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Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday is tomorrow and as I write this blog on "Thanksgiving-eve" I am thankful for all of you who have made the St....

The Size of a Mustard Seed

"Fundraising is a very concrete way to help the Kingdom of God come about. The Kingdom is where God provides for all that we need. Jesus...

Your donation makes life beautiful!

In Vermont at this time of year, the foliage is beautiful and although I have lived here all my life, I am stunned every fall by the...

False humility is false

True confessions: I like to be thanked for things I do, especially when I go out of my way. True confessions: It bugs me when people...

All's Fair in Charity

Making donor contacts is all about being in the right place at the right time. This summer I decided it was time to take the St. Nicholas...

Don't You Know this Woman? She was amazing!

"Miss Eliza Sessions who is teaching in Westminster at the Kurn Hattin Home...gave a short talk at the Sunday school session at the...

Grandparents

There is an idea in life that one day you will reach the age where your own children will grow up, your grandchildren will visit and then...

Dreaming of New Donors

Do you remember the Sears and Roebuck Christmas Catalog that used to come out before Christmas time? I know some of you do. Long before...

Teaching kids the facts of life

Teaching 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...

Summertime 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...

His 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...

The 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...

Eight ways your donation has an impact

Why should you donate money to Kurn Hattin Homes for Children? Let me give you eight good reasons! #1 Academic Excellence. Students are...

I 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...

We Won! We Won!

Knights of Columbus receiving 2018 Faith in Action Family Award for Kurn Hattin Homes for Children.

I Never Knew Where the Kids Came From

We have a very fancy title--New England Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. The key word in our mission, however, is "home." Since 1894, the...

The cards that melted my heart

Around Christmas I received some thank you notes from the boys and girls at Kurn Hattin thanking the St. Nicholas Project donors for the...

Young Catholic Philanthropists

Did you know that middle school students have some great ideas for fundraising for the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children? In December 2018,...

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