Friday, December 11, 2015

Poem Wins Writing Competition in UPMW Region!


The Upper Midwest Region hosted our inaugural Photo Gallery Opening on December 3rd at the NPH USA Office in Minneapolis.  We had nearly 80 entries for the photography and writing competition.  The gallery was curated by a committee made up of Pequeñas who grew up in our NPH Mexico home and members of our Associate Board.  The following poem that won our writing competition was read by author Bridgette Springer at the event!

We hope you enjoy the small glimpses into life at our NPH homes as much as we do!

See our previous post to view the winner of the photography competition or stop by our office in Minneapolis to see them on display.

As we walked to her section,

she asked me

“Do you ever look up at the stars

and think that we all see the same ones?”

 

“Yes,” I want to tell her, a year later.

I think it every night that I come back

to my parents’ house

from a life that’s so different

from mine in Guatemala.

As I walk to the garage,

I whisper “noches” to the stars,

in hopes that my boys,

looking up at them from their bunkbeds,

will hear it

and know that I’m thinking of them.

 

-Bridgette Springer, 2015

 

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Upper Midwest Photo Gallery and Competition!

The Upper Midwest Region hosted our inaugural Photo Gallery Opening on December 3rd at the NPH USA Office in Minneapolis.  We had nearly 80 entries for the photography and writing competition.  The gallery was curated by a committee made up of Pequeñas who grew up in our NPH Mexico home and members of our Associate Board.  The following photos each won their category.  Local friends, please stop by our office in the next year to see the photos on display. 
We hope you enjoy the small glimpses into life at our NPH homes as much as we do!
Check back for our next post to read the poem by the winner of the writing competition. 
Overall Winner (as chosen by Gallery Opening attendees)
Photographer: Kyra Knoff
Category: Food | Guatemala | 2014
“Let me help you out there”

 
Photographer: Sarah Cerkvenik
Category: Artistic | Nicaragua | 2014

 
Photographer: Martha Driessen
Category: Culture | Guatemala | 2015
“Quiceañeras”

 
Photographer: Steve Bernstein
Category: Home | Honduras | 2015

 
Photographer: Catherine Deeney
Category: Love | Mexico | 2015
“After sponsoring a Godchild for 16 years, I finally was able to visit his Mexican NPH home, and received bountiful amounts of love”

 
 
Photographer: Martha Driessen
Category: Nature | Guatemala | 2015

 
 
Photographer: Gaby Driessen
Category: Play | Honduras | 2014
“Brincando”

 
 
Photographer: Max Bernstein
Category: Portrait of a Pequeño | Honduras | 2015

 
 
Photographer: Mary Clare LeFevour
Category: Selfie | Mexico | 2015

 
 
Photographer: Gina Reis
Category: Judges’ Choice | Mexico | 2014





Photographer: Beth Gillaspey
Category: Faith and Festivities | Nicaragua | 2008 

 
Photographer: Brook Ament
Category: Judges’ Choice | Mexico | 2015