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Waltzing On Water
Water Ski Park A Hit With Competitors
July 30, 2008
By Flip Putthoff
The Morning News
Outdoors
Durham - Roger Boskus and his family live an hour away from Beaver Lake, yet some of the best water skiing in the area is literally in their back yard.
Boskus turned a pasture on his property at Durham into Cedar Creek Water Ski Park. The park's two lakes are situated along Arkansas 16 in southeast Washington County.
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Restore Humanity to host baby shower for Kenyan newborns
Northwest Arkansas Times
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Newborn babies in Kenya will receive formula, diapers and other necessities through the latest Restore Humanity event Saturday.
Through "Baby Shower for Kenya," Restore Humanity founder Sarah Fennel is collecting cloth diapers, sheets, blankets, cribs, bottles and numerous other goods for a new baby clinic in Kenya. Donations can be dropped of between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at Fennel's home at 1655 Woolsey Ave. in Fayetteville.
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Restore Humanity Raises $2,000 for Orphanage Capital Costs
February 23, 2008 6:53
Our Town
By Special to The Morning News
FAYETTEVILLE - A fundraiser and raffle held at Mason's boutique on Joyce Boulevard on Feb. 7 raised more than $1,000 toward the capital costs of an African orphanage underway by Restore Humanity, a local nonprofit organization founded by Fayetteville resident Sarah Fennel.
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'Restore Humanity' Aims To Globalize Hearts
Sarah Fennel Reaches Out To Children of the World
Saturday, October 20, 2007
By Bettina Lehovec
THE MORNING NEWS
Our Town
FAYETTEVILLE -- The 5-year-old had suffered from a chest cold for months, her breath rasping and her eyes downcast. All it took was a $12 dose of antibiotics and she was a different child, running and playing in the Kenyan sun. That's the difference one small act of generosity can make. For Fayetteville resident Sarah Fennel, it's just one example of the caring she's determined to share. "I want to globalize hearts," she said. "Children in Third World countries are just as important as children here. Love is the basis of all of it."
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Restore Humanity will premiere the documentary, "Taking the First Step" this week on Mount Sequoyah.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
The Morning News
Our Town
At just under an hour, the film shows how the organization began by raising money and receiving donations. Most of the documentary was filmed in South Africa and portrays detailed accounts of what founder Sarah Fennel and her colleagues did while there. Fennel's various projects are located in South Africa as well as Kenya.
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Baby shower helps orphans in Kenya
By Scott F. Davis
Northwest Arkansas Times
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Linda Collins of Fayetteville drops off organic diapers, baby bottles, formula, blankets and clothes for Sarah Fennel's baby shower on Saturday. Collins says the organic diapers work better and last longer than the more common white, cotton diapers.
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Benefiting The World: Reggae, Refreshments, Restoration Highlight Fundraiser
By Sara Sullivan
THE MORNING NEWS
Saturday, November 24, 2007
FAYETTEVILLE -- Colorful scarves, chunky beaded necklaces and wild print dresses and tops converged at George's Majestic Lounge on Nov. 17 for Restore Humanity's benefit concert and silent auction.
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Sarah Fennel's Journal
Celebrate Magazine
April, 2007
When Sarah Fennel thinks about South Africa…a lot of pictures are playing in her head because she sees it in so many different ways…poverty, yes…illness, yes…hunger, always… and little hope of jobs…but so much more…Sarah sees faces…the beautiful eyes of children filled with hope and dreams of a better life and a thirst for education. Faces of families torn apart by AIDS, but taking comfort in the simple acts of kindness from people who care about them…
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Restore Humanity Benefit Rocks George's, Raises $10,000 for African Aid
By Bettina Lehovec
The Morning News
Saturday, December 16, 2006
A lifelong fascination with Africa led Sarah Fennel there last year. The impoverished living conditions she encountered are taking her back.
The 26-year-old Fayetteville resident plans to return to South Africa next month, along with a shipment of clothes, toys and school supplies she's gathered.
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Sarah Fennel, Restore Humanity : Restoration project has a human focus
BY MICHELLE PARKS
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
December 3, 2006
When she held a baby in Africa who was dying from AIDS, Sarah Fennel's cause became clear to her: She wants to do her part to make the world better.
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Times Editorial : The good fight
Northwest Arkansas Times
Posted on Monday, October 23, 2006
Profiles of individuals that our reporters turn up for the readers of the Northwest Arkansas Times don't often require any additional commentary, just the straight-up reporting of why their lives, through circumstance or actions, deserves to be pointed out for others to read about.
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Fayetteville native finds her calling, starts nonprofit to help world’s poor
BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times
Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006
Fayetteville native Sarah Fennel is trying to do her part to
help less fortunate persons around the world.
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Restore Humanity ~ Helping the Less Fortunate
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