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A Message from Reliable Tent & Tipi
Saturday, October 27, 2007 - Post/View Comments: View Comments
David Nemer
President, Reliable Tent & Tipi
Montana is a wonderful place to live and work. For the last 62 years, we've been lucky to build canvas tents among our wildlife, wide open spaces and beautiful mountains. It is difficult for us comprehend something as tragic as genocide. In fact, until March of 2006 I had never heard of what was happening in Darfur. It was that March that we built 15 tents for the Camp Darfur project in Los Angeles. Thanks to the Camp Darfur program, and help from technology, many images and video brought to life the faraway suffering of the people in Darfur.
All of us at Reliable Tent & Tipi are extremely proud to have the opportunity to partner with the Tents of Hope project. Reliable will donate hundreds of canvas panels to be painted by children in the US as well as Darfur refugees. These painted panels will be seamed into strips and eventually sewn together to create a couple of very special Tents of Hope. In addition, we are excited to give back a percentage of Tents of Hope sales back to the project. The participation of communities, schools, and congregations in the Tents of Hope project will in turn allow us to help fund the project itself. We understand it is only a one-year project and will work hard to meet communities' demand for tents.
Our goal at Reliable Tent & Tipi is that each tent not only raises awareness but stands proud as a real symbol of hope for all men, women, and children affected by the tragedy in Darfur. We are excited to unite our passion of tent-building with the opportunity to make a real difference for the people of Darfur. Special thanks go out to Tim Nonn for his great ideas and determination.
If you happen to find yourself in south central Montana, stop in and say hello. I'll show you how canvas and aluminum are transformed into Tents of Hope.
