Mission Zimbabwe Fundraising Event (Photo provided by Barry Mutrie)
Hope Community Church has raised over $4,000 in support of their Mission Zimbabwe project.
Team Leader of the project Barry Mutrie says on March 5, they held their second annual “Beat the Winter Blahs” drive-thru, take-out supper, where over 250 meals were served.
The funds raised will go to support the children at the Village of Hope and Vimbainesu Children’s Home in Zimbabwe.
In a recent report from the Vimbainesu Children’s Home, it was described how the children were suffering from a lack of clean water and were getting wet during their rainy season as the thatched roofs of their homes had several holes. These combined situations resulted in serious health concerns for close to 50 children who live in Vimbainesu.
Mutrie says with an overall goal of $7,500 for the project, they are now reaching out to the community in an attempt to raise the needed funds.
“We are asking for donations, we are using the fact that we did the take-out supper as a way of promoting donations and we also have responsibilities of support for the Village of Hope,” says Mutrie.
He adds they will be organizing another fundraising BBQ event in the summer, with more details coming out next month.
Residents looking to make a financial donation can do so by dropping off a donation in an envelope at the Hope Community Church on 18th Avenue in the locked mailbox by writing Vimbainesu on it.
Residents can also donate by mailing cheques payable to “Mission Zimbabwe” at Box 345, Chesley, Ont. N0G 1L0. Cheques: Payable to “Mission Zimbabwe” with Vimbainesu in the memo line.
Residents can also e-transfer their donation to hopechurchhanover@gmail.com, and by adding a note saying it is for “Mission Zimbabwe-Vimbainesu.”