Stories for Telling: A Personal Journey through ChildFund’s Archives
by Jamie Chan Editor’s note: Today’s guest blogger, whose father grew up in the Faith-Love Orphanage near Hong Kong, is researching a book on Dr. Verent J. Mills, who joined Christian Children’s Fund...
View ArticleDriven by Compassion: Pete Olson’s Race for Children
By Loren Pritchett, ChildFund staff writer Pete Olson In the 30 seconds it took him to watch the ChildFund commercial, Pete Olson, Formula car racer, knew he wanted to sponsor a child. The decision was...
View ArticleReflections on Sponsorship: A Visit to Vietnam
Guest Post by Pete Olson Pete Olson is an American Formula car racer in the Asia Formula Renault Series. Olson’s Race for Children campaign is to raise awareness around the issue of child poverty while...
View ArticleCelebrations Begin for ChildFund’s 75th Anniversary
By Kate Andrews, ChildFund Staff Writer Seventy-five years have passed since ChildFund’s founder, Dr. J. Calvitt Clarke, unexpectedly met his friend, Dr. J. Stewart Nagle, on a train in the summer of...
View ArticleVerent Mills, ‘Our Man’ in China
By Kate Andrews, ChildFund Staff Writer With credit to A Book about Children by Larry E. Tise and Yankee Si! by Edmund W. Janss A name you’ll see often in our 75th anniversary blog series is Dr. Verent...
View ArticleThe Amazing Legacy of Our Hong Kong Alumni
By Steve Stirling, EVP/Chief Administration Officer, ChildFund International Each year, about 300 people who lived in Christian Children’s Fund’s orphanages in Hong Kong in the late 1950s and early...
View ArticleMemories from a Childhood in Hong Kong
Ming Chik Chan sent a letter a few months ago to Steve Stirling, ChildFund’s executive vice president and chief administration officer. In these excerpts, Mr. Chan shares his story of leaving China for...
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