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What would you do if you had an incurable neurologic illness? Quit work and sit things out? Go on disability? Jim Haverlock was handed just such a challenge some 13 years ago when his doctors first told him he had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a diagnosis later amended to progressive multiple sclerosis. After a few dark moments, Jim rose from the mat and began wrestling the dragon which seemed determined to make his life miserable and short. He went on to found and run a very successful online Internet furniture business called 1shop4u.com. But that’s not all!

Jim, being a man who feels that the best way to help yourself is to reach out and help others, took on helping people mired in poverty, sickness and lack of opportunities: The people of Uganda. Jim’s involvement led to the creation of Compassion-Care, a 501C-3 nonprofit organization which, in its short existence, has rolled up its sleeves and taken on such projects as:

Gabba Centre for Deaf, Dumb, Blind Children – in Kampala, Uganda, East Africa

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Planning for a new FREE School in a remote area of Uganda where people have nothing to their name, not even clothing, but want an education for their children so they can have hope for the future, and an opportunity for employment. This school will be a very simple structure on land we already own. There is room for a garden where students and staff can grow their own vegetables, a simple solar cooker kitchen area, and some minimal supplies on-hand such as books, pens pencils, paper and other school supplies. The salary for a teacher is just $100 per month.

The ARTEMISININ Project which is dedicated to aid those afflicted with malaria by buying and disseminating the anti-malarial drug artemesinin. Artemesinin is a plant-derived compound that has been proven effective in combating malaria. We at Compassion Care want to make it available to those who cannot travel or afford medical care.

If you are sitting there – sick or well – and not doing something to ease the plight of others – Jim and his directors have only two questions to put to you: “Why not?” “If not you, than who?”

If you feel a tug in your heart,...a still small voice that says “Don’t just sit there, get involved!” – please call, write or e-mail Compassion-Care and lend your voice and some of your resources to the cause. By so doing you too can change the world – one person at a time.

Contact information:

Compassion Care Foundation, PO Box 728, 506 Twisp Avenue West, Twisp, WA 98856-0728

501C-3 approval numbers: 17053242300007

Federal ID # 87-0809377

Phone: 509-997-0204

FAX: 208-693-2920

Web site: http://www.compassion-care.org

E-mail: compassion4u@compassion-care.org

Mission:

Providing and working towards ...

Compassion-Care.org touches the lives of those in need, and works tirelessly to make a positive difference in individual lives. A non-profit, non-governmental, non-denominational charity, Compassion-Care.org is devoted to affirming the dignity and worth that exists in every human being, as well as to promote and teach respect for people without regard or distinction based on race, color, creed, sex, religious tradition or lack of same, sexual orientation, language, social or educational status.

Compassion-Care.org is dedicated to exploring all avenues and possibilities that nurture the human spirit and advance the human condition, and in this vein works diligently to foster the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being of all those in need.

Committed to empowering those who need a helping hand, Compassion-Care provides a range of learning opportunities to impoverished or otherwise disadvantaged children and adults.

With an emphasis on those who are impoverished, Compassion Care helps struggling peoples acquire the knowledge, skills and self-esteem necessary to survive, thrive and progress; in turn, this exposure helps make for a healthier, happier and more productive lifestyle.

Compassion Care provides the means for securing a decent education and the essentials for self empowerment for those who otherwise would not have the chance to move forward.

Each and every day, Compassion Care makes it possible for underprivileged people to lay hold on the tools they need to surmount the enemies of genuine advancement -- poverty, illiteracy, and the hopelessness and lack of vision this tends to spawn.

Compassion Care offers sponsorship programs that provide safe, nurturing schools for children whose families have little or no economic means, as well as medical care for them and their families. In rural villages, Compassion Care provides villagers with medical and dental care, educational facilities for children, food for the hungry, and scholarships for those wishing to attend a university, Trade School, or other institute of higher learning.

At Compassion Care healing is viewed as a process of growth and self-empowerment predicated on nurturing the individual, which necessarily includes love, unconditional acceptance, unbridled encouragement and ceaseless prayer. In addition Compassion Care is committed to providing safe, hygenic water and a nutritious meal to those who have not eaten; creating opportunities for bright, underprivileged youngsters to attend school; making sure clothes and shoes are made available to children who have none. Compassion-Care is also about binding up the deep wounds of want by providing shelter for those who lack a roof over their heads, and teaching indigenous peoples the skills necessary to support themselves and even generate a decent income.

Compassion Care is all about advancing human welfare -- one baby, one child, one adult at a time. We truly believe that to save one life is to save the world.

IN THE TRENCHES – COMPASSION CARE’S DIRECTORS:

Lyn Darnall is employed as a statistician at both SRI (San Clemente, CA) and the University of California-Irvine. She is the author of many papers and at least one book. Lyn is one of those giving souls who looks out after others and beats the drum constantly for worthy causes.

Jim Haverlock is owner of 1shop4u.com, one of the Internet’s busiest online home furnishings shopping center, and has 8 children, a foster son, 18 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren (A fact that has made him, in the words of Compassion Care co-director Dr. Anthony Payne, “A Darwinian success story few can top”) Jim is former President of the Chamber United Way, as well as a mover and a shaker in his local Knights of Columbus, Lions Club, and St. Joseph’s Church (950 family church with its own grade school). Jim story is movingly told in his much acclaimed autobiography, “Challenging the Dragon.” As one whose life has been lived at least partially in the “shadowlands,” Jim has a heart for those who are challenged physically, materially and in terms of lack of opportunity for self-improvement.

Teddy Namagembe (Kampala, Uganda, Africa) is an accountant, though to become so she had to surmount many dire challenges including poverty to obtain an education and help her family and others. Teddy has a great desire to help her people, especially the very poor. Among her inspired ideas are establishment of a FREE School in remote Uganda, as well as making available universal access to a basic education, as well as spiritual guidance, food, clothing and improved living conditions for the poorest of the poor.

Dr. Anthony G. Payne is a biological theorist and Director of Invention & Development at Weller Health Institute (California), author of 3 books and numerous articles and papers, as well as the creative force behind numerous novel treatment approaches for various kinds of cancer, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), and more. Dr. Payne spends a great deal of his time at work and home laboring away on devices, regimens and hypotheses that are geared to alleviate suffering and turn the tables on many intractable conditions and some incurable diseases. Dr. Payne and his Japanese wife, Sachi, live in sunny southern California.

Pamela Purtell is employed with 1shop4u.com (Twisp WA) and is a single mom with 3 children. Pam has been and is involved in helping young people including school programs. She genuinely cares about people, health issues and education and is an all-around giving person.

Rebekah Trevino is employed with Microsoft Corporation headquarters (Renton WA) and is married to Eric. She is a very compassionate, caring young woman who gives of herself to help others while cheering on others to do likewise.

Arthur Eugene Westlund is owner of the Winthrop Inn (Winthrop, WA.) Mr. Westlund has been helping the poor for many years, especially young people, and is deeply involved in providing spiritual succor to members of his church, community and family.

Mary Jane Westlund is an accountant, housewife, and mother of four who cares very much about people, and in this vein helps many locally, as well as in Mexico and Africa. Mrs. Westlund does a great deal for those in need but like all our directors has a big desire to bring bigger things to pass to ease their plight.