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THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 17
July 2019
Boys and Girls Aid
By MARGIE WIESENTHAL
When fi reworks
aren’t the fun kind
ENCOURAGED!
Fireworks on the Fourth of July are
wonderful. They explode in the air.
They are beautiful. They are fun to
see. They entertain us. We enjoyed
them as children and so do our chil-
dren and grandchildren.
However, there are many children
who experience a different kind of
fireworks. For these children fire-
works are more like explosions, not in
the air, but in their lives. These explo-
sions hurt both physically and emo-
tionally. They are not fun. You see,
these children have experienced the
fireworks of the harshest of life’s real-
ities. They have been physically
abused, emotionally neglected and ig-
nored by the society that should be
helpng them.
Boys and Girls Aid of Portland has
seen this need. With its many pro-
grams, it has stepped into the lives of
these children with the help and en-
couragement that they need.
In the words of a minister I know,
“Encouragement is something every
single one of us craves. It is more
than just a compliment. Encourage-
ment has been described as ‘oxygen
for the soul’ and if life-giving encour-
agement has ever been breathed into
your soul... if someone has ever come
alongside you and ‘put courage into
you’ through their words and ac-
tions... then you know what I am talk-
ing about. The ripple effect of encour-
agement lasts a lifetime.”
You have done just that through
the Charbonneau Branch of Boys and
Girls Aid. You have helped and en-
couraged many children with your
contribution of time, energy and re-
sources. You have given them the
courage needed to become successful
adults. At our luncheon May 17 we
presented to Dr. Susan Huntington
(president and CEO) this donation
from the Cypress Auxiliary Branch of
F ITNESS
C ENTER
The Charbonneau
Fitness Center is only $60 for
a six-month membership.
Contact the CCC offi ce to sign up.
COURTESY PHOTO
At the BGA Cypress Branch May 17 luncheon (left to right): Margie Wiesenthal, Susan Huntington,
Diann Harland.
Boys and Girls Aid in Charbonneau.
The amount of $94,393 represents the
generous gifts of time, energy and re-
sources from many of you here in
Charbonneau.
If you want to know more go on
line to www.boysandgirlsaid.org. To
see what is happening at the
Charbonneau Cypress Branch, please
visit www.cypressonline.org.
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