It seems that when most people think of Nassau, their thoughts are geared towards tourists and cruise ships. These are the more “popular” areas of Nassau, but there is also a lot of poverty and need. Thankfully, a group of college students from Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC wanted to serve this specific community in [...]
Bahamas Habitat Fly-In & Help Out weekend to Eleuthera in the Bahamas is scheduled for Thursday, March 5 through Sunday, March 8, 2009 REMINDER! The upcoming Fly-In & Help Out weekend to Eleuthera in the Bahamas is scheduled for Thursday, March 5th through Sunday, March 8th, 2009. It is not too late (yet!) for interested [...]
We are getting extremely close to completing one of our on-going projects, the Hatchet Bay Community Center. The building’s original use was for Saint Marks Methodist Church, which was built in the 1840′s. Needless to say, after such a long life, the only thing left standing were some of the walls. With the sweat, dedication, [...]
Larry and Elaine Balliet, senior long term volunteers from Maine came to BMH in June of 2008, fresh from a five day United Methodist Volunteers In Mission (UMVIM) orientation in Portland, Oregon. They feel that they represent a new wave of retirees with a social conscience wanting to give back in some way the abundant blessings they have [...]
Posted on Sun, Apr. 06, 2008 in the Miami Herald Judge giving a lift to those in need BY TRENTON DANIEL Strapped in the cockpit of his twin-engine prop jet, Charles ”Charlie” Greene checked on the five passengers just before takeoff. ”All right, everyone set?” Greene asked. ”Yeah, let’s do it!” said a voice from [...]