Hillcrest United Church, Montague, PEI ... a church striving to live in God's way
                FARMERS HELPING FARMERS
                  TWIN-SCHOOLS PROJECT:

          For six years the Hillcrest Sunday School was twinned, through PEI's Farmers Helping Farmers, with Mweru Primary school (grades 1 -8) in Kenya. During this time our Sunday School students exchanged letters and small keepsakes with Mweru students, learned about life for children in Kenya, and raised funds (with tremendous help from the congregation) to purchase school textbooks, repair chalkboards, and provide rodent-proof book storage. One huge fundraising initiative purchased enough solar powered lamps for each grade eight student to use through the school year. This enabled students to study at home for national exams which determine who may continue on with higher learning.   
            Although the twinning has officially ended, Hillcrest has continued annual fund-raising events to assist Mweru.

 
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  • I'M NEW
  • ABOUT US
    • BELIEFS
    • HISTORY >
      • PRE-1997 HISTORY
      • 1997 - 2021 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION & OUTREACH
      • 2007 - 2021 DINNER THEATRE
      • STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS >
        • WINDOWS Information 1
        • WINDOWS Information 2
        • WINDOWS Information 3
      • BELL TOWER
  • LIFE & WORK
    • BOOK CLUB
    • BRIDGE CLUB
    • BULLETIN PACKS DELIVERY
    • CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
    • CHRISTIAN EDUCATION & OUTREACH 1997 - 2021
    • COMMUNITY GARDENS >
      • HILLCREST GARDENS General Information 2023
      • HILLCREST GARDENS Guidelines 2023
    • FARMERS HELPING FARMERS
    • FRANK'S COMPUTER COLLEGE
    • GREEN TEAM
    • GUATEMALA
    • KNITTING GROUP >
      • MITTEN TREE
    • MANSE COMMITTEE
    • MUSIC >
      • JOYFUL SOUND CONCERT
      • FAMILY AND FRIENDS CONCERT jULY 24, 2022
      • FIDDLERS SONS
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