Hello again Grace Race friends and supporters. Thanks to your participation and generous donations, the construction of the administrative wing of the orphanage is nearly complete. This wing includes the staff offices, dining room and kitchen, bathrooms, medical clinic, and visitor lobby. We are excited to share these photos showing the completed exterior and nearly [...]

As Charles mentioned in his last blog, it’s time to train. I actually prefer fall running over summer running (just not into the 90-degree high-humidity runs; I love the crisp temps and fall colors of October), but there is a plethora of weekly races and fun runs throughout the summer to keep us all motivated [...]

The Grace Race is scheduled for October 9, which is less than three months away.  That means it is time to start training and to train hard.  Recently, with family happenings, illnesses, a very busy work schedule and my own ankle injury, I have not been running consistently, much less training.  In fact, yesterday, I [...]

Sunday was a great day! As a father of two wonderful boys, I had a special Father’s Day.
In fact, I enjoyed the day so much that I am thinking that we should rally for a Father’s Week! (However, I suspect that we will need to address Mother’s Day/Week if this [...]

Hello Grace Race friends and happy summer to you! We have begun distributing flyers and tri-fold applications at local races to get the word out about the 7th Annual Grace Race on Oct. 9th. Today my nephew and I participated in and passed out applications at the Emerson Hospital 5K Run-Walk for Cancer in Concord. [...]

The Naivasha Project has always been about giving the orphans a chance to survive and thrive as future productive adults in Kenyan society.
We are excited that the orphanage is rapidly moving towards completion. The plan is for the first phase of young people to move in by January. Thanks so much for your on-going [...]

Grace Race runners, walkers, and donors: thanks to your help, the construction team in Naivasha has now completed the administrative building, which includes the dining room and kitchen areas, as well as the clinic and staff offices.  Here is a photo of the building. The team has moved on to construction of the dormitories, which [...]

Last year’s Grace Race proved to be exciting, fun, and competitive.  As a result, we have been looking forward to building on that excitement to carry us through this year’s race and beyond.  The goal is to increase our support to the Naivasha orphanage.  This year we are proud to do some things that should [...]

In March our friends in Naivasha completed construction of the roof over the administrative wing and dining area. This was done with the money you runners, walkers, and donors helped us to raise in 2009! Now it’s on to the dorms, which will be constructed in the next couple months. We’ll post photographs of the [...]