In thanksgiving to all of you for allowing us the privilege to be your heart, hands, and feet as we reach out to our needy neighbors, we want to extend our sincere gratitude to you for your continued support of our work. We at Mir Pace International wish you and your families a happy and healthy Thanksgiving and a blessed Christmas season full of peace and joy!

We hope you enjoy this issue of our newsletter, and we hope that you will continue to be inspired to help us in our efforts to serve the poor throughout the world, while also fostering youth volunteerism!

Mir Pace goes National! This past summer, our young IHSM volunteers came from every (almost) corner of the United States - California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Vermont! Once more, we had an extraordinary experience! We are grateful for the many sacrifices our leaders, volunteers, and their families made, and we applaud each one of them for their cooperation, determined efforts, and unremitting exuberance. There are many treasured memories of this particular trip, and we invite you to click here or follow the "next" link at the bottom of this page to discover what we accomplished through a beautiful reflection from one of our volunteers.

Austin Linehan is from South Boston, MA and first learned about the work of Mir Pace International as a 7th grade student in my Social Studies and Religion classes at St. Mary School. It was there that a growing desire to give of himself in service to the poor began to develop. This past July, Austin joined Mir Pace in Tanzania, E. Africa as our first "Community Service Leadership Award" recipient.   [more]

On July 14, 2007, Mir Pace held its 3rd Annual Paddle for Poverty kayak race. Mother Nature was on our side this year and we enjoyed a tremendous turnout! We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of our sponsors, volunteers, and race participants!! To read about and view images of this event, please click here.

Our Store

As part of our efforts to establish small business initiatives that assist the local communities in building economic opportunities that can promote self-sufficiency, beautiful hand-woven products created by members of our weaver's collaboratives in Guatemala and Tanzania, are available for purchase on our Web site. As the holidays approach, we hope you will visit our "Store" and consider making one or more of these lovely items a unique and special gift for a friend or family member. Visit our store by clicking here.

We have just about met our fundraising goal for 2007! However, we continue our efforts to raise much-needed funds in order that we may build and expand our programs in 2008. We depend on your generous support.

In addition to monetary donations, we ask that you consider helping us in our on-going effort to collect medical and school supplies (antibiotics, vitamins, medications, bandages, rubber gloves, hospital equipment and supplies, paper, pencils, pens, note and workbooks, calculators, etc.). All donated materials will be personally distributed during our IHSM trips throughout the coming year.

If you would like more information about making a donation of medical or educational supplies, please e-mail us at Mir Pace International. If you would like to make a monetary donation, please click here to be automatically directed to our secure on-line donation page. We ask that you kindly give as generously as possible, and please encourage everyone you know to match your donation!

Mir Pace International is a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your charitable contribution is deeply appreciated and is tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.

From July 16 through August 2, IHSM volunteers will work along side our host, Fr. Denis Agbenyadzi, and the pygmy population living just outside the city of Bengui. This program is still under development, so please keep an eye on our web site for updates!

For more information about being a part of these rewarding experiences, please visit our Mission Locations page.