This is What the Joy of Adequate Hearing Looks Like

Irish Mother of 7 Making Fringe in 1914 (photo credit: Marguerite Mespoulet)  Because of my family heritage, Ireland is one of my favorite places to travel. Fellow Finding Freedom board member Mike McNevin is my brother, and we share a mutual interest in the Emerald Isle. I put a lot of thought into my recent…

 Sometimes we just have to take a leap of faith. The faith in this case meant believing that if we took the boys and their mother into our program, funds to meet their needs (read former post here) would appear before us. It sounds biblical, but it is the reality of running a nonprofit. Meanwhile, the…

Fabiola and Vinicio are the two Guatemalan board members who work hard for our clients. They have supervised the food delivery and house construction of two of our single mothers in the FFF program for the last year. Without their dedication to the needs of our clients, and their commitment to our mission, our work…

Finding Freedom through Friendship realizes that the only way to provide a “hand up, not a hand out” to our sponsored children is through education. In Guatemala, many single mothers can not afford school supplies for their children, and without these items children do not attend local classes. Mark and Laura in Utah answered our…

     I know this is an odd blog post title, but anyone crazy enough to start a nonprofit is a bit “off” to begin with. There are a million reasons not to add to the busyness of daily life by starting a journey of paperwork, legal issues, bookkeeping and fundraising; all so that fifteen abandoned…