“(He has) such passion for these kids.”Īccording to Nancy, her husband’s firsthand experience at the orphanages provides great insight in explaining the day-to-day struggles of the children to potential donors. “He is a leader and he does have vision,” said Nancy. Nancy Crow, Len’s wife, says her husband has a gift for motivating people to help the greater good. To date, this year’s ride, which began in May, has raised more than $80,000 but the total does not include fundraising initiatives which are currently underway. Len’s 11,000 kilometre fundraising trek is the sixth, and longest, installment in his ‘Pony Express for Orphans’ rides. Turned out she was sixteen and starving to death.” “This little girl had no hands, she had crooked feet, and she weighed about 35 pounds. “I had been there on a surveying trip to see if we might start an orphanage in Cambodia, Vietnam or Thailand,” explains Crow. ![]() Pastor Len Crow took a one year leave from his Baptist church in Orillia, Ontario to embark on a fundraising initiative in the hopes of collecting $1,000,000 to improve existing orphanages his church built in Mexico, Cambodia, Guatemala and the Philippines, and to build a new orphanage in India.Ĭrow has been dedicated to helping children living in desperate conditions for years and a heartbreaking interaction with a Cambodian girl continues to motivate his efforts. A former Alberta pastor’s commitment to helping orphans has him mounting up and riding from Deadhorse, Alaska to Guadalajara, Mexico.
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