Mercury Hope cannot write you a receipt for tax purposes
on any monetary or non-monetary donations before it becomes a registered charity.
Monetary donations without receipt may be mailed to:
Mercury Hope, PO Box 227, Tamworth, Ontario, Canada. K0K 3G0
We are in the process of becoming a Registered Charity in Canada.
Please visit the RED CROSS site to donate receipted money to the
RED CROSS Fund for Afghan Children.
Russ with Orphans in Kabul...Lorraine boxing the Hope...First 26 boxes being loaded by Tamworth Legion volunteers.
News from Russ !!16December2003:
Things are going well here in Kabul.
We have 52 triwalls(4x4x3feet) of Mercury Hope supplies,
"You can fit AN AWFUL LOT OF STUFF in 1, and we have 52 !!!!.
We are going to start this week, once we devise a plan to get items moving quickly.
Although Christmas may not be celebrated in Afghanistan, at least this year we
truly get to experience the gift of giving !!."
with another 50 (that we know of) in bound in the next few days.
3 RCR rear party, and 3 RCR CIMIC has been a great help and the transport of
supplies from Canada to Kabul WOULD not have happened without them. My
kudos and thanks to them.
On that note, they have had to close the pipeline of humanitarian assistance
from the Canada Petawawa Base. No more items for Mercury Hope, or other HA, will be accepted
at Base Petawawa. Any items currently there, are good to go, but no more
will be accepted. ....Items can still be sent to CLI in
Kingston, but that is it. For the items that are being sent to Kingston, we
are working on getting FedEx to transport them here (time permitting) or
elsewhere (more info on that later)
Again, thanks to all, and I will be coming out with more info, and pictures
shortly.
Russ
We can ONLY accept clothing, school and proper toy articles
or your volunteer services in arranging transportation of
the relief packages to the Kids of Kabul.
Subject: What to Donate and Pictures of Orphans
See also: What & Where to Send !! to actually get it there !
Poem and Pics of some Children in Afghanistan.
RUSSELL D STORRING:
CBC News Viewpoint
"September in Kabul began with a sand storm
that rolled across the city, darkened the sky
and covered everything with powdered
dirt that had a foul taste....."
"Again I visit the day-care centre a few kilometres down the road
with the padre and some other people from Camp Warehouse who wish to make
a difference here. Our small party drops off kitchen supplies, utensils,
some school items and toys. The scared looks on the children's faces
quickly melt away when they see the toys are for them.
I watch as they take turns coming up to pick out toys, wide-eyed and
seemingly unbelieving. They sit playing with their new possessions,
talking excitedly in their own language, acting like children should,
and I smile. We leave, promising to return in a few weeks to simply
play with the children, a language that we can all understand."
CBC News Headlines Russell's effort:
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/01/soldier_storring031901
Mercury Hope is Russell Storring's plea to help
The Orphans of Afghanistan.
MCpl RD Storring is a Canadian Soldier deployed now
with the United Nations Peacekeeping
inside the country of Afghanistan.
He has been overwhelmed with the Humanity needed by us
for the orphan children there immediately
upon his arrival and quickly started a unique campaign called
"Project Mercury" to help these needy abandoned children.
You can help right now by contacting
Project Mercury to contribute to this effort:
CONTACT
Heather Atkins, at the Royal Canadian Legion
Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
613-379-5399
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MCpl RD Storring
KMNB CP
Kabul, Afghanistan
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Also please READ articles published by
Russell D. Storring
on CBC NEWS Viewpoint !
For more photos of Afghanistan and interesting reading...
visit http://www.pathcom.com/~cpaquet
Web Diary of C.Paquet - Trips to Kabul
For more information and how to help please
CONTACT
Heather Atkins, at the Royal Canadian Legion
Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
613-379-5399
MercuryHope@MercuryHope.org
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