The Cranbrook HUB for Refugees is planning a fundraising dinner/dance on June 9 at the Colombo Lodge to help it continue in its work. “We…
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COTR offering international internships
College of the Rockies will facilitate 30 international internships for young people over the next three years. The International Youth Internship program provides youth between…
Step into Spring fundraiser March 11
CHR Dinner Dance to raise funds for second family The Cranbrook Hub for Refugees is springing into action, preparing for their dinner/dance fundraiser on Saturday,…
Dembi Dolo saga changed more than a few lives
Perceptions by Gerry Warner It may sound counter-intuitive, but aid programs to Africa are often criticized as doing more harm than good. In her new…
Out of chaos, comes the gift of sight
Perceptions by Gerry Warner And suddenly there we were, facing a milling crowd of at least 250 blind people and their helpers at a Rotary…
The long, dusty road to Dembi Dolo
Perceptions by Gerry Warner Crowded like sardines in a tin, a sweaty but eager, collection of volunteers from the Tri-Cities area packed into a four-wheel…
An Ethiopian odyssey by plane and four-wheel drive
Perceptions by Gerry Warner As some of you may recall from last week, I was attending a Rotary meeting in Spokane when an ophthalmologist, conducting…
Service above self – a Cranbrook Rotarian goes to Ethiopia
Perceptions by Gerry Warner So what do you do when you’ve hit that point in life where you’re retired, the kids have flown the coop,…
City opting to demolish ‘old brick building’
Bricks and history to be maintained/reused and recorded City of Cranbrook council March 18 unanimously approved the demolition of the building, with the catch the…
Bringing the light to rural Ethiopia, a doctor’s story tonight
Perceptions by Gerry Warner What makes good people do extraordinary good things? Not just good things that you’d expect good people to do, but things…