Partnering with Minnkota Power Cooperative and Otter Tail Power Company, the event was much like any other car show, only with vehicles that can be driven past the gas pump.
Project Children Draws to a Close From left: William Crawley, a Project Children Alumnus; Project Children alumna Patricia MacBride; Norman Houston, director of the Northern Ireland Bureau; and Denis Mulcahy, Founder and Chairman of Project Children all speaking in Washington, D.C. By Sarah Buscher, Contributor
Project Children’s 40th anniversary celebration in Washington D.C. in September brought to a close an important chapter in Northern Ireland’s struggle for peace. For decades, this all-volunteer organization has been bringing children from both sides of the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland to spend the summer with a family in the United States as a respite from violence of the Troubles, but last summer was the final program.