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The Interior News
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
C OMMUNITY
Wine Week Chiropractor shows compassion of the
By Ryan Jensen Smithers/Interior News
Smithers chiropractor Dr. Don Chinnick and his wife Shelley Worthington are making a difference. The pair, who own and operate Smithers Family Chiropractic, just returned from a mission trip to the Dominican Republic with Chiropractors with Compassion, an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of children around the world. CWC is a North American non-profit that started in 2004. In that time it has raised more than $2 million and completed 19 projects in five countries. Their focus is on funding holistic, child-centred projects. “We went there wanting to make a difference in the lives of children experiencing poverty and left with our hearts transformed by the love and acts of service we experienced,” Chinnick said. “At the office we help local children and families reach their health potential to thrive and make a difference and CWC helps us extend that work to children and families around the world.” While in the Caribbean nation, Chinnick and Worthington visited water treatment programs, vocational Proverbs 20:7 The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
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Dr. Don Chinnick and his wife, Shelley Worthington, recently travelled to the Dominican Republic with Chiropractors with Compassion. While there, they also visited a child they sponsor through Compassion Canada.
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training schools, art and music schools and early childhood development and education programs. “We saw firsthand the positive impacts and hope these projects are bringing to children, their families and their communities,” Chinnick said. This was Chinnick’s second trip with CWC, and Worthington’s first, but hopefully not their last, they said. “We believe it is important to witness the restoration of hope in these communities and to stand in solidarity with people in overwhelming poverty,” Worthington
said. Also on the trip, they had the opportunity to meet the child they sponsor through Compassion Canada. They visited with her and her family and toured her home and school. “Very few people get to meet their sponsored children and it really helped us appreciate and understand how sponsorship works,” Chinnick said. “But the biggest learning for us was to be reminded of the importance of relationships. Given the level of poverty and the lack of material wealth, we were expecting the people to ask for
things like money, employment, food, and better housing but they asked us to pray for their family relationships, their spiritual relationships and peace in their community.” As a member of Chiropractors with Compassion, Smithers Family Chiropractic donates $20 from each new patient exam to the organization. In preparation for the trip, Chinnick and Worthington collected two hockey bags full of donations from the Bulkley Valley community, including school supplies, toys, sports equipment,
GRAMPA
Our Father kept a garden A garden of the heart He planted all good things That gave our lives a start
He turned us to the sunshine And encouraged us to dream The seeds of what we’ll be We are our Fathers garden We are his legacy.
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