereafter, a generous gift of full
volunteers have been par· ticipating in the program also.
The Wood Ministry was form- ed because it waa apparent that the needy had to have firewood.
Ten yean ago an elderly woman living on 7th Street in Lynch· burg'• mner dty wae cold and
area.
During the harsh winter of
She had a challenge and she meet it, showing others they can do more than they think.
lark d th about her
funds to do anything uation. A few peopiP
Simmon , OA, P\"retary G nt>ral, Joao
wer" mad awarP of thia need phase for the program. This
Clt•ment Bana,oar ,r fprnd to the Modf'l G n ral As.,t•mhl a~" an inv luabl purtun1ty fur thP studf'nl to IPurn and und r tand m r
ahnul nth r ultur 1n lh nlt'J"II"B, lh IT tr dill
I lUJd
and responded. ThPn an ldf'rly
woUid drink 1f. l'.v~n Mr. J nk1n1, th hr·ad ,,( th~< VJo, volunt ra, r ralla
r tennga h<11n f<1 d ltv r r,n
phasP mnvf'a thnsf' whn rPreive of handout to bf'ing mutual par
tiripant in hf'lp1ngrut th wood. H a p~>raon IS not physirally rapabl ofruttmgW(Jorl,thl'yl'an 11mplyeitbythPmotonudwoorl
phth·r and e~,ntml th1 hanrll1
whrrtr autr,matir·ally pht th1
w Wl>rk, tt. y mu I
("official" leader!, Mr. Jenkin, ThMp, Chri Goodhart, Allf'n
Sellar , and Pet!'r Hubby arp volunlP!'r nt th1• WM
Con ld1 r thP 1 ml'rgPnry n Prla that art bt1ng m t thrOIII(h Ihi rnin1 Iry a Wf'llll
man living on Wi
found rh1pping irP out of thie bathtub and melt1ng 1t t a th y
t n to b r
Ppfro
IXty
dfnr d rv
,, l Lat1n
Aml'riean foreign dt•bt will also
trict five of the christian church. This enabled the program to for- malizeandbegintoservemany
One of the things was to be split- ting and delivering wood with theWM.Atage55,Maryisanin-
1982-83, coupled with the dif- ficult economic situation, the WM erved 350 families, mak:ng
950 deliveries of wood. Last winter 241 families were served with 519 deliveries.
Last winter marked the be-
ginning of a significant new
"Working for myself helps me and helps the WM," she tells, "I really enjoy it. I really do like it
when others are working along· side me." The friendships Mary has developed among co-workers on the wood lot are important to
her.
This yPar Calhoun McMeekin
and Robert pholo~trapher.
flndfamllyt,rfn ntf [r,workth '"'IU r.,rl tun Jt.r I h 111 All w'"''j
wh••lf '"
1mply,th WMha prov ntuh
lq(lln• 11l1nn nl lllt