Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 2, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june 2000 local b3 Mcc festival Relief june the Forks Jody free press Arthur Driedger left and David Olfert Are organizers of the annual Mcc festival and Relief great entertainment land bargains available by Bob Armstrong the sixth annual Winnipeg Mcc festival and Relief Sale brings together two distinct and contrasting sides of the character of Man Jit bans were simultaneously a i generous and a frugal i with two Days of activities at the Forks on june 2 and including an arts and crafts auction of Antiques and collectibles and a giant garage the festival and Relief Sale will give bar gain Hunters a Chance to find a Penny Pinchers but with All the proceeds of the event going to help Pep Isle left homeless by mudslides in Venezuela and civil War in the event also continues a Long tradition of Manitoban supporting less fortunate people around the last years event raised All of it spent on International Aid and development projects of the mennonite Cen trial says festival and Sale chairman David the festival combines a healthy a Good time for and a Chance to do Good for says when flooding devastated parts of last 60 per cent of All Money the Mcc raised in Canada came from notes Ken director of Mcc Manitoba in general has the highest rate of voluntarism in and with Mcc i know that the says it probably is linked to the fact that we Are called upon fairly often to were familiar with Dis from 4 on june to 4 on june festival Park at the will be covered with tents filled with games and educational the activity begins with the opening of the arts and crafts tent and a tent offering products from the macs ten thousand villages at More than 30 ten thousand villages stores across the Mcc Sells handicrafts rang ing from luxurious Oriental carpets to african Drums to handmade these products Are made by craftspeople around the world and bought by the macs using fair Trade practices to provide villagers with a living entertainment on Friday evening begins after a opening address and includes the Milltown Hutt Erite Cara a Folk Singer whose career includes an appearance at Sarah Mclaughlin lilith and an a Cap Pella do Wop group called the singing hockey of being a mennonite theres a lot of great says a Friday evening supper at and sat urday breakfast and lunch will give participants an Opportunity to Sample Farmers sausages and mennonite favourites such As Plumi a cold fruit soup that Olfert says is particularly mennonite cooking is noted for far fresh ingredients and echoes of the mennonites origins in Germany and bargain Hunters and folks with a Sweet tooth will come out in Force on sat urday morning for the experienced goods Sale and bake which follow a 7 to 9 breakfast featuring entertainment by the Steinbach 55plus Harmonica a nine member group who perform hundreds of Folk and religious songs on the experienced goods tent will con Tain an amazing array of says including build ing sporting furniture and All of the items Are donated to the one persons discard is another per sons notes clothing is the Only thing that int sold at the the Mcc operates a Chain of Thrift shops throughout Manitoba that sell used also on a childrens activity tent will include a Day of activities including japanese paper Chil Drens entertainers Simon and and an auction Sale designed to introduce youngsters to the ins and outs of saturday afternoons entertainment includes the Westgate choral jazz ensemble and senior jazz a sudanese choir from the Calvary tem the korean mennonite Church the gospel Light who have toured South Mexico and Cana and bassist Steve Hamilton per forming with a jazz entertainment and childrens activities also have an educational says a youth group from the Village of Springstein will organize a life size game of snakes and ladders in which participating children will learn How War and natural disasters can befall individuals and the sudanese which will per form songs from their Homeland As Well As traditional choir features per formers with firsthand knowledge of the Long running War that has created four million educational displays will be focused on the theme of a longing for one of the displays will be an actual refugee where visitors will have a Chance to see the Bare necessities Given to refugees to keep them that will be a real be a real eyeopener for says the festival and Sale is a major under taking for says who has chaired the event for three years for volunteers from Mcc have been rounding up items to sell at the experienced goods Sale and in the auction of unique and antique oth ers have been preparing arts and crafts and baked still other volunteers will be out in Force at the site to Orga Nize serve pick up Lead kids activities and provide medical care and first in always amazed that we bring it All says wishes Mcc Success in this years Sale 7722411 555 Empress across from Polo Park what a Dealership should the 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attend the june 2 3 event at the proceeds from the Sale and from dozens of sponsor organizations raise Money for the mennonite Cen trial committees work in International the theme for this years Sale is a longing for and proceeds will Aid two groups of homeless people in Africa and South but equally the event helps to connect Manitoban to peo ple in need around the its a relationship we Are develop a relationship with an individual says Ken executive director of Mcc one of the ways Mcc builds relationships is by providing Relief buckets to victims of natural and manmade disasters around the a Relief bucket is a bucket which can be used to carry drinking food or As a sink for washing dishes or As a chair filled with essential personal care and first Aid sometimes when kids Are volunteering and filling Relief buckets they will put a letter and sometimes they will get a letter Back in says who notes that the personal connection created by such interchanges is valuable for the people at both educational displays at the week end festival such As an actual refugee tent Are another of the ways the Mcc builds a relationship Between donors and this years festival will raise funds for people left homeless As a result of two disasters of biblical proportions the Long running civil War in and last decembers devas Tating mudslides in these Are people who have lost says torn by War Between the government in the Muslim North and insurgents in the largely Christian the worlds largest num Ber of internally displaced people some four hundreds of thou Sands live in Camps near the Many arriving there with nothing More than the clothing they Are in one tent City of the Mcc is providing tools and school in the War torn the Mcc is providing food at peace sem Inars open to both sides in the con in three Days of rain reported in one instance to add up to four metres of water caused mud slides that destroyed seriously damaged another and left people Home Many of the Homes were shanties erected by poor people along and when their Homes were washed away All of their world by goods went with in addition to emergency Assis Tance such As Relief the Mcc is investigating ways of provid ing economic development Assis Tance and rebuilding in the areas hardest hit by the Venezuela and Sudan Are just two of 54 countries around the world where the Mcc works on emergency economic and social develop ment and peace 70 years of caring started in 1920 in response to the famine and civil War that followed the russian Mcc has become an internationally respected Aid organization that seeks to relieve suffering and help people develop the skills to Rise above poverty and Winnipeg is Home to the Canad an head office of the As Well As the worldwide head office for the Agency african and Middle East receiving donations from individuals and from the Mcc has earned respect and admiration among both mennonites and non of Mcc Manitoba annual budget of Only is used up by administrative says giving the organization an extremely Low extensive use of volunteers and an office of simple cubicles for administrative and program staff help to keep costs because of its Low and gifts received to cover general operating says the organization is Able to allocate 100 per cent of funds received for a particular such As aiding the flood Vic Tims in to that the benefits of the organizations activities Are not confined to the donor says noting How sponsoring refugees to come to Manitoba has changed this some of the things we didst intend to do Are some of our Best he Best wishes Mcc from regers printing 83 Burnett 6685051 mennonite Brethren collegiate Institute fostering excellence a tradition of excellence in Christian grades 712 160 Riverton Avenue mid Tau Muu Tabb cauda r3c2e1 to Wes Gole mennonite collegiate is a Christian school grounded in the Anabaptist it it the Mission Oft i school to provide a Well rounded education which will inspire and empower students to live As people of 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