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Katy Sterrett plays drums with her daughter and son during a drum circle at the Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden earlier this month as a fundraiser for the nonprofit Africa Heartwood Project.

Drum players get a bang out of raising cash for Africans in need

OGDEN -- Encouraged by its success in raising money to provide a well for a village in Ghana, a local group now wants to start an orphanage in Liberia.

Kathy Gambles said she loves the way she feels after spending a couple of hours playing African drums. She and a group of friends drummed once a month through last winter and spring at the Eccles Community Art Center and raised enough money to build a well.

Church speaker to discuss orphans in Ghana

OGDEN -- Calene Lucero, who founded an organization that helps orphans in Ghana, will speak at the Congregational United Church of Christ's Women's Spirituality Group at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

(Courtesy photo) Kathy Stewart hands out cards and toothbrushes recently to children at the school she is helping build in India.

Helping the Children: Ogden woman helps build school/orphanage in India

OGDEN -- When Kathy Stewart heard about the plight of the children in India near Delhi, she knew she had to do more than write a check: She got busy.

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