We Are ONLINE!!!

Many months of blood, sweat and tears... mostly that of our awesome and talented webmaster Rob Vat and assistant manager, Randel Erbacker. Thank you both for all your hard work, long hours and tireless efforts into making a few scribbles on a pad of paper into a reality.

Check it out, much hard work into creating the best website we could offer.
http://www.vernonurm.org/

With a Little Help from Our Friends...

I must make a special note of thanks to the Eagle Bay Camp L.I.T's & Greendale First Mennonite Youth Group for blessing us with a day of volunteering! (Greendale a day and a half)

The Eagle Bay group gave our upstairs office, a much needed face lift, and for a group that had minimal painting experience -they did an amazing job! They also cleaned up our storage upstairs, helped out in the kitchen and led a great chapel session.

Thank you so much John and Claire for leading this awesome group: Zach, Erin, Katherine, Rebecca, Nicolas, Fretz, Nikki, Curtis and Elina -thank you!

Greendale First Mennonite also did a wonderful job giving our old Mission a good cleaning. Upstairs, downstairs, vacuuming, dusting, wiping the walls, cleaning out our cooler, etc...

On day 2, this group of 14 filled one of these trailers full of bags of clothing and boxes of toys (to be shipped to Surrey, and then overseas to those in need) They did it all with a great attitude and in record time no less -(under an hour!)

Thank you Darren, Rob and Kathy for leading this great group of youths (Karl, Derek, Connor, Jordan, Josh, Matt, Lucas, Danica, Amy, Tara and Dayna -thank you so much!)

It's Nice to Meet Your Neighbours

It's human nature to get a bit tunnel visioned sometimes... To be so focused on what's going on between your four walls (of work) that it can feel a bit... claustrophobic, lonely even.

Lately, I've been feeling the need to meet our neighbours (more specifically, our fellow service providers). And not just across the table at some meeting, but really taking the time -to tour their place of work, meet their staff and to educate ourselves about what's out there in our community (for the people we serve)

We've just finished day two of our 'meet and greet tour 2007' and it's been time well spent.
I encourage you to take the time too! In the very least, it's a nice visual reminder that we're not alone in the work we do. I know that sounds obvious, but it's important to remind ourselves of that sometimes...