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tpjtxwa 8stoutksuntribunemthursday may 3 2007 filipino orphans grab stouffville pastors heart hayden wants town to adopt rescue centre by hannelore volpe staff writer children nobody wants are abused or are dying of malnutrition and need help fast are the ones brought to the gentle hands ministry in the philip pines pastor mamie hayden of the bethel pentecostal assembly of god on hwy 48 visited the ministrys orphanage and boys school for a month last summer to help feed and comfort the children she returned determined to do more evan graff who runs gentle hands with his wife charity was in stouffville last week to talk to local churches about his work mrs hayden has also had invitations to talk to church and other groups about the centre i would love stouffville to adopt this little rescue centre for kids and catch a vision of what a huge difference our play money can make in the lives of so many kids she said about 90 per cent of the ministrys funding comes from individual dona tions the rest is from corporations or foundations in the philippines mr graff calls his centre an orphan age and education centre he began working there in 2000 when he and his wife moved to the philippines from canada mrs graff had worked in the philip pines with her parents since 1987 com ing back to canada occasionally gentle hands soon became a birthing and pri mary child care centre charitys mom losing for a career in newspapers calling all kids join our team of newspaper carriers you can earn cash to buy that special something youve always wanted join our information night thursday may 10 700 pm please call to register call 9052948244 for more information ma uk ii am n economist sun suntnbune nfflfflftlflsh works at yorkregioncom we offer an easily customized mix of targeted advertising opportunities across different areas of our site well position your advertising to ensure the best exposure for your business ask us about custom website design website hosting and video dips providing affordable internet solutions for businesses m contact dawna andrews yorkregion com 18773628970 or email it clicks home dandrewsyrmgcom for more information denie heppner who is a nurse began delivering babies at the centre around 1990 by the time the centre stopped doing deliveries in 2005 about 5000 babies had been born there mr graff said in an interview the ministry became incorporated as a philippines charitable organization in 1993 mrs graffs parents turned the centre over to the younger couple a few years ago my faith is the reason i am there in the first place mr graff said growing up i had the idea i would found a school as part of their mission the graffs run a school for street children aged 12 to 18 there are about 30 of the young sters at the schools many of them for mer gang members and drug addicts the orphanage has as many as 20 children at a time who are there for a variety of reasons many are malnour ished babies and toddlers who are revived with patient feeding by mrs graff and other staff members all of whom are filipinos some of the children are burn patients some abandoned by their par ents some too sick to go home from hospital right away the graffs learned how to take care of burns and to mix rehydrating fluids themselves the care given to the children at the centre is passed on mr graff found one day he saw one of the tough ex- gang members from the boys school carrying a small toddler around in a sling for most of the day to comfort him the boys have a chance to do their high school equivalency with the ministry and some of them stay on to become staff members the school is becoming so well- known other social welfare agencies will refer children for more information visit gentlehandsorg to donate call the bethel pentecostal assembly of god at 9056405555 charity graff comforts kim at orphanage and rescue centre her family operates in the philippines stouffville pastor mamie hayden wants wwtchurchstouffville residents to adopt the centre evan graff visited local churches last week 11 ff r ixk k i r i to 1ijih- j go to where the most are listed i art s antiquss ik park markham 12 annual premiere fine art show rain or shine sat july 14 sun july 15 1000am 500pm markham museum for information call johanne or karen at 9052942200 think north hatley think 3araga garaga experts discover the north hatley door for classic carriage house charm call your garaga experts garage door consultant first choice overhead doors kevin micks ballantrae cell 905 2523004 off 905 6426606