Mission Love Seeds heading to Haiti to help orphans

February 2, 2010

WANT TO HELP?
To donate, call Carroll at 850-865-1055 or Snuggs at 850-830-2331. Monetary donations can also be made at www.missionloveseeds.org and are tax deductible.
Pam Griffin
850-654-8444
pgriffin@thedestinlog.com
When Barbi Carroll founded Mission Love Seeds in 2004, it was her dream to help children around the world. The organization has helped the children in the Philippines, families in Mississippi [...]

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A door to the future opens in the Philippines

January 21, 2010

Pam Griffin
A village in the Philippines now has a library — thanks to the children of Destin.
Mission Love Seeds, based in Destin, has just completed building its first library in the village of Pantay, and the children at Destin United Methodist Church donated the first books during vacation Bible school last summer.
The library next to [...]

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From Destin to the Philippines, MLS feeds families

November 27, 2009

Special to The Log
Destin-based Mission Love Seeds has been very busy getting ready for the holidays.
They have been collecting food for Destin’s Harvest House, as well as continuing their efforts to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina who still struggle in Pearlington, Miss.
Household items, clothes and supplies are sent to families in the Appalachian Mountains [...]

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Help sought for typhoon survivors

October 11, 2009

Pam Griffin
On Saturday, Sept. 26, Typhoon Ketsana slammed into the Luzon region of the Philippines, and the villages supported by Destin’s Mission Love Seeds took a direct hit. Several villages had landslides where homes were destroyed and lives were lost.
The Mission’s coordinator in the Philippines is Fely Zapanta. She told Mission founders Barbi Carroll and [...]

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Typhoon causes death and destruction in villages (with video)

October 2, 2009

By Pam Griffin
On Saturday, Sept. 26, Typhoon Ketsana slammed into the Luzon region of the Philippines, and the villages supported by Destin’s Mission Love Seeds took a direct hit. Several villages had landslides where homes were destroyed and lives were lost.
Video from the Philippines.
As of Wednesday, another tropical storm was making its way to the [...]

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Winners announced in drawing

September 30, 2009

Mission Love Seeds raised almost $8,000 from the sale of raffle tickets for week’s stays in condos plus meals and would like to thank all those who bought tickets or worked so hard to make the fundraiser a success. The monies raised will be of immense help to carry on the Mission’s work.
The winning tickets [...]

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Mission Love Seeds 2009 Fundraiser

September 23, 2009

Church built in Philippines in 2009
Here’s your chance to win a vacation in Destin Florida! For only $5 you have a chance at one of four great prize packages. Each package includes a week stay in a condo along with dinners and other great gift certificates.
Not only will you have a chance at one of [...]

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One week in Destin — condo and meals — $5

September 17, 2009

Pam Griffin
(850) 654-8444
pam_griffin@link.freedom.com
Not one, but four lucky winners will receive one-week stays in a Destin condo at the end of Mission Love Seeds current fundraiser — and it only costs $5.
Each prize package includes a week stay in a condo plus dinners, lunches and other gift certificates.
The drawing will be held Sept. 30.
Mission Love Seeds [...]

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Ace Hardware helps those in need

September 17, 2009

Pam Griffin
(850) 654-8444
pam_griffin@link.freedom.com
The children in the Philippines love hot dogs — so Mike Richardson, owner of Ace Hardware in Miramar Beach, wants you to enjoy a free one.
Mission Love Seeds helps these children and their families living in poverty, so Anderson will have free hot dogs   from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 [...]

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Give a child a smile — and a meal — for Christmas

September 17, 2009

By Pam Griffin
(850) 654-8444
Pam_Griffin@link.freedom.com
Christmas will soon be here, and Destin-based Mission Love Seeds will once again provide Christmas meals — and smiles — for as many children in the Philippines as they can.
Most had never even seen a Christmas tree until last year (2007) — when Destin residents adopted 298 families through MLS.
They hope [...]

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