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Covenant Harbor Youth Retreat Donates to Haiti Relief

by covwebster – Jan 25, 2010

LAKE GENEVA, WI (January 25, 2010) – Junior and senior high students attending the “Deep Freeze” weekend retreat held January 15-17 at Covenant Harbor Bible Camp & Retreat Center donated more than $850 to help with relief work in Haiti.

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Slow Aid Response in Outlying Areas ‘Frustrating’

by covwebster – Jan 20, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (January 20, 2010) – Missionaries now in Haiti say they are frustrated that aid is slow to arrive in areas outside Port-au-Prince, and the need continues to grow.

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Online Haiti Relief Donations Top $100,000 Level

by covwebster – Jan 20, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (January 20, 2010) – Exactly one week after an earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and other parts of the country, online donations to Covenant World Relief’s Haiti Disaster Fund have surpassed the $100,000 mark.

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Covenant Churches Responding to Haiti Crisis

by covwebster – Jan 15, 2010

NEW BRIGHTON, MN (January 15, 2010) – Members of Salem Covenant Church in New Brighton, Minnesota, mobilized Wednesday night to help pack 18,000 meals on behalf of Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), an organization with which they have worked for several years, says Pastor Mark Pattie.

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Online Donations to CWR Haiti Relief Fund Top $40,000

by covwebster – Jan 15, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (January 15, 2009) – One online gift of $10,000 helped drive the total online contributions for Covenant World Relief’s Haiti Relief Fund to more than $40,000 today.

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Donations Best Way to Speed Relief to Haiti Relief Victims

by covwebster – Jan 14, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (January 14, 2010) – Denominational leaders expressed gratitude today for the outpouring of support from Evangelical Covenant churches in response to the Haitian crisis, but also encouraged churches not to make plans to travel to the devastated island in the near future.

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Covenant World Relief Aiding Haiti Earthquake Victims

by covwebster – Jan 13, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (January 13, 2010) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) funds already are at work in Haiti providing assistance following Tuesday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated large areas within the country and claimed thousands of lives.

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Covenant Service Project to Buy Bed Nets for Congo Kids

by covwebster – Jan 5, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (January 5, 2010) – A recent report from the World Health Organization states that the number of malaria cases dropped significantly in 2009 due to wider use of mosquito nets, a fact that points to the importance of this year’s Children’s Service Project, says David Husby, director of Covenant World Relief.

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