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VAIL, Colorado — A craving for adventure is what brought five locals to plan a trip to Mount Kilimanjaro. But a passion to help has them doing more than climbing.

“I love kids, and I think it will be such a life-altering experience to go over there and help these kids and see how they live,” said Janeil Turnbull.

Turnbull and Carol Gallegos will volunteer at an orphanage and a youth center in Tanzania for several days during the trip. They are also bringing toys and coats for people in the impoverished area. Continue Reading…

PLYMOUTH - Approaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro last summer, the Rev. Mally Lloyd couldn’t help wondering what seven hard days of hiking had wrought.

There, atop the highest point in Africa, Lloyd found little of the peace and solitude she envisioned as she planned her sabbatical from Christ Church Parish Episcopal in Plymouth. Rather, dozens of parka-clad adventurers like her stood clustered about the frigid summit, jostling for the best photo opportunities.

Lloyd got her photo, but spent most of her chilly time atop Africa wandering about the edges of the summit, taking in the expansive views and pondering the big picture of creation. Continue Reading…

From February 3 to 15, three St. Laurent residents will travel to Tanzania and begin their ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. They will go on this incredible expedition with nine other climbers with one goal in mind: raise $50,000 for the Enfant-Retour Québec network.

Enfant-Retour Québec co-founder Marcèle Lamarche thought of this idea on December 1st 2006. Two days before her birthday, she decided to give herself a present. “It needed to be a real challenge that would give my training more meaning and that could also help Enfant-Retour.

Then, I remembered this trip one of my friends took to the Kilimanjaro,” she told. First, she asked her husband, Yves Beauchesne, and he agreed to go on this adventure with her. The couple spent most of 2007 holding information meetings in order to find other people willing to come along. Word of mouth did the rest.

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Growing up in the shadow of Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro, humanitarian Greg Mortenson learned from his missionary parents how to help people in need: Build schools and hospitals for them.

From 1958 to 1973, Greg watched as his father, Dempsey Mortenson, founded and became development director of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center. His mother, Dr. Jerene Mortenson, founded the International School Moshi there in 1972.

Later, she also headed up schools in this country, specifically here in River Falls. Continue Reading…