OUTREACH Magazine 2020 | Summer | Issue 2

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CONTENTS 03 FROM THE PRESIDENT

Ready for Good News?

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Worldwide Updates From Communities

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Our Promise

08 FIELD UPDATES

Empowerment Endures!

10 WITH HONORS Graduate Communities in the Philippines Prepare to Spread Their Wings.

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12 TRIBUTES

People Who Make Us Possible

15 LEGACY CIRCLE

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Kevin Prine Charlotte Belshe Sarah Forgey Dave Coates

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LETT E R F R O M T HE PRE S IDE NT

Ready for Good News?

If you are familiar with Outreach, it is due in part to our shared certainty in the power of hope. In our partnership with thousands of good people born into poverty, we find the value of this belief reinforced again and again.

Often, in the early days of work in a new Outreach community, despair weights the air, and the accompanying sense of isolation becomes the quiet thief of ingenuity, energy, and the creative spirit. Hope is the catalyst that transforms communities; a joyful restlessness that coaxes opportunity from every challenge. As communities work together and witness the changes they have helped create — clean water, better nutrition, higher levels of household income, and on and on — they manifest the greatest triumph of Outreach’s impact: the enduring presence and unstoppable power of hope.

Hope is a lens through which despair cannot travel.

As we look at the state of our world, we see so many more reasons to hope than to worry.

Are you ready for good news?

1. Despite the pandemic and its accompanying economic upheaval, our communities have become islands of stability in their regions. Teams have pushed themselves to create solutions, with Outreach as an enthusiastic partner. Never before have we seen such a burst of innovation and unity from our communities. They will emerge from this crisis more equipped and empowered than ever.

2. Thousands of hand-washing stations have been constructed in and around our field program locations worldwide. These are important now but

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will also create habits that will limit the spread of disease far into the future.

3. Because of physical distancing, many of the local teams and leaders have established social media groups to coordinate their efforts. For the first time, community members are obtaining email addresses — and, by extension, acquiring and enhancing their ability to read and write — and are establishing new ways to connect with one another, and with the world at large. These skills and connections create yet more opportunities for self-sufficiency, dignity, and empowerment.

4. Perhaps the best illustration is visible in the fact that our community partners around the world, defined at times by some as “the least of these,” are concerned about our health and well-being.

They pray for our safety.

Outreach is in the hope business. Throughout this magazine, you’ll see why in all the moments, milestones and miracles created through hope and hard work. Take a look at the good emerging throughout the world, and recognize your own definitive, ongoing role in its creation.

Sincerely,

Dr. Kevin W. Prine President & CEO

All photographs and text copyright ©2020

by Outreach International. All rights reserved.

Outreach International is a 501(c)(3) regulated charity.

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COVID-19:

W O R L D W I D E U P D AT E S FROM COMMUNITIES

Faced with a sudden, historic global emergency, community teams have redirected their focus to quickly, safely, and sustainably address a host of projects and policies designed to protect themselves and their communities. They also have deepened their own commitment to the central principles of community-led development. It’s beautiful.

Outreach’s mission remains centered on the well-being of our community partners. Just as global priorities have necessarily shifted to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, so too has our work in the field.

Right now, Outreach field staff and community partners are implementing long-term measures to sustain and comfort families while continuing to work on preexisting projects, when possible.

Outreach’s staff and community partners are united in our commitment to face this crisis the same way we approach all our work: together.

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DR CONGO BOLIVIA Community members and Outreach facilitators have been working closely (from a safe distance) to increase awareness about best hygienic practices during the COVID era. Additionally, community-led teams have worked together to access resources from the government, and acquired enough food supplies, charcoal, and masks to meet the needs of 243 local families.

CAMBODIA Among numerous other health and safety measures, community members in Cambodia have been busily supercharging their respective vegetable gardens, deepening their expertise to further enhance their ability to plant, nurture, harvest, and enjoy fresh fruit and vegetables. Beyond furnishing food during this period of home isolation, their gardens will address numerous long-term goals, increasing household incomes, establishing a consistent source of nutrition, and empowering families with a host of new, practical skills.

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In order to maximize available resources, communityled teams are maximizing their capacity for innovation. Together, they have implemented 20 low-cost, high-impact projects to sustainably address short- and long-term goals related to food security and income generation. Community-managed food-loan projects have distributed corn to four communities hit hardest by the economic effects of the pandemic. Elsewhere, teams have implemented six new agriculture projects, focused on fast-growing, high-yield crops, and established 10 incomegenerating endeavors, ranging from brick-making to organic fertilizer production to renting out heavyduty carts for hauling. These projects are already turning a profit, which teams are using to purchase and distribute food supplies to local families.

HAITI Local interim directors have marshaled resources and redoubled their commitment to ensuring that families from Outreach-affiliated schools with feeding programs have enough to eat on a day-today basis. So far, they’ve distributed meal kits to more than 300 families!

INDIA After collaborating on grant applications to access supplies from local NGOs to support continued food distribution, 45 families each received a pantry-filling supply: 25kg of rice, 3kg of lentils, 2kg of salt, 2kg of sugar, 2 liters of cooking oil, and three bars of soap.

Local teams continue to prepare and submit grant proposals to help ensure the safety of everyone in their communities.

M A L AW I Community-led teams have seized the opportunity to work together and support their neighbors, dedicating themselves to provide every household in their community with its own hand-washing station and supply of soap. Together, teams submitted proposals for buckets and spigots to assemble each station, then worked quickly to furnish them to families, even going door-to-door to make sure no one was left out. Hundreds of stations have already been distributed, with work continuing daily to implement more stations in public areas and promote healthy, hygienic habits.

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ZAMBIA NICARAGUA Neighboring communities of El Lanito and El Abra have mobilized into a formidable virus-fighting collective. Together, the teams have constructed hand-washing stations in public areas and schools, in addition to other projects. It’s important to emphasize that El Abra is not an official Outreachaffiliated community — this partnership was inspired by residents’ desire to emulate the teamwork and success they've witnessed in El Lanito’s community-led teams.

PHILIPPINES In the earliest days of the COVID pandemic, community-led teams throughout the Philippines mobilized at lightning speed to acquire 68 bags of rice and 33 bags of animal feed to support their neighbors as well as their four-legged sources of income. Together, teams worked quickly, safely, and successfully to allocate supplies to families before the country’s lockdown order took effect.

Since then, they have continued to coordinate efforts to access and distribute resources to maintain the health and safety of all.

ZAMBIA N E PA L Initially, community-led teams planned to furnish materials to 123 households, but, thanks to their savvy negotiations with suppliers, as well as their smart thinking to adjust quantities based on family size, their teams were able to provide 321 households with enough nutritious food to ensure everyone stays healthy, happy, and fed while remaining confined to their homes due to government order.

In Zambia, members of a local community-run tailoring group took it upon themselves to begin manufacturing masks for their neighbors. As the Zambian government mandates that masks are required to be worn by anyone venturing into public places, the tailoring group’s selfless commitment to their neighbors provides their community with a sense of normalcy, security, and calm in otherwise uncertain times.

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EMPOWERMENT ENDURES! In Outreach communities around the world, people still come together every day to work with principled purpose toward a common goal. The good things underway in quieter times continue to grow more robust and bountiful, and the people with whom we work remain inspired, driven, and empowered.

Indi a Earlier this summer, teams in Ghodabadi, India, implemented a brand-new irrigation system for their fields. Previously, the community was dependent on seasonal rains to nurture their crops, which didn’t always show up when they were needed. Now, it has harnessed the power of two nearby rivers and built a strong irrigation system to give every seed its best chance to grow into something beautiful (see the sunflowers, pictured above). “My father and grandfather dreamt of this project but failed to experience it in their lifetimes,” said Sandra, a resident of Ghodabadi. “Today we have it, because of the unity among people in our village. When all people join together to solve a problem, they will solve it.”

Nepa l What’s a “veggie tunnel”?

Short answer: Basically, it's a tubular greenhouse, constructed from simple supplies.

Long answer: Veggie tunnels are the latest means of empowerment for community members in Nepal! Budding gardeners in the Outreach-affiliated community of Sikharpa have been busy cultivating a whole new revenue stream for themselves, subsidizing construction costs using funds they accessed through their government’s Agricultural Centre, (which is in itself a milestone for the teams).

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Of course, a veggie tunnel without veggies is just a tunnel. With assistance and training from a local cooperative and NGO, 12 members filled their heads with knowledge about seedling production of seasonal vegetables, then filled the soil in their tunnels with healthy, happy seedlings.

Each cycle, after a few weeks and a lot of patient, expert care, the new farmers sell their crops at a local market. Since the initial funding for the veggie tunnels came from the government, there’s

no debt to repay — each farmer contributes a portion of their profits to a community fund to help cover costs of even more veggie tunnels!

Their work is the essence of empowered, sustainable, community-led development. It's a way to strengthen their bonds as teammates, deepen their experience with accessing resource institutions, manage community funds, increase their respective household incomes, and occasionally enjoy a delicious outcome of their efforts, right off the vine.

Phili ppi n e s Our friends in the Philippines have been busy furthering their low-interest, community-run rice loan program. Local leaders work directly with suppliers to obtain rice at wholesale prices (thus avoiding the steep mark ups that come with buying rice at market rates), then furnish it to local families who could otherwise not afford it. These food loans are repaid by recipients, the profits generated (through modest interest) go into a community-managed fund that covers the costs of further rice acquisition. This is the 22nd successful cycle of their rice loan project!

It’s a simple, sustainable system with benefits beyond the dinner table. Managing the program equips community members with valuable experience in accounting, accessing resources from outside vendors, and, of course, teamwork.

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WITH HONORS Outreach exists to help communities work together and address their own issues. That’s it. The goal of facilitating community-led development is to elevate people to a level of experience, organization, and empowerment that requires nothing more from us. It’s an actual moment. We can measure it.

This moment, when a community can stand on its own, is when it becomes a Graduate Community.

After roughly five years of Outreach facilitation in a community, the people there have grown from facing issues on their own into a unified, dynamic, driven Community-Led Organization, complete with leaders and roles and an ability to access resources from outside networks. Essentially, they know what they want, know how to get it, and won’t be discouraged in reaching their goals.

It also means Outreach facilitators can go on to work with new communities, to start the process all over again elsewhere.

A "typical" Graduate Community “looks like a group of people who care for themselves and for each other's welfare,” says Nancy, Outreach Philippines’ PHD Coordinator, Trainer, and International Mentor, one of the people who has helped define our work for years. “When problems hit them, they can immediately talk with their 10

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Graduate Communities in the Philippines Prepare to Spread Their Wings neighbors, discuss what to do, and identify who will lead. When there are resources that they can access, they do so as a community, for the good of all.”

As it did with nearly everything else on Earth, the COVID crisis necessitated some rescheduling for communities’ graduations. Prior to February, Outreach Philippines’ teams planned to celebrate 18 communities’ graduations at the end of 2020. They have tentatively rescheduled for mid-2021. Official paperwork aside, these communities already have everything else they need to know.

A soon-to-be Graduate Community looks like this: “When the COVID-19 pandemic erupted and our government [in the Philippines] imposed lockdown,” continues Nancy, “people in Outreach-affiliated communities, particularly the local leaders, started to communicate — they informed community members that they would be making adjustments on their food loans and low-interest cash loans, purposely to give these members peace of mind.

“This is a manifestation of a community’s ability to analyze its situation, then act to address the needs of the many in their decision-making process.”

Eventually, we’ll run out of new places to empower.

We can’t wait! Until then, we’ll stay busy. Keep an eye out for more news about Graduate Communities in the near future!

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TRIBUTES & MEMORIALS

Bold type indicates recipient.

Plain type indicates gift donor.

January 1 — June 30, 2020

ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

Dick and Lou Clothier Wayne and Lynda Broky

BIRTHDAY GIFTS

Jean Bell Pat and Judi Spillman Charlotte Belshe Andrea Read-Davis and Dave Davis Bill Bruch Tom and Mary Bruch Nikki Caw Andrea Read-Davis and Dave Davis Irene Cox Roger and Sarah Gustafson Beverly Dimmitt Steve Dimmitt Bill Higdon Anonymous Herb and Karen Brigham Larry and Maridan Christensen Dick and Lou Clothier Kathleen Fick Marilyn Garner Steve and Cherry Koehler Mitchell and Denise Leichter Ron Millard and Caryn Brown Bob and Lori Piepergerdes Tom and Bobbi Rastle Bryan and Marilyn Schempf Lynn and Kathy Sharp Chuck and Yvonne Smith Barbara Howard Jackie Pray Brad Johnson Glenn Johnson Erica Nye Dale and Marla Blevins Joan Prine Bryan and Marilyn Schempf Kevin Prine Michael Lewis Teri Rankin Brooks and Yvonne Nelson The Dominican Friars of Memphis Michael DeArmond

BIRTHDAY MEMORIALS Wayne Blevins Mildred Blevins Judy Carter Ron Carter Rick Davis Virginia Martin Luella Foster Dick and Julie Foster Patti Larson Ada Thomas Griffith Mildred Thomas Blevins A.D. McClain Glenda McClain 12

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Reta Mae Vandel The Schempf Family

Harold Decker Jennie Decker Alan Johnstone Jay Bratberg and Debra Johnstone Bratberg

Wayne and Barb Johnstone Gene McIntosh Marlene McIntosh John Ott Joe and Kathy McLeister Bill Poore Karla Malaney Ron Price Debbie Woods Charles Rose Donna Hiatt David Van Trump Marilyn Van Trump Kenneth Wood Tom and Cathy Shives Lou Zonker Michael Klee and Anita Zonker

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HONORARY GIFTS

CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Ron and Onalee Baldwin Bill and Pat Miner Doug and Dorothy Skutt Bill and Pat Miner Evelyn Webb Bill and Pat Miner

CHRISTMAS MEMORIALS

Dee Beavers Scott Borow and Lori Hartnell Craig Belshe Charlotte Belshe Donnie Brockinton LeeAnn Fowler Bill Fowler LeeAnn Fowler John Krueger Jenna, Mark, Darra and Alena Harper Chad Krueger Virgil Leibold Kevin Prine David MacDonald Brett and Dianne Webberly Justice Manning Jacob Manning Jim Prine Kevin Prine Mike Sargent Brody Sargent Brett Webberley Paige MacDonald Dianne Webberly Jim White Brett and Dianne Webberly Gary Woods Debbie Woods

FATHER’S DAY MEMORIALS Glenn Carlisle Tim Carlisle and Rose Brown Harley Chatburn Dennis and Sharon Wood Kenneth Chun-Ming Dan and Nadine Cathey George Courtois William and Kathy Albright Roy Hatten Barry and Kathy Watts Alan Johnstone

Mary Lou Ash Gary and Barbara Stephens Durant and Guituan Children Beth Durant Gordon Heady Family Pat Winholtz Jac Kirkpatrick Jerry and Sandra Mogg John Krueger John and Sally Tessler Alexander Njoku Vivianne Njoku Wilford Winholtz Family Pat Winholtz

MEMORIAL GIFTS

Shirley Aebersold Carol Anderson Donna Hiatt Art Ardito Alice Bartholomew Gary Sumner Larry and Pat Sumner Don Bain Anonymous Onalee Baldwin Tim and Katherine Hitchings David and Neoma Nevill Jesse Ballew Susan Mills Miriam Bane Carol Grover Joyce Basler Jim and Glenda White Ruth Bates Jim and Mary Johnson Albert Bennett Al and Cathy Bennett John Berger John May and Susan Gregory Sherry Billings Susan Mills

Clarence Breeze Mary Campbell Mildred Breshears Don and Barbara Breshears Virginia Bruch Ray McClaran Pat Campbell Shenandoah Community of Christ Michael and Michelle Theisen Phil Cannon Roger and Cherie Paige Ruth Carson Susan Mills Judy Carter Ron Carter Mark Church Scotty and Sue Sheets Missie Condit Wayne and Lynda Broky Dawn Corless Janice Garcia Larkin and Kelly Powell Brad and Alison Woods Dean Cox Steve and Susan Calloway Barbara Koonce Earl Koonce Clayton and Marie Pearce Ken Craven Brian and Sharon Abbott Pat Craven Brian and Sharon Abbott Jerry Dale J.R. and Judith Sutton John Darling Georgia Clark Arthur and Mary Ellen Glaze Jim and Cathy Lysinger Dan and Kitty Martin Joe and Molly Postnikoff Margaret Rote Rob and Suzette Ryder Henry Serry Charlene Taylor Raymond and Sherrie Taylor Dan and Alice Waite Billie Watts Norma Doss Rex and Judy Boswell Betty Duncan-Goetz Mary Lou Ash Alan Cassalina Judy James Sharon McClain and Joe Condon Chloe Elefson Bill Bruch Bruce Ellis Vicki Pine Dave and Wanda Talcott Floyd Fears Alice Gunn

Dan and Alice Waite Carl Fenn Rex and Judy Boswell Gerry Knoeller Dan and Alice Waite Bernetta Garner Wayne and Lynda Broky Jerry Goddard Shari Gladis Bill and Pat Miner Shirley Remmenga La Von Gowin Gerry Knoeller Lucy Graybill Robert and Linda Graybill Ray Gunn Alice Gunn Richard Guthrie Joan Guthrie Kathy Hattey Susan Mills Maxine Hattey Susan Mills Doris Hoagland Imogene Lance Phelps Marty Sherrard Marilyn Turner Glen Holmes Ed and Rozanne Dowell Chuck Gooch Barbara Holst Rita Goehner Joy Hooper Bryan and Marilyn Schempf Barry and Kathy Watts Rich Howell Anonymous Gene Hummel Arthur Butler Dan and Alice Waite Ralph Jensen Glenda McClain Lois Kinkaid Rex and Judy Boswell Virgnia Knoll Wally and Darlene Pohl Harold Lance Imogene Phelps Kay Larsen Rex and Judy Boswell Bob Lathrop Kim Crump Roy Leamon Scott Fernandez Brent Forsgren Patricia Frank Jim Jones Chris and Corenna Leamon & Family Chuck Leamon & Sydney Lynda Leamon Bud and Florine Sheehy Michelle Watta Cliff Lewis Marty Sherrard Dale Luffman

Rita Goehner Jerry Lewis Ken Madison Wayne and Lynda Broky James Masterson Betty Simpson Greg Young Judy Young Don McConnell Jeanette Russell Jerry McRaven Mary Campbell Pat Mead Susan Mills Ron Mills Susan Mills Bill Mills Susan Mills Meredith Mitchell Charles and Mary Barnes Lyle and Marlene Brim Jolie Brown Maggie Brown Alfred and Jane Brydon Cedar Rapids, IA Community of Christ Frank and Diane Clark Brian Daugherty Herb and Becky Ertle Theresa Fry Steve and Liz Goff Greg and Lisa Hill Iowa City, IA Community of Christ Keokuk, IA Community of Christ Bud and Claire Leonard Deb Lizer Bev Lynch Lynn and Sharon McCullough Doug and Sue McFarlane Johnnie and Betty Mitchell Greg and Julie Morningstar Myron and Donna Mustaine Norbert and Virginia Neira Mark and Julie Parrott Michelle Petersen Roger and Sue Reid Bob and Lynn Richards Loren Smith and Erica Fry Chris and Rusti Sparks Lee and Sue Wakefield Dale and Carole Warner Bob and Jan Webster Duane and Lisa Webster Gerry Wilder Gene and Charlotte Zeman Josephine Montgomery Jack and Lila Barnhouse Stephen and JoAnn Hoskins Vern Montgomery Jack and Lila Barnhouse Stephen and JoAnn Hoskins Maxine Mount Kim Crump David Nelson Rex and Judy Boswell Jim and Dinah Jones

Gerry Knoeller Gail Nevill Bill and Pat Miner John and Sally Tessler Julia Orsini Maryann Chamberlain Bernie Parton Jane Parton Ken Parton Jane Parton Leroy Pashon Kim Crump Dale Payne Jerry and Vivian Nash Donald Pike Glenn Johnson Tom Poplett Rex and Judy Boswell Chuck and Joyce Stevenson Norma Pregler Steve and Joy Hatfield Ron Price Anonymous Steve and Liz Goff Greg and Lisa Lyons Margaret McDowell Larry and Marsha Penrose Tressie Rogers Darwin and Barbara Hoffman Ken Ross Chuck and Joyce Stevenson Rich Roush Chuck and Joyce Stevenson Earlene Johnston Russell Millie Gintz Polly Sagrillo Mary Campbell Sue Saltsman L. Joyce Wilcox Tom Scherer Jon, Julie, Jonathan, Christa and Daniel Dixon Erick Schmitz Arnold, MO Community of Christ April Schrunk Bill Schrunk Keith Scott

Dan and Alice Waite Lois Shaffer Gerry Knoeller Joanne Shaw Fran Brinser Ron and Diane Clark Janet Ferguson Patricia Keairnes Ilene Sheets Susan Mills Harry Shelton Wally and Darlene Pohl Linda Sherer Anonymous Jim and Jan Andersen Rod and Kathi Angeroth ArtsCore Leadership Team David Harrington and Carla Crosser Harrington Denison, IA Community of Christ Robert and Carolyn Erickson Ace and Marilyn Ettleman Steven Jensen Ken and Joyce Kinzer Lance and Karla Larsen Courtney Lasky Craig and Julie Malone Connie McWilliams Ted and Carrie Morris Jerry and Vivian Nash David and Carla Omachinski Mary Pleiss Raymond and Nancy Powell Rob and Suzette Ryder Perry Schlinz Natalie Sherer David Smith Trent and Debra Sprecker Gerald Stadtmueller and Catherine Luther Karon Stanislav Dale and Jeannine Ward Trina Woldt Woodbine Main Street Inc. Joyce Shipman Bill and Betty Lou Henry

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TRIBUTES & MEMORIALS

Bold type indicates recipient.

Plain type indicates gift donor.

January 1 — June 30, 2020 Carol Shull Laura and Jim Goettsch Ken Simpson Bill Bruch Don Smith Jeanne Witwer Janet Smith Jeanne Witwer John Snider John and Judith Harrington Gerry Knoeller Elaine Snively Brad and Donna Bryant Paul Stoft Ted Bourlard Judy Stoft Ken Swails Ken and Jan Shannon Kurt Thrutchley Donna Hiatt Tom Townsend Jeanne Knowles Townsend George Warner Jim and Jan Hale Jillian Salanski Ellen Warner Sarah Waugh Terry and Kris Noble Dallas Webb Dan and Alice Waite Shirley Wegert Elvin and Elaine Mauzey Donna Weiss The Family of Donna Weiss Blair Wildermuth John Davis The Huang Family Terry and Kris Noble Dan and Alice Waite Larry Wilkinson Jeffrey and Deanna Herges Marilyn Turner Dwayne (Don) Williams Luis and Elga Granados Jim and Dinah Jones Scott and Kishla Sheridan Gene Williams Families of Don, Pat and J.C. Hawkins Greg Young Jolenta Masterson Beverly Zimmerman Jack and Lila Barnhouse

Ruth Farrand-Cox Kevin and Felice Prine Dawn Gall Mary Maxwell Crystal Hazelwood April Hazelwood Zola Johnstone Wayne and Barb Johnstone Annette Kyle Patricia Bjornson Eileen Leibold Kevin and Felice Prine Heather Maze Ryan Olson Sandra Mogg Jerry and Sandra Mogg Jerri Mullally Clair Shillcutt Marsha Penrose Jeff McLaughlin and Emily Penrose-McLaughlin Christy Readout Mary Maxwell Winnie Tepper Tom and Sherri Mann Gail Tolbert Mary Maxwell Lindsay Van Zee Mary Maxwell

MOTHER’S DAY MEMORIALS Roxanna Baggerly Roy and Claudia Baggerly Lois Braby Jack Braby Elaine Ickes Patricia Briggs Larry and Marsha Penrose Letha Chatburn Dennis and Sharon Wood Nellie Chun-Ming Dan and Nadine Cathey Ginny Condit David Condit Lillie Cooper Charles and Mary Kellogg Mildred Courtois William and Kathy Albright Juanita Epperly Bonita Epperly Doris Gard Kevin Gard and Lauren Carr Freda Hatten Barry and Kathy Watts Ruby Hudson Pat Ryan Lillian Kirby Kevin Gard and Lauren Carr

Juanita McIntosh Marlene McIntosh Maureen O’Kelley Marlene McIntosh Mattie Ott Joe and Kathy McLeister Opal Page Charles and Mary Kellogg Gail Post Michael and Deb Bessonette Carol Ryan Pat Ryan Marie Ryan Pat Ryan Reta Mae Vandel Bryan and Marilyn Schempf Naomi Woodrow Marlene McIntosh

VALENTINE’S DAY GIFTS Dave Davis Andrea Read-Davis Mary Huhmann Frank and Pam Forgey Marsha and Larry Penrose Jeff McLaughlin and Emily Penrose-McLaughlin

MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS

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Since 1979, your trust, generosity, and grace have empowered tens of thousands of our community partners worldwide to reach their goals.

The lives you’ve touched through your support are no longer defined by need, but by opportunity and hope. New mindsets are created through collaboration, and new outlooks discovered through dedication, passed down through generations.

Just as Outreach works to equip people with the tools and experience to help them forge their own path toward continued success, the Legacy Circle provides Outreach with the certainty that the future we create together will echo through the ages.

Naming Outreach as a beneficiary in your will or estate plan ensures our world will continue to grow more hopeful, loving, and empowered throughout the years, as we continue our work for the benefit of humankind.

Join the Legacy Circle today. Learn more at: outreach-international.org/legacycircle

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