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Doug Brendel
May 17, 20241 min read
Cooking up an awesome future
Hello! Let me introduce you to Veronica. She’s 1 of 16 orphans we’re hoping to send off to college or trade school with a Life Starter...
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Doug Brendel
May 10, 20241 min read
So grateful
Good news! I’m grateful to report that 21 generous households have given a total of $6425.68 toward Life Starter Kits for orphans aging...
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Doug Brendel
May 3, 20241 min read
Hear that music? That's...
Music?... That's Pavel! There’s lots of music at Children’s Village in Kobryn, the orphanage that friends of New Thing have been helping...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 26, 20241 min read
Loving the wounded
Good morning! Meet Karina! She’s one of the Children’s Village orphans aging out of the Belarusian system when she graduates this spring....
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Doug Brendel
Apr 19, 20241 min read
If you need a neurosurgeon...
Hello! I thought you might like to meet another of the orphans who will graduate this spring, aging out of the Belarus orphanage system....
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Doug Brendel
Apr 12, 20241 min read
One new nurse?
Every year, at graduation time, friends of New Thing provide “Life Starter Kits” for orphans heading off to university. Why? Because, as...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 5, 20241 min read
When your home address is “nowhere”
Just 4 photos ... but they tell a big story. About love. About people like you. I think you’ll enjoy this shortest-ever photo report from...
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Doug Brendel
Mar 29, 20241 min read
That little girl of long ago...
Over the past 18 months, I've visited more than 80 Rotary Clubs all over New England, talking about New Thing and our support of the...
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Doug Brendel
Mar 15, 20241 min read
Look at us
It hardly seems possible, but it was 10 years ago... Kristina was in the town of Dzerzhinsk, Belarus, visiting the home of a beautiful...
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Doug Brendel
Mar 4, 20241 min read
See anything you like?
From Belarus... Here’s a photo report that I think will make you smile: Kids getting toys! (for starters) (I always suggest you widen...
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