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20,000 Dollars for Inner City Ministry, Brought to You by Blogging… Sort Of.

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

My good friend Todd Bender just told me how much he’s loving the Wordpress blog/site I set up for him a few months ago. He told me how that ever since City Kidz switched from the old Flash version they had, that he’s constantly impressed with how easy Wordpress is to use. And not only [...]

TN 2005 Recap

Monday, August 1st, 2005

So, this years True North overnight Camp was a great success. The kids had fun (they were also crazy) and things were better prepared, and it was less hectic. Mind you, there’s A LOT to be improved on for next year, but this year is definitely a big step up from last time around. I’m [...]

Back from TN 2005

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

Got back from True North earlier this evening. It was a good weekend all in all. We left Wednesday, a few of us, and had a fun time lighting a fire with wet wood, and no kindling. It took a while, but if you burn through enough newspaper, it gets the wood hot enough to [...]

True North Camp 2005

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Wow. Its just come so suddenly, tommorrow I go up to Ryerson Camp for True North Camp, which is run by Mission Services. On Thursday about 60 Hamilton inner city kids will arrive, and then we will run camp until Sunday June 30th. This year I’m not the program director, not even on the program [...]

Make Poverty History

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

A prisoner of war that is given a dark cell, with a crack of light that shines through, has a better chance of surviving, than if left in complete darkness.
Poverty is rampant through out civilation, in the third world, and in our own backyard. If everyone gave up a little comfort, and put a little [...]

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