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NEWSLETTER * Vol 3 No. 3 * Please Consider Giving Today!

IN THIS ISSUEValentines DayNeed a Speaker?Volunteers NeededFriends Makes a DifferenceOur Friend: Richard McBoard Retreat

BY THE NUMBERS

Friends continues tobridge the hunger gap- Following arestatistics for the 4thQuarter 2015.

Served 6,611 HotMeals (by 912volunteers)

Additionally,1,015 sacklunches were

FRIENDS NEEDSVOLUNTEERS

Groups are needed to prepare and servemeals for 100 Friends guests on thesedays:

2nd Tuesday,4th Monday and4th Wednesday of each month.

Please contact Friends and ask forMuriel at (702) 565-8742 if you areinterested in preparing and servingcomplete meals on any of these abovedates.

Groups or individuals are also needed toprepare and deliver an entrée to Friendsfor feeding at least 100 Friends guestson the 3rd Wednesday and FirstSaturday of each month. (Servers andside dish volunteers have alreadycommitted to these days yet entrée

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Valentines' Day

source: From Wikipedia, the freeencyclopedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day)

Valentine's Day, also knownas Saint Valentine's Day orthe Feast of Saint Valentine,is a celebration observed onFebruary 14 each year. It iscelebrated in many countriesaround the world, although itis not a public holiday in mostof them.St. Valentine's Day began asa liturgical celebration of oneor more early Christian saintsnamed Valentinus. Severalmartyrdom stories wereinvented for the variousValentines that belonged toFebruary 14, and added tolater martyrologies. A popularhagiographical account ofSaint Valentine of Romestates that he wasimprisoned for performingweddings for soldiers whowere forbidden to marry andfor ministering to Christians,who were persecuted underthe Roman Empire.According to legend, duringhis imprisonment, he healedthe daughter of his jailer,Asterius. An embellishmentto this story states that beforehis execution he wrote her a

volunteers are needed.) Please contactFriends and ask for Muriel at (702)565-8742 if you are interested in provideran entrée for either of these date onetime or on an ongoing basis

FRIENDS MAKING ADIFFERENCE

You, Friends In The Desert and HELP ofSouthern Nevada are making adifference. Through the Friends furnituredrive and extensive efforts of Friends'Trustees Donna Coleman and DanMcElhattan, over 5 FID families havealready been placed in furnishedapartments and 13 other needful familiesnow have a furnished roof over theirheads. 20 families in total will be placedin furnished apartments through this aHELP of Southern Nevada/HUD initiativepowered in part by Friends, Friendsvolunteers and Friends donors.


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letter signed "Your Valentine"as a farewell. SaintValentine's Day is an officialfeast day in the AnglicanCommunion, as well as in theLutheran Church. Some part,but not all of the EasternOrthodox Church alsocelebrates Saint Valentine'sDay, albeit on July 6 and July30, the former date in honorof the Roman presbyter SaintValentine, and the latter datein honor of HieromartyrValentine, the Bishop ofInteramna (modern Terni). InGreek Orthodox Church andother Churches of theEcumenical Patriarchate, noSaint Valentine exists, norvenerated. The day was first associatedwith romantic love in thecircle of Geoffrey Chaucer inthe High Middle Ages, whenthe tradition of courtly loveflourished. In 18th-centuryEngland, it evolved into anoccasion in which loversexpressed their love for eachother by presenting flowers,offering confectionery, andsending greeting cards(known as "valentines"). InEurope, Saint Valentine'sKeys are given to lovers "asa romantic symbol and aninvitation to unlock the giver'sheart", as well as to children,in order to ward off epilepsy(called Saint Valentine'sMalady). Valentine's Daysymbols that are used todayinclude the heart-shapedoutline, doves, and the figureof the winged Cupid. Sincethe 19th century, handwritten

PROGRAM REVIEW: FRIENDS is assistingHelp of Southern Nevada ("HELP") to urgentlyfind furniture for 20 families and we hope you canmake a donation of furniture and/or spread theword about this initiative.If enough furniture can be located, HELP will beable to offer housing to additional needfulfamilies. 18 families have already been housedsince this initiative started in mid-December. Thefamilies are required to pay 30% of the rent andHELP will pay 70%. The families are beinghoused in Henderson.

As of February 2016, the most pressing need isfor money to purchase inflatable mattresseswhich has turned out to be a very cost effectiveway to meet the bedding requirements of ourFriends. Call Donna Coleman with questionsabout financial donations. This is a situation forwhich a small amount will do wonders. Otherfurniture needs are for other bedding items andbedroom, living room and dinette furniture items. (Another organization is assisting by providingpots and pans.) Donated items can be pickedup! For more details or to arrange a pick-up ofdonated furniture, contact:Jennifer at HELP, phone number 702-884-2376or Donna Coleman, phone number 702-450-7450or email [email protected]


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valentines have given way tomass-produced greetingcards.

Speaker BureauIf anyone is interested inhaving a Friend's BoardMember come to speak ata luncheon, dinner,meeting, etc. Pleasecontact: Donna [email protected]

A provocative quote...

To leave the world a bitbetter ...to know that one life hasbreathed easier becauseyou have lived.This is to have succeeded.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Contribute TodayFriends is a 501 (c) 3organization which meansyour donation is taxdeductible.

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OUR FRIENDS Richard Mc

Waste not, want not! This man of Scottish decenttakes great pride in budgeting a dollar as far as itcan go. Richard was born in Illinois. He has twosisters and a brother scattered about the UnitedStates. He has had several jobs in his life thathave led him to becoming a "Jack of all trades". This fix-it man has been able to survive for thepast 6 years in the desert of Henderson by thegenerosity of others that pay or barter with himfor his handyman talents. By frequenting theFriends' in the Desert dinners from three to fourtimes a week, he does not go hungry.

School was never his favorite place to go. He isnaturally inquisitive and prefers to discoveranswers on his own. Richard barely passed HighSchool and tried a vocational school in weldingand auto mechanics. To this day he admits toreading mechanical and scientific books andmagazines far too much. Other compulsionsinclude TV and the computer. Prior to beinghomeless, he once asked a landlord to removehis TV from his room, because he found himselfglued to the set nearly every day. "I didn't goanywhere," he states with an appearance of a


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new found freedom. A man has to know hislimitations.

Raised as a "token" Presbyterian so his mothercould get a babysitter every Sunday, Richardclaims no specific religion but he attends aHenderson Christian service, Church in the Park,regularly.

Looking into the future he claims he will needhelp with his eyes and his hearing. Richard hasjust received a major gift which came in January2016; a sister arranged for him to live in anapartment for the next year. This poses hisnewest challenge, readjusting to normal life fromthe existence of the desert. You can do it Richard!

Respectfully submitted by Dan McElhattan-1/2016

Board Retreat

On February 6, 2016, Friends board membersattended a retreat hosted at a volunteer facility todiscuss long and short term goals includingproviding workshops on a quarterly basis to helpour guests, our "Friends", move forward. Friendsin The Desert Foundation is continuouslyinnovating and trying new approaches to fulfill itsmission: "Food for Living. Tools for Life."

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