Upper Midwest Associate Board 2016 Summer Games

Help support your favorite Associate Board member compete in this year’s Associate Board Summer Games happening on August 16th in Minnesota. Teams will compete against each other to bring home the gold for their team… but more importantly, for the kids! Help us raise $5,000 and donate in honor of your favorite Associate Board member.

Team Members

DILLON BALTHASER
Involved since: 2015
Associate Board Member since: 2015
Sponsor of: Marcos in Honduras

“The more one forgets himself – by giving himself to a cause or to serve another person to love – the more human he is.”
– Viktor Frankl

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $388.50
Click here to support Dillon.

ANNA HANSON
Involved since: 2007
Associate Board Member since: 2014
Sponsor of: Manuel in Mexico

“Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
– Mark Twain

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $276
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ALLISON HUFF
Involved since: 2015
Associate Board Member since: 2015

One of my favorite people that I am constantly inspired by is Brene Brown and she has quoted in her books that “a deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically and spiritually wired to love, to be loved and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to.” I love NPH because I feel that it provides the children with a home and a place to belong. It offers them a chance to feel loved by the volunteers and staff and by each other. It gives them the opportunity make those strong connections that help to facilitate a happy and healthy life.

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $365
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HUNTER JOHNSON
Involved since: 2012
Associate Board Member since: 2015
Sponsor of: Children in Honduras

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $452.50
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CLAIRE JORDAN
Involved since: 2007
Associate Board Member since: 2016
Sponsor of: Leslie and Alexander in Mexico

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
– Francis of Assisi

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $470
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ADAM KIDROWSKI
Involved since: 2015
Associate Board Member since: 2016
Sponsor of: Antonio in Guatemala, and Francisco and Eduardo in Mexico.

“Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.”
– John C. Maxwell

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $710
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KAREN KIDROWSKI
Involved since: 2010
Associate Board Member since: 2014
Sponsor of: Antonio in Guatemala, and Francisco and Eduardo in Mexico.

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
– Mother Teresa

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $425
Click here to support Karen.

COLLIN KNOFF
Involved since: 2016
Associate Board Member since: 2016

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $515
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KYRA KNOFF
Involved since: 2013
Associate Board Member since: 2014
Sponsor of: Children in Guatemala

After spending a year living and working in an NPH home (probably the most transformative year of my life so far), I have a tremendous love for the children and respect for the mission of the organization!

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $605
Click here to support Kyra.

CODY LAWINGER
Involved since: Childhood
Associate Board Member since: 2016
Sponsor of: Kimberly in Nicaragua

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $1000
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KATIE LAWLER
Involved since: 2010
Associate Board Member since: 2014
Sponsor of: Widelane in Haiti

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.
Do justly, now.
Love mercy, now.
Walk humbly, now.
You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”
– Rabbi Tarfon

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $770
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KRISTEN MAGES
Involved since: 2011
Associate Board Member since: 2014
Sponsor of: Lucia in the Dominican Republic

Cuando morimos, dejamos lo que tuvimos y llevamos lo que dimos.
(When we die, we leave what we had and take what we gave).

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $320
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LEWIS OLIVERO
Involved since: 2015
Associate Board Member since: 2016
Sponsor of: Yhendy in the Dominican Republic

“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”
– Winston Churchill

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $155
Click here to support Lewis.

SCOTTIE OSTHUS
Involved since: 2010
Associate Board Member since: 2014
Sponsor of: Dariela Johana in Honduras and Marco Antonio in Bolivia

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $400
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GINA REIS
Involved since: 2004
Associate Board Member since: 2015
Sponsor of: Marco in Mexico

NPH welcomed me with open arms–figuratively and literally! I miss the many hugs and endless amount of love those children shared with me. I live by their example of love!

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $475
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MOLLIE SPROUSE
Involved since: 2015
Associate Board Member since: 2015
Sponsor of: Karen in Honduras

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $50
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AMBER STITZ
Involved since: 2013
Associate Board Member since: 2015
Sponsor of: Children in Honduras

GOAL: $325
TOTAL RAISED: $590
Click here to support Amber.