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Update #8: Quick Update
With 34 hours to go, we now have 51 backers and the total pledged is up to $4170.00, Great giving!
Update #7: Cool, Crazy, Christmas Update
We have had 14 more donations today, bringing the official total up to $2920 at this point. I've been given two more verbal pledges which will bring the total up over $3000, so we've added another $1000 today, and that's awesome.
Update #6: DAY FOUR COUNTDOWN!!!
Wow! Day Four in the countdown to the end of the Craziest, Coolest, Christmas Project is winding down to its closing minutes, and we have a miracle in process! We had over twenty new donors to the project today, and the total gift contribution is now over $2000.00. Wow, Wow, Wow!!!
Of course, we still have a ways to go in our final three days, but with a full 24 hours of Day Three of the countdown in front of us, anything is possible! Please let your friends know about this crazy, cool, Christmas project, and if you just weren't able to get around to it today, please go for it tomorrow. We are about to enter Day Three of the countdown. A thousand "Thank yous," and a thousand salutes of honor to everyone who has given. I'll visit with you again at the end of the Day Three countdown.
Update #5: The Craziest, Coolest, Christmas Project ever!
This project is starting to take off. We've already added almost $500 more to the project today, and the day is still young. We have three more days after today to reach our goal. Keep letting your friends know about it. The way everybody is pitching in, getting to the goal will be possible! Thank you all!
Update #4: More progress!
We're thankful for every donation and every donor!
Update #3: We're making progress.
Thanks for your very nice contribution, Dale. We're moving toward our target. Let's keep moving!
Update #2: WOW!
Wow! What a great start today! Let's keep the momentum going! Thanks everyone!
Update #1: We're off and running!
We're off and running with the Skills Training Center project! Our first pledge has come in, and another one has been promised. More will be coming in as people learn about this wonderful project!
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on December 13, 2009.
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I grew up in Angola, Africa as the son of missionary parents. High school was in Ridgewood, NJ, and then college at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. After med school at Indiana University, I was in the US Public Health Service for two years and taught Public Health in Ethiopia for two years before entering family practice. Since retirement in 1996, I have made several Volunteer-in-Mission trips to Zimbabwe, most recently in July and August, 2009. Our team is building a Skills Training Center near Mutare in Eastern Zimbabwe. When it is completed, the center will offer classes in many practical skills that will be very useful as Zimbabwe recovers economically over the next few years. I'm committed to helping in Zimbabwe in whatever way I can, and I plan to teach there over the next few years. In spite of all the difficulties they have experienced over the past few years, people in Zimbabwe have hope again. They have wonderful potential!
