Father Lance W. HarlowJul 28, 20192 minDreaming of New DonorsDo you remember the Sears and Roebuck Christmas Catalog that used to come out before Christmas time? I know some of you do. Long before...
Father Lance W. HarlowJul 13, 20192 minTeaching kids the facts of lifeTeaching kids the "facts of life" can be fun. Everybody should know how to do it. I'm not talking about the "facts" of where babies come...
Father Lance W. HarlowJul 7, 20192 minSenior Citizens are God's gift to fundraising!Thank God for our senior citizens when it comes to fundraising for the St. Nicholas Project! Just this week, I was visiting two elderly...
Father Lance W. HarlowJun 25, 20192 minSummertime is here. Let's help kids!Have you ever heard somebody say "things slow down in the summer"? If you work in a parish, you'll know that that's not true! The work...
Father Lance W. HarlowJun 13, 20192 minHis smile was for you!At the 2019 graduation ceremony this year at Kurn Hattin, I was asked to help present a brand new trombone to one of the 8th grade...
Father Lance W. HarlowJun 10, 20192 minThe girl who made me cry.On June 8, 2019, twenty-one of your kids graduated from the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. I am calling them "your" kids. They were...
Father Lance W. HarlowMay 30, 20192 minEight ways your donation has an impactWhy should you donate money to Kurn Hattin Homes for Children? Let me give you eight good reasons! #1 Academic Excellence. Students are...
Father Lance W. HarlowMay 22, 20192 minI Have a Dream....too.I'm sure you are familiar with that very famous and inspirational phrase from Martin Luther King, Jr. But, I'm claiming it as my own for...
Father Lance W. HarlowMay 9, 20192 minGiving to charity can make you a saint!Catholic Fundraising is about enabling people to become saints through their donations to charity.
Father Lance W. HarlowMay 9, 20192 minWe Won! We Won!Knights of Columbus receiving 2018 Faith in Action Family Award for Kurn Hattin Homes for Children.
Father Lance W. HarlowApr 24, 20191 minI Never Knew Where the Kids Came FromWe have a very fancy title--New England Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. The key word in our mission, however, is "home." Since 1894, the...
Father Lance W. HarlowMar 7, 20192 minThe cards that melted my heartAround Christmas I received some thank you notes from the boys and girls at Kurn Hattin thanking the St. Nicholas Project donors for the...
Father Lance W. HarlowFeb 21, 20192 minYoung Catholic PhilanthropistsDid you know that middle school students have some great ideas for fundraising for the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children? In December 2018,...
Father Lance W. HarlowFeb 16, 20191 minThe hills are alive with the sound of....drums!Once word got out in the spring of 2018 that the St. Nicholas Project was going to host a tea party fundraiser to provide an opportunity...
Father Lance W. HarlowFeb 8, 20191 minSanta's rent-a-van?It all started with an idea in 2015. Let's clean out basements, garages and attics that have sports equipment, bikes, footballs,...
Father Lance W. HarlowJan 31, 20191 minDo you care about kids with no shoes?I do. That's why the St. Nicholas Project conducted a fall fundraiser to provide shoes for the boys and girls at Kurn Hattin Homes. I...
Father Lance W. HarlowJan 15, 20191 minYou better watch out!Christmas at the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children is thrilling. For most of us who are adults, it recalls the age of innocence when we...
Father Lance W. HarlowJan 8, 20191 minSt. Nicholas is not just for ChristmasGreat things take place in small towns! In 1894, in a small town in Southern Vermont, a Protestant minister by the name of Rev. Charles...
