Class of 65 Christmas Party

Time	Saturday, December 3 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	Randy's Pier 61 - banquet room 209 T ave Anacortes
Created By	Tim Walters
More Info	Order off of the menu, although this is for classmates, significant others are welcome.

 This function will only be announced on FB, this blog and by word-of-mouth. Please forward.

Please RSVP to:

Tim Walters
            206 719 3588       or
island_tim@frontier.com

Bed Update

 ‘BEDS for KIDS’ donation campaign update.

Terry Kiser reported to me that over $3200 dollars have been raised to date.  Now I can’t tell you, at this time, how much is from our class but that it is a lot of money raised very quickly.    A big thank you to everyone that donated!  But because materials have been ordered ($5,000) and bills must be paid now, Christ the King church in Anacortes has agreed to donate the required balance.   So from this point forward, any donations you may still wish to make to Rehema Ministrieshttp://www.rehemainstep.com
will be used to purchase mattresses & bedding.  Please continue to note that your donation is from the Class of 65.   Remember that 97% of your donations go to support the kids.


Tim Walters

A Challege

 A Challenge for members of the AHS Class of 1965

Our classmate, Terry Kiser, who is a missionary to an orphanage in Kenya, Africa, made the following Facebook plea for help:

“We need 40 of these...my new friend is willing to build them, dismantle them and when they get to Kenya, he will go and assemble them....but.....we need the materials”

In an email, Terry, continued with the following:    “The current beds are in pretty bad shape, and are standard crib size. The new ones will be a little different than the picture, with more safety rails. I got some new costs yesterday and so at this point, the total material cost for 40 of these 3 tier units is about $4600. That works out to about $117 per unit....about $39 per bed. The guy who will build them has a shop and mostly builds bunk beds for a living. He will do all the labor for no cost.”

The current beds are crib size and we have about 60-70 kids that are in the 5 yr old range, with a total of 105 as of last week and of course will be growing, so the beds will be out grown in not too distant time. I think I can rework most of the current beds to keep them in service for the little ones that don't stress the beds. There is some indication that the home will house 3-400 kids in the future. It is the only place that takes babies in the area, so as the Kenyans keep throwing away their babies, Instep will continue to grow.”   (Please check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-aaVN8m5so&feature=related to learn about Rehema Ministries and the In Step Foundation orphanage)

So the challenge to each of you, as a member of the AHS Class of 65, is this:  Please consider a donation to purchase materials for one unit - $117 or as able, any contribution is very much appreciated.  100% of your donation will be used for required materials.

Donations can be made through the Rehema Ministries website http://www.rehemainstep.com

Paypal, credit card or by check to Rehema Ministries, 1113 3rd St, Anacortes, WA 98221. Make sure you tag the donation to 'bunkbeds' from a Class of 65 classmate.

Thank you in advance for your support.  OH, donating isn’t exclusive to the AHS Class of 65 so please forward to others.

Tim Walters

206 719 3588 (c) 360 293 4128 (h)

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