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		<title>Putting Learning Into Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past two years, House of Friendship has been fortunate to have students from the University of Waterloo&#8217;s School of Pharmacy help build capacity for the Trek 4 Kids hike &#38; bike fundraising event.  As part of their involvement the group chooses a name, &#8220;PharmaFriends&#8221; this year, and provides event support at Trek.  This year, students took [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=593&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biking the talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Rier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes a Trek Champion?  The simplest way to answer this question is to tell you about Martin Buhr.  Some of you may know Martin as a past Executive Director of House of Friendship.  But he&#8217;s also a father, grandpa and someone who is very passionate about our community, especially children, poverty and affordable housing.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=569&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Splish, splash, it&#8217;s off to camp we go!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Rier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s a little rain amongst friends?  Apparently, not a lot when you&#8217;re coming together for a good cause.  Over 125 trekkers of all ages and abilities came out in the pouring rain to run, walk and bike, and yes, splish and splash too, at the 6th annual Trek 4 Kids hike &#38; bike. &#160; Upon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=547&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going The Extra Mile&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 21:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Rier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local businesses are often asked to &#8216;give back&#8217; to the community in which they work and prosper.  Time and again, we see our business community doing just that, sponsoring events, donating items, and sharing their time and skills.  House of Friendship couldn&#8217;t do what it does without the generous financial, in-kind and volunteer support we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=532&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trent&#8217;s Trail Tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by: Trent Bauman, Trek Volunteer On Monday evening with the sun shining and a gentle breeze blowing, I did a dry run of the Trek4Kids trail. The Iron Horse Trail was filled with commuter cyclists, families walking slowly after their dinner and athletes training. I was biking and mapping out sign positions for this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=527&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How will you be honouring &#8216;Mom&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 16:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Rier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  &#8220;After reminiscing about our family&#8217;s garage sale and lemonade stands [which raised money to send kids to camp], I wanted to find a way to involve our kids at their current ages.  For my Mother&#8217;s Day gift, I asked my family to remember a Summer Camp Sponsorship child by participating with me in Trek 4 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=517&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young trekker proves to be the Energizer Bunny</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Trek 4 Kids 2010, I.J., pictured here, was 4 years old. Apparently, I.J. LOVED going to summer camp last year, and, has endless energy &#8211; a great combination for any Trek 4 Kids participant! But what makes I.J. different from other Trek participants is the fact that he rode the full 23km bike course&#8230;. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=503&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Darien</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just one of the one hundred reasons why we all Trek for Kids! If you&#8217;re wavering about joining us this year &#8211; just watch this video. Remember Darien&#8217;s excitement when you hit the trail on May 15th! Check out more House of Friendship videos on YouTube.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=496&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A True Gift &#8211; Given Freely</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[$ 0.19 from deep in a denim pocket, &#8216;donated&#8217; at Trek 4 Kids 2010. Given by a man I see regularly, cycling and walking around our Kitchener-Waterloo streets. He passed by my rest stop on the Iron Horse trail which serves as the route for Trek 4 Kids. He wanted to know &#8220;why all the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=489&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our own version of &#8216;extreme trekking&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many great stories emerge at the Trek 4 Kids event. It&#8217;s these stories that give this event such a wonderful energy. For instance, not only did Betti Erb participate as a 2010 Trek cyclist, she fundraised on behalf of Rockway Mennonite Church, and was part of the Trek organizing committee. Not to be outdone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=houseoffriendship.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7607095&amp;post=475&amp;subd=houseoffriendship&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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