MCC Relief

2020

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G7 S U P P L E M E N T T O T H E W I N N I P E G F R E E P R E S S | S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 2 7 , 2 0 2 0 Architectural Hardware Automatic Door Operators Security Innovations 800-230-5516 • ALLMAR.COM • LOCATIONS IN 12 CITIES ACROSS CANADA IN BUSINESS SINCE 1957 HARDWARE DIVISION 287 Riverton Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2L 0N2 (204) 668-1000 OVERHEAD DOOR DIVISION 405 Logan Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3A 0C7 (204) 779-1209 Hollow Metal/ Wood Doors & Frames Lockers & Miscellaneous Specialties Consulting, Installation & Service T hank you Mennonite Central Committee for 100 years of service and generosity creditunion.mb.ca CANADIAN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY Faith-filled community, quality education Congratulations MCC! Thank you for 100 years of caring for those in need. ® Congratulations and thank you to all past and present MCC workers throughout the world. I am grateful and proud to have been a small part of MCC's work as a volunteer with my wife Lorna in the early 80's in Nigeria. At Friends Funeral Service we serve all communities, and people of all faiths. We are especially grateful and privileged to serve individuals and families of the more recent immigrants and new Canadians. ank you. Harry A. Froese Co-owner and President Go d's hand is always opening. - Spanish proverb The world needs MCC now more than ever. We are so grateful for your work. Blessings as you move ahead. tallgrassbakery.ca mccmb.ca Our beginnings were in response to a community in crisis that reached out for help. Caring and thoughtful people answered the call. Today, MCC is responding to COVID-19 by meeting the needs of hurting people in communities here and around the world. We're scaling up and adapting programs to protect uprooted and displaced people who are especially vulnerable in times like this. As we mark our centennial milestone, we are keenly aware that MCC would not exist without the generosity and faithfulness of compassionate individuals and community partners—people like you across this province, who continue to reach out a hand during challenging times to help your local and global neighbours. Thank y for supporting 100 years of relief, development and peace in the name of Christ. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) began 100 years ago in difficult times. R E L I E F D E V E L O P M E N T P E A C E 1 9 2 0 M C C 2 0 2 0 MCC food kitchen established in response to famine in Russia, 1922 In January, people from across North America donated more than 9,500 comforters to MCC as part of the Great Winter Warm-up. Comforter distribution in Japan circa 1950 School kit distribution in Cambodia circa 1983 COVID-19 Hygiene Kit distributed to families in Syria, 2020

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