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[By: Matthew Amstutz and Ben Sutter | July 7, 2011 | Comments Off]
2,686 Total number of youth 918 Total number of exhausted youth sponsors 3 Average ratio of youth to sponsors 44 Youth in largest youth group, Blooming Glen Mennonite Church, Pa. 523,770 Dollars spent for youth registration alone 3,700 Black-and-gold, cross-shaped rubber bracelets handed out at the end of youth worship (...)
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[By: Ben Sutter | July 6, 2011 | Comments Off]
295 children from 19 states 12 K-5 classes 28 K-5 volunteers 1500 sequins, 1,050 popsicle sticks and 200 drinking straws for crafts 48 pairs of scissors 2 cart-fulls of snacks 800 napkins used at snack 12 2 oz.  bottles of hand sanitizer (...)
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[By: Ben Sutter | July 5, 2011 | Comments Off]
2,200 recycled T-shirt scarves (Mennonite Central Committee) 456 different pieces, from 10 different fabrics, stitched together to make the Congolese Cloth quilt 5,600 popsicles (Mennonite Mission Network) 5,000 blue silly bands and 8,000 blue sunglasses (Eastern Mennonite University) 1,000 purple gumballs, 2,000 (...)
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[By: Ben Sutter | July 4, 2011 | Comments Off]
1st “green” convention center certified with a Gold Leadership in Energy Design (LEED®) rating 40,000 square feet of rooftop terrace 1,500,000 square feet of total space Over 95 percent of the original center was recycled by crushing it into useful fill material The primary hall space of 236,000 square (...)
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