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Visit the former USSR without ever leaving home?
News for Release January 6, 2022 Gloucester, MA Here’s your chance to visit the former USSR without ever leaving home! With the former...
Doug Brendel
Jan 6, 20221 min read


What to do about a bad risk
“Bad risk.” That’s what we call someone who needs a loan but probably can’t pay it back. Avoid bad risks ... That’s a sensible rule of...
Doug Brendel
Jan 4, 20222 min read


Christmas in a minute
Merry Christmas week! You may not understand a word, but take 51 seconds to enjoy excerpts from a Belarusian children’s Christmas...
Doug Brendel
Dec 28, 20211 min read


Do you hear what I hear?
Christmas is the audio holiday. Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy: “Do you hear what I hear?” “Hark! The herald angels sing....”...
Doug Brendel
Dec 21, 20211 min read


30 years in 17 seconds
Daddy died. Mommy couldn’t cope. Or Daddy never showed. Mommy went to jail. Or someone got sick. Or in a moment of despair, simply...
Doug Brendel
Dec 14, 20211 min read


Tons of jam?
So somebody gives you 47,000 lbs. of jam — in 4 flavors! What next? Where ya gonna put it? Who ya gonna give it to? Click here for a...
Doug Brendel
Dec 7, 20211 min read


You never...
If you’re in a shelter for abused and abandoned children, in Belarus... You never want to see a child a 2nd time. We found this little...
Doug Brendel
Nov 30, 20211 min read


Good news, and more good news!
A lovely way to usher in Thanksgiving week.... 1) I'm delighted to report that 23 generous friends gave toward our Matching Challenge...
Doug Brendel
Nov 23, 20211 min read


Short of meds
It’s not just for the children with disabilities, in the boarding school at Osipovichi, Belarus, that I’m asking for your help this...
Doug Brendel
Nov 16, 20211 min read


A Tylenol for Turkey Day?
Headache? Aspirin. Scrape? Band-Aid. Easy. But at the boarding school for children with mental and physical disabilities in Osipovichi,...
Doug Brendel
Nov 9, 20211 min read
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