Inspirational tales of giving and love
A Reason to be Thankful: A Special Message from ICC President, Rick Fleck There is something special about the season of Thanksgiving. As the air changes from cool to cold, and plans are made to feast with family and friends, I can’t help but feel excited. The season reminds me Read more…
Carson’s Inspiring Story of Giving it All On Friday, June 12, an ICC office worker opened an envelope sent in by a donor and found a check for $15.60. Along with the check, the envelope contained the following brief explanation. “My seven-year-old son, Carson, read your newsletter before I could Read more…
The Story of a Street Child who has given more than 1 million to ICC’s Children Written by William Hurtado How would you like to grow up in a brutally dysfunctional, violent, alcoholic home? This is how Susan’s story began. Susan is a lovely 75 year old woman whose life Read more…
God Continues to Provide Blessings for the Kids Written by William Hurtado Have you experienced a miracle in your work-life recently? I just did, and George Mueller, the founder of orphanages in England in the 1800’s, would have related to this one. On Tuesday of this week, I was pulled Read more…
Stephanie Holt spent years imprisoned in her bedroom without food by an alcoholic mother. Her life revolved around trying to scrounge anything to eat, even toilet paper or dog food. Now, she gives to help the children of ICC, who have had to overcome similar situations. For a preview, read part Read more…
Our Adventurer club chooses an outreach project each Christmas. This year, we were excited to be able to collect Legos for Lucas’s Legos for Kids. Like most 4 to 11 year olds, our club members enjoy playing with Legos. When they were given the opportunity to share the joy of Read more…
Forty-one students and families at the Grants Pass Adventist School gave up gift-giving this last Christmas to accomplish something greater. They collected 127 pounds of personal Legos bought new sets, and contributed money to the “LEGO™ for Lucas” outreach that honors a boy named Lucas who is battling cancer. Lucas Read more…
It is with humility and honor that ICC receives its first 125k installment of 250k from the Farrow Family Foundation to kickstart our new ICC Endowment Fund. This donation is the first step in a vision to fundraise 5 million dollars, all to better position ICC towards long-term stability and Read more…
Jennifer Turk, a mother with a compassionate heart and a close friend of Lucas’ family, caught wind of Lucas’ wish and envisioned a way for Lucas to bless others. She knew that Lucas loves legos. Why not use that love to put Legos into the hands of orphaned children, many Read more…
On August 27, 2018, Lucas Nelson heard the worst news of his life. At 13 years old, Lucas was diagnosed with a cancer of the worst kind–Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Lucas was supposed to play freely as a child; but now he had fevers, easy bruising, abnormal weight loss, and cancerous Read more…
