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Madeleine Richey

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Teens Join Together to Sponsor a Child

Posted by Madeleine Richey on Mar 17, 2015 6:47:00 AM

Meet Mari Sroda, the moderator of the CARITAS Club at Milton High School, just under an hour south of Madison, Wisconsin. Mari works as an at-risk learning support teacher, and runs a peer tutoring/mentoring program at Milton High School, as well as advising several student run clubs.

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Great Things Happen When You Sponsor a Child

Posted by Madeleine Richey on Mar 9, 2015 9:27:00 AM

Phiona Kateme is a student at Trinity College in Nabbingo, Uganda. She often goes by Phiona Blau, taking the last name of her sponsor family who have been supporting her for more than seven years. “My sponsors really show me love,” Phiona says.

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Tips for Writing to Your Sponsored Child

Posted by Madeleine Richey on Mar 3, 2015 6:36:00 AM

 

Suggested guidelines when writing a letter to your sponsored child:

  • Keep letters simple using uncomplicated sentence structure.
  • Print in clear, easy to read handwriting.
  • Your message doesn’t have to be long.
  • Even a short note shows that you care.
  • “A picture tells a thousand words.” 
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CARITAS For Children Featured Volunteer

Posted by Madeleine Richey on Feb 5, 2015 8:17:00 AM

CARITAS For Children has been blessed with many incredible volunteers, and we’d like to introduce one of them to you. The spotlight is on Vatsana, who helps out by volunteering her time in the CARITAS For Children Milwaukee office every week!

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Preparations!

Posted by Madeleine Richey on Aug 28, 2014 6:19:00 PM

I’ve wanted to go to Africa for a really long time. And I mean a really, really long time. So much so that when I was almost fifteen I started volunteering with CARITAS For Children. Mr. Christopher Hoar was the only person involved in charity work who decided to take a chance by letting me help out — everyone else told me to wait until I was eighteen, or even older.

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