Dear Friends,
It has been a long time since we sent out an update, and its all my fault! It is not because GNIF has been sitting around doing nothing. Actually, we have been quite busy.
First of all we will give a little info on the Lastic Canyon project. Its time for all volunteers interested in working on that project to apply for the 2011 schedule. All 2010 volunteers that applied/contacted us will be given priority for the second and final trip for Lastic Canyon project. You can email us or call Roger at (209) 631-5205 or (209)965-4290. We are currently working on funding for both debt and future expenses to finish the water project at Lastic Canyon. A financial statement will follow soon, if you have any questions, please email us. Once again, we say thank you to all the people that have graciously donated to this project!
Over the winter, GNIF got involved in helping a Mexican orphanage. Its located about 1 hour from Yuma, Az, and about 30 minutes south of the border. The name of the orphanage is Agua De Vida Orphanage and their website is http://web.mac.com/ahouseofprayer if you want a little background on it. About 10 trips from the Yuma area were made this winter with various volunteers. We installed a water heater which was donated by an individual and we are currently working on a new septic system for them. The budget on this project is approximately $12,000.00 USD. We already have $3,000.00 donated toward this project from a Yuma resident that has been involved in the orphanage for quite some time. We are also thankful that the children's Sunday School donations from Bow Island(Alberta, Canada) are going towards this project.
During the past few months the structure of GNIF has been evolving. Part of that is twisting our name around to Good News Foundation International. The main reason for this is because it conflicts with too many other organizations(for example, on Google search), so this simplifies it. A board of five members has been elected from the surrounding congregations here and are as follows: Grant Schmidt - Director, Roger Jantz - Director, Reg Bronson - Treasurer, Jim Victor - Public Relations and Daniel Jantz - Secretary. We are still working on our website and are looking forward to getting that online as soon as possible. We have adopted the following as a Mission Statement . .
It has been a long time since we sent out an update, and its all my fault! It is not because GNIF has been sitting around doing nothing. Actually, we have been quite busy.
First of all we will give a little info on the Lastic Canyon project. Its time for all volunteers interested in working on that project to apply for the 2011 schedule. All 2010 volunteers that applied/contacted us will be given priority for the second and final trip for Lastic Canyon project. You can email us or call Roger at (209) 631-5205 or (209)965-4290. We are currently working on funding for both debt and future expenses to finish the water project at Lastic Canyon. A financial statement will follow soon, if you have any questions, please email us. Once again, we say thank you to all the people that have graciously donated to this project!
Over the winter, GNIF got involved in helping a Mexican orphanage. Its located about 1 hour from Yuma, Az, and about 30 minutes south of the border. The name of the orphanage is Agua De Vida Orphanage and their website is http://web.mac.com/
During the past few months the structure of GNIF has been evolving. Part of that is twisting our name around to Good News Foundation International. The main reason for this is because it conflicts with too many other organizations(for example, on Google search), so this simplifies it. A board of five members has been elected from the surrounding congregations here and are as follows: Grant Schmidt - Director, Roger Jantz - Director, Reg Bronson - Treasurer, Jim Victor - Public Relations and Daniel Jantz - Secretary. We are still working on our website and are looking forward to getting that online as soon as possible. We have adopted the following as a Mission Statement . .
Good News Foundation International, Inc. is a charitable organization formed -
- To alleviate the suffering of mankind through humanitarian projects with benevolence and sympathy extended universally and impartially.
- To accomplish this by using individual volunteers who have a definite role in our operation, sharing in God's work and experiencing the blessings of service.
- To always maintain the highest ethical standards and to make our financial affairs open to review.
- To use the funds received for the purpose they were given. When funding requirements are met for a specific project, it is Good News Foundation International's policy to apply the remaining funds to another project.
Some have been asking about what our future projects might be. We wanted to let you know that we are open to suggestions, so let us know what you're thinking......give us some ideas for future projects!
by Daniel Jantz, Ballico CA
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