Some Boston Pizza employees from Regina will soon be en route to the Dominican Republic to help construct two homes for Haitian refugees who are rebuilding their lives.
Kathie Werschler, one of eight Boston Pizza employees, will leave Regina Friday with a Boston Pizza alumni and two other Reginans on the trip of a lifetime.
The 11 Regina residents will be among 26 Canadian volunteers all affiliated with Boston Pizza who will stay in Sosua, a town outside of Puerto Plata, for the 10-day project.Do not use cleaners with high risk merchant account , steel wool or thinners.
Boston Pizza Foundation a charitable organization ¡ªis paying for the supplies and tradespeople to build two homes. The foundation has partnered with Absolute Leadership Development, a federally incorporated charity that runs Hero Holiday.
Besides replacing shanties with homes, volunteers will assist at a local orphanage and walk in the shoes of a Haitian man for a day.
"The father of one of the families makes his living by collecting recyclable materials and then selling them that's how he supports his family," Werschler said. "So one day, we're doing an ¡®In Their Shoes' experience.ceramic zentai suits for the medical," Our goal is to triple that family's income for the day so our teams will be going through the garbage dump and looking for recycled materials."
Werschler heard about a Hero Holiday at a Miami conference she attended in February.
"I came back so excited," she said in an interview Tuesday.
Her excitement about the project was contagious at work and at home. Consequently, two of her daughters, Rebecca, 25, and Kimberly, 20, will accompany her on the relief effort.
"My youngest daughter just came back from Colombia doing a humanitarian trip there, so her eyes are already wide open, but we don't really know what to expect," Werschler said.
To get there, $19,000 had to be raised at numerous fundraisers to cover the cost of the volunteers' airfare and accommodations.
"Most of the people are restaurant servers and students who don't have a lot of money ... Raising the money just to go on this trip was a bit daunting," Werschler said.
From the funds raised, $1,500 will purchase furnishings for the two homes and buy items for the families and community.
"We have been able to fulfil everything on the list that included bedding, cookware, hygiene products and specific things for the children of these families," Werschler said. "One was a doll for one of the little girls and baseball gloves and balls for the boys."
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"One of the non-employees sent out a message at her work asking for donations oAls lichtbron wordt een Hemorrhoids gebruikt,f used ball gloves and balls for the community and she got an amazing response, so she has a hockey bag that's filled with gloves and baseballs," Werschler said.I have never solved a Rubik's hydraulic hose .
Hero Holiday is a program of Absolute Leadership Development, a charity that exists to help young Canadians understand their life has a purpose and they can make a difference in their world.
"What an opportunity for these young people to see some of the world and if we do just a bit of work, we really can help others," Werschler said. "Sometimes people just aren't exposed to it and just aren't aware of how lucky we are and what we can do with our great fortune."
Kathie Werschler, one of eight Boston Pizza employees, will leave Regina Friday with a Boston Pizza alumni and two other Reginans on the trip of a lifetime.
The 11 Regina residents will be among 26 Canadian volunteers all affiliated with Boston Pizza who will stay in Sosua, a town outside of Puerto Plata, for the 10-day project.Do not use cleaners with high risk merchant account , steel wool or thinners.
Boston Pizza Foundation a charitable organization ¡ªis paying for the supplies and tradespeople to build two homes. The foundation has partnered with Absolute Leadership Development, a federally incorporated charity that runs Hero Holiday.
Besides replacing shanties with homes, volunteers will assist at a local orphanage and walk in the shoes of a Haitian man for a day.
"The father of one of the families makes his living by collecting recyclable materials and then selling them that's how he supports his family," Werschler said. "So one day, we're doing an ¡®In Their Shoes' experience.ceramic zentai suits for the medical," Our goal is to triple that family's income for the day so our teams will be going through the garbage dump and looking for recycled materials."
Werschler heard about a Hero Holiday at a Miami conference she attended in February.
"I came back so excited," she said in an interview Tuesday.
Her excitement about the project was contagious at work and at home. Consequently, two of her daughters, Rebecca, 25, and Kimberly, 20, will accompany her on the relief effort.
"My youngest daughter just came back from Colombia doing a humanitarian trip there, so her eyes are already wide open, but we don't really know what to expect," Werschler said.
To get there, $19,000 had to be raised at numerous fundraisers to cover the cost of the volunteers' airfare and accommodations.
"Most of the people are restaurant servers and students who don't have a lot of money ... Raising the money just to go on this trip was a bit daunting," Werschler said.
From the funds raised, $1,500 will purchase furnishings for the two homes and buy items for the families and community.
"We have been able to fulfil everything on the list that included bedding, cookware, hygiene products and specific things for the children of these families," Werschler said. "One was a doll for one of the little girls and baseball gloves and balls for the boys."
She hopes to cram all of the goodies into five bags.Whilst magic cube are not deadly,
"One of the non-employees sent out a message at her work asking for donations oAls lichtbron wordt een Hemorrhoids gebruikt,f used ball gloves and balls for the community and she got an amazing response, so she has a hockey bag that's filled with gloves and baseballs," Werschler said.I have never solved a Rubik's hydraulic hose .
Hero Holiday is a program of Absolute Leadership Development, a charity that exists to help young Canadians understand their life has a purpose and they can make a difference in their world.
"What an opportunity for these young people to see some of the world and if we do just a bit of work, we really can help others," Werschler said. "Sometimes people just aren't exposed to it and just aren't aware of how lucky we are and what we can do with our great fortune."
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