As my Faithful Readers are aware, I am a supporter of HIS Home for Children, an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. My father, Doug Hill, also supports HIS Home by making birch candles. He cuts the branches of a birch tree (no live trees are harmed) into 2 to 6 inches lengths. He then drills a hole into one end and inserts a tea light. I then sell them at bazaars and the proceeds go to HIS Home. The other day Jerry Solem, woodwooker extraordinaire of Empire, Michigan, offered some of his birch logs to The Cause. The first 2 photos are of Jerry cutting the logs into mini-van transportable size. The third photo is of Dad with some of his works in progress. Then there are a couple of finished candles for your viewing pleasure.
I love the human connectivity of this process, where trees grow Up North in Michigan, the wood is gathered, Dad spends time in his shop crafting them, I drive them to Chicagoland and get them sold, and then the money is sent to the US HIS Home headquarters in Lima, Ohio where it then is transferred to meet the needs of over 100 children in the Carribean. Ultimately, the glow of these candles touch hundreds and hundreds of people. This is joy in action.
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