Jeff Reitzel is a long-time friend of ours. He's a highly-respected real estate agent, mortgage broker, and investor in Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, and the surrounding area, but he says his “best investment by far” is an orphanage he purchased in Ghana, Africa, to help care for abandoned children. Giving back to our local and [...]
The last time we saw Mike Brown in Part II of our story, he was heading over to visit Nadine Doyle at The Hacienda Roasting Company to pitch his idea of Coffee4Kids: an initiative born of his desire to help support Food4KidsWR. He still needs to source the coffee and The Hacienda Roasting Company may [...]
The Food4KidsWR Story: Kelly-Sue Oberle We’re a few minutes into our conversation when Kelly-Sue’s phone springs to life with the Sherwood Forest ringtone. It’s appropriate given her mission: to encourage members of the community who have enough, to give to those who do not. Kelly-Sue has worked with several nutrition programs in Waterloo Region, and [...]
Backpacks for Kids Sends 150 Kids to School in the Dominican Republic. Backpacks for Kids is Fibernetics' in-house charity devoted to helping families in the Dominican Republic. Each year, a number of children are denied the opportunity to attend school because their families cannot afford the necessary school supplies and uniform. Over the past [...]
