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Foundation Fridays: Let the River Run……….

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February 17, 2012 by Elizabethkillough

……….Clean. Lots of our work at the UnTours Foundation is about clean water.  And what about those of us in the Global North, who have plenty of water? (I do realize that more and more of us in the North don’t in fact have enough!) What can we do to help the problem in addition…  


Foundation Fridays: A Fan Club Member Speaks Up

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February 10, 2012 by Elizabethkillough

When I joined Hal at the UnTours Foundation a number of years ago, I read my way through the filing cabinets as part of my personal orientation program. One of the surprises was the following letter from a friend and fan of Hal’s. “Dear Hal, I am writing to let you know that you now…  


Foundation Fridays: A Success Story in Progress

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February 3, 2012 by Elizabethkillough

The feisty and loving personality of our guest blogger, Brenda Davis, is evident in this 2006 PBS television piece for “Boomers! Redefining Life After 50”. When Hal and I need a pick-me-up, we check in with Brenda! And now we have Snow, who’s as much a clone of Brenda’s as she is a granddaughter. The…  


Foundation Fridays: Ashley’s Homecoming

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January 27, 2012 by Elizabethkillough

Here’s former foundation intern extraordinaire, Ashley Fessler, in Honduras. Today, we have our first guest blogger: Ashley Fessler, a dynamite young woman, who worked with us at the foundation in 2010.  Ashley spent the year with us leading much of our local work surrounding America’s First Fair Trade Town, Media, PA. We shared the ups…  


Foundation Fridays: If The Shoe Fits…

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January 20, 2012 by Elizabethkillough

From time to time, I receive a friendly email from someone letting me know there is an error in an online interview of Hal. The actual interview reads: A former college professor once told him, “It’s not how much you give away [that matters in life], it’s how much you keep.” Those emailing me suggest…  


Foundation Fridays: Hal, the Spokes-Man

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January 13, 2012 by Elizabethkillough

I just snapped this photo of Hal on a tandem bike with bike advocate, Ira Josephs. Hal and Ira were visiting some retailers in our town of Media, PA, hoping to convince them to sell Fair Trade Certified products. As many of you know, the UnTours Foundation is the small and mighty nonprofit that’s the…