The Treehouse Community Garden

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We recently were given the opportunity to work with The Treehouse Community on their plans for a community garden in the Baxter neighborhood.  The Treehouse Community is a group of individuals living in a home together that is focused on praying, sharing, growing and ministering to each other and their neighbors by attending to physical needs as well as emotional and spiritual ones.  Their vision is to create a shared green space in the Baxter neighborhood, where currently there are no sources for nutritious, affordable food within walking distance, making it an official "food desert."  Wayne was able to sit down with them and sketch design ideas for bringing their vision to life.  Here is what he came up with, as well as some photos of the drawing session....</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The plans for the garden include twelve raised vegetable beds intended to be used by families in the area.  The Treehouse Community is also planning to partner with The Baxter Community Center to teach gardening, nutrition, cooking, and canning classes to all ages. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were happy to partner with them and hopefully achieve their goal, as stated on their blog, to "see God's kingdom advance here on earth, starting with a few seeds, a bit of soil, some water, and the sun."</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For more information on this project, please visit The Treehouse Community's blog - </span></i><a href="http://treehousegarden.wordpress.com/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">treehousegarden.wordpress.com</span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i><br /></i>

The Treehouse Community Garden

We recently were given the opportunity to work with The Treehouse Community on their plans for a community garden in the Baxter neighborhood...

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Faith in Deeds Ministry Campus in India

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-p479Y4zrWJzigt_2okXQppg0t-QpkNnKp4uGToTmMnfkvadQkp5Evdld_zFwb7Rs3_m399y4Xb6thmVAsPZg_qPkCovKgNKRHxV4mDKCtO8KmqVNn4Edfu5vA0dDgZKvx1-ycY9MK0pR/s1600/01_large-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-p479Y4zrWJzigt_2okXQppg0t-QpkNnKp4uGToTmMnfkvadQkp5Evdld_zFwb7Rs3_m399y4Xb6thmVAsPZg_qPkCovKgNKRHxV4mDKCtO8KmqVNn4Edfu5vA0dDgZKvx1-ycY9MK0pR/s320/01_large-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We recently had the opportunity to work on a project with a ministry in India called <a href="http://www.faithindeeds.org/">Faith in Deeds</a>.  Faith in Deeds Inc. is a faith-based, not-for-profit organization committed to the support of disenfranchised children of India by providing the children with a family atmosphere in which they can be discipled in the way of the Lord Jesus, by educating them in a manner that they can make properly informed life-decisions based on a Biblical world view, and by inspiring them to love each other and to share the love of Jesus throughout their community.  </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div>Faith in Deeds was able to purchase a 5 acre parcel of land in Andhra Pradesh, India, and <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a> worked with them to design a new campus that includes a boy's dorm, girl's dorm, playground, community center & clinic, Christian school and green space for gardening and raising animals.  The first phase of the project will be the boy's and girl's dorm.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWHC9cI7emCcdvCChmvfeIxd3qbImjE4WA1JhI2edsNKTu4xBO3yEPDochKy3PG1_8FM2n_xbZjoz5ygNCpbUzxgq6_BldX6p2iEaPt7Uf5zWJjmxaTw2MU8Izky1ygqXF91453ruPo4_/s1600/02_179289_494033274349_339566304349_5761706_1264698_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWHC9cI7emCcdvCChmvfeIxd3qbImjE4WA1JhI2edsNKTu4xBO3yEPDochKy3PG1_8FM2n_xbZjoz5ygNCpbUzxgq6_BldX6p2iEaPt7Uf5zWJjmxaTw2MU8Izky1ygqXF91453ruPo4_/s320/02_179289_494033274349_339566304349_5761706_1264698_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZGi9BDkXFKdsWUPiOY7IYJENE-hOHhyphenhyphen7A4x0ZLwHDAWGzTxr0IqhFj2G-2qRhrWYIOH0eGCdiUCNRLpQ6GdhdD0WCBH0bjK2Mx0u9RZJqn29CSnPgHsJcrCmXLDwsxaJ4Rlk8GonSzUS/s1600/03_166836_494033549349_339566304349_5761711_6749219_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZGi9BDkXFKdsWUPiOY7IYJENE-hOHhyphenhyphen7A4x0ZLwHDAWGzTxr0IqhFj2G-2qRhrWYIOH0eGCdiUCNRLpQ6GdhdD0WCBH0bjK2Mx0u9RZJqn29CSnPgHsJcrCmXLDwsxaJ4Rlk8GonSzUS/s320/03_166836_494033549349_339566304349_5761711_6749219_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i> Their current rented ministry location</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-rH5fjeK0Ko4LKi7Ym-5M-lYgmSiPCTx5PvhzjL4APFs6whPuTuhDyv50_h6Jqj90dEMPVb-LZu7hMcqankxOtrQkQOwRTjwVL-6jBa2N6YnrVeEr_eSTV56ahIt9DMsTgddofCOYWiH/s1600/04_How+children+sleep+in+their+dorms,+typical+in+this+culture.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-rH5fjeK0Ko4LKi7Ym-5M-lYgmSiPCTx5PvhzjL4APFs6whPuTuhDyv50_h6Jqj90dEMPVb-LZu7hMcqankxOtrQkQOwRTjwVL-6jBa2N6YnrVeEr_eSTV56ahIt9DMsTgddofCOYWiH/s1600/04_How+children+sleep+in+their+dorms,+typical+in+this+culture.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How the children currently sleep in their dorm rooms. Very typical in the local culture.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-CV9wqB1WWfnsMKt7_1e9XwBjRY5pEUfW11eZ_A-F4koVo_EkC-WpMDlQbfoNT0-_fDa9Y3HrNvUqfdiBFI54Pf9sySpHv3aZ6xNYPPJvtdThQE7KoYOnCWgWFMYUL7gheaJl-V3ghrh/s1600/05_City.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-CV9wqB1WWfnsMKt7_1e9XwBjRY5pEUfW11eZ_A-F4koVo_EkC-WpMDlQbfoNT0-_fDa9Y3HrNvUqfdiBFI54Pf9sySpHv3aZ6xNYPPJvtdThQE7KoYOnCWgWFMYUL7gheaJl-V3ghrh/s1600/05_City.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The crowded city</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2lAhRQr0M2hctc_Gx6g9lhXfnZ0hghAEpJfuK__xgjdfPm9GzyVMYGzVRjcfTjaj5lotwJwZ6yOaLwjw4n50WhhJNNyGRhBUsomwUlrsL86r3KkQ8iT0m5-PGawMhPTofDdPGAzdItTQ/s1600/06_421302_10150609735644350_339566304349_8756959_1333387956_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2lAhRQr0M2hctc_Gx6g9lhXfnZ0hghAEpJfuK__xgjdfPm9GzyVMYGzVRjcfTjaj5lotwJwZ6yOaLwjw4n50WhhJNNyGRhBUsomwUlrsL86r3KkQ8iT0m5-PGawMhPTofDdPGAzdItTQ/s320/06_421302_10150609735644350_339566304349_8756959_1333387956_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Children from the FID home with the founder of the ministry, Thomas Mollhagen (originally from South India, adopted into a family from Grand Rapids, MI) and his wife Dana.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLO5FoynUeALRwUqLAB53DEtgQnsU0jHxyzbLCtTmrSkwhq9BHkejdWSYSG3UkpQ-IK4m56xXXCn-wCIvUIooBqkH2xih89_vP5IyKV9xlu14-U4gu2Hbi1RF4Q9KNFzJp3MSM-KzfP3Q/s1600/07_land+photos+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLO5FoynUeALRwUqLAB53DEtgQnsU0jHxyzbLCtTmrSkwhq9BHkejdWSYSG3UkpQ-IK4m56xXXCn-wCIvUIooBqkH2xih89_vP5IyKV9xlu14-U4gu2Hbi1RF4Q9KNFzJp3MSM-KzfP3Q/s320/07_land+photos+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Their newly acquired land for the new campus with a corn field on the border of the property</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmoufcjw8wEZqRjdBD7PPNyrRJRiVNdn85GFzUHhJdIacMTSyMN3U9BlHmJUB3yY1DFFfpkcQXJaSwulihLV_VkrVtu8rhWQySutYQPSuVLw1xxH21jScjvu9DA4rIxV9RRwoQd_uCfYa/s1600/08_land+photos+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoNoPVWp5Xtr1Jic5c-HuGPnQS3xLPufthdW1mpkFdJsN-UIMhLW1oSp95OWgdMvCCxIpX3l1esIlijVzN3xTfJiOjec2OV2kJyjNN-wep5T9lPHgZqsNkIbc8BC1L7E-E-KEB5MBGmcF/s1600/10_FID+Flyer+p1v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoNoPVWp5Xtr1Jic5c-HuGPnQS3xLPufthdW1mpkFdJsN-UIMhLW1oSp95OWgdMvCCxIpX3l1esIlijVzN3xTfJiOjec2OV2kJyjNN-wep5T9lPHgZqsNkIbc8BC1L7E-E-KEB5MBGmcF/s320/10_FID+Flyer+p1v2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1Yp9_OhA0r_AW5PS1nGBZ1N-BYuqFSEI-0aTefD3xZazg5NTSclOW2kM7itaj_6nbVqbXIhqfPyXa5P5YbBhoep-32naQBmBxOdbL6tRFmDLv7_yzvQyKVQnCDIYxzPnz2EQmHWh3gbN/s1600/11_FID+Flyer+p2v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1Yp9_OhA0r_AW5PS1nGBZ1N-BYuqFSEI-0aTefD3xZazg5NTSclOW2kM7itaj_6nbVqbXIhqfPyXa5P5YbBhoep-32naQBmBxOdbL6tRFmDLv7_yzvQyKVQnCDIYxzPnz2EQmHWh3gbN/s320/11_FID+Flyer+p2v2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i> Our design concept for the new campus</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><br /><br />We will keep you updated on the progress of this project here on our blog and on our facebook page, so check back! <br /><br /><i>For more information on the ministry, visit Faith in Deeds' website - </i><a href="http://www.faithindeeds.org/"><i>www.faithindeeds.org</i></a><i> - or facebook page - </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Faith-In-Deeds-USA/339566304349?ref=ts"><i>https://www.facebook.com/pages/Faith-In-Deeds-USA/339566304349?ref=ts</i></a><i>.</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i><br /></i>

Faith in Deeds Ministry Campus in India

We recently had the opportunity to work on a project with a ministry in India called  Faith in Deeds .  Faith in Deeds Inc. is a faith-based...

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Madie's Castle Wish Comes True

<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 78, 92); font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><div class="breadcrumbs" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Visbeen Associates</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">' tag line for the past few years has been "let us turn your dreams into your reality..." but nothing is quite as rewarding as being able to turn the dreams for a play castle into reality for a 10-year-old leukemia survivor. David Lorenz, Visbeen Associates' senior designer, headed up the design of Madie Flores' dream castle as a part of her wish granted by the <a href="http://www.wishmich.org/">Make-A-Wish Foundation</a>. Lorenz had the opportunity to meet with Madie personally for a design session to brainstorm ideas. After drawing out detailed plans for the elaborate play house, Lorenz enlisted the help of friend and handyman, Aaron Edwards, to construct it. Edwards built the play house in pieces at his home in Grand Rapids and reassembled it with the help of dozens of volunteers in Flores' backyard in St. Joseph last week. Now Madie can enjoy a fairytale ending to the summer in her castle play house fit for a king.</span></span></div></span><div><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUc5GJhRA_0T3Vi9jGoWIceD3L3e99Yy5uO6eDTXxAlqsR42_L01wsDh1O0RWm4HeCeLPRX_7segQa3MlEaHET1YDcJ8ioJO71FuAPyHFNMGQzObduLx14mTBg1p0f-AmeRmSr3GgFrhxo/s1600/1-A1.1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639644433906718434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUc5GJhRA_0T3Vi9jGoWIceD3L3e99Yy5uO6eDTXxAlqsR42_L01wsDh1O0RWm4HeCeLPRX_7segQa3MlEaHET1YDcJ8ioJO71FuAPyHFNMGQzObduLx14mTBg1p0f-AmeRmSr3GgFrhxo/s320/1-A1.1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>VAI Working drawings for the castle design</i></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1_X-m7dZiNrDTpfgG7fiV49l9HEcj9-BedmKJi4537lqyMX33AR243n6NvckD6byyhERpBsFt_SKnALlAcf1aFUtiRIEGFPoge_MRl4Fi8uz3VWEpwoBlkcqZ2jOzChqoNPoCNtvc6ou/s1600/2-Castle%252C+Madie+top+of+Castle.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639644429921897490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1_X-m7dZiNrDTpfgG7fiV49l9HEcj9-BedmKJi4537lqyMX33AR243n6NvckD6byyhERpBsFt_SKnALlAcf1aFUtiRIEGFPoge_MRl4Fi8uz3VWEpwoBlkcqZ2jOzChqoNPoCNtvc6ou/s320/2-Castle%252C+Madie+top+of+Castle.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Madie celebrating the completion of her castle play house!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><br /></i></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG44ldujCdykyrYvwD5BTfRALUXJ51-YPsWjGsRbhHs4vduV942vTEJr3M_yctxw_IYS8y6TUy3B3s9wRftEqzzI_TZLxFyr03SEW91rVJBICDfajOw_AV229PU5b59VnB8lNLI3CK4kR8/s1600/3-Castle%252C+Madie+in+window.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639643359031431570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG44ldujCdykyrYvwD5BTfRALUXJ51-YPsWjGsRbhHs4vduV942vTEJr3M_yctxw_IYS8y6TUy3B3s9wRftEqzzI_TZLxFyr03SEW91rVJBICDfajOw_AV229PU5b59VnB8lNLI3CK4kR8/s320/3-Castle%252C+Madie+in+window.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>10-year-0ld Madie Flores</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><br /></i></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4iahQKnki_yck96KUL4N1TylreSZAy1WYgNU77sBtA29_aCsrKTEqJJ_A8tIx_1wwLSrlBSvOM-DkIcLahVU3_LDWYI9uUqW4xzYCoTqCupsLpLdAmSMiqL_TXZsPerQdVVVejZITDeN/s1600/4-Castle%252C+distance.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639643353959099378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4iahQKnki_yck96KUL4N1TylreSZAy1WYgNU77sBtA29_aCsrKTEqJJ_A8tIx_1wwLSrlBSvOM-DkIcLahVU3_LDWYI9uUqW4xzYCoTqCupsLpLdAmSMiqL_TXZsPerQdVVVejZITDeN/s320/4-Castle%252C+distance.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Under Construction</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><br /></i></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC53hndp0gykhZhE8iDrZkyz3T66qnyUoKvxaO3syyVkJh5PDVd0bIcyw63yJGVwoipdJm5y5GrQDA3HNvkY8RAsHsMo0JH7-c1IW1mQTAhDhSN6Lemer1jWc6_kuq3KHHGajPAe8yelrN/s1600/5-Castle%252C+Erica+and+Meghan.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639643346791481714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC53hndp0gykhZhE8iDrZkyz3T66qnyUoKvxaO3syyVkJh5PDVd0bIcyw63yJGVwoipdJm5y5GrQDA3HNvkY8RAsHsMo0JH7-c1IW1mQTAhDhSN6Lemer1jWc6_kuq3KHHGajPAe8yelrN/s320/5-Castle%252C+Erica+and+Meghan.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Helpers putting the finishing touches on the play house in Madie's backyard</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><br /></i></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3ib_21oKCM6nttpmnF0nWPcCsLih8-lMVka1kOP6FHej0LfrPH_Nc8YL0Z4BHr0YUG5jUmfdzeckuynxPAx4JEP_YalhYlGLXHFcUkY_7l9tPxtXn-3wLTuP8hehrEvVQTBT6rUikUjk/s1600/6-Castle%252C+Harry.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639643341032045938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3ib_21oKCM6nttpmnF0nWPcCsLih8-lMVka1kOP6FHej0LfrPH_Nc8YL0Z4BHr0YUG5jUmfdzeckuynxPAx4JEP_YalhYlGLXHFcUkY_7l9tPxtXn-3wLTuP8hehrEvVQTBT6rUikUjk/s320/6-Castle%252C+Harry.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Harry Miller holding VAI's drawings in front of the under construction play house</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><br /></i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#444E5C;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;"><br /><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 78, 92); font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div class="breadcrumbs" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#444E5C;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For more information and images of this special project, read press coverage of this story:</span></span></span></div><div class="breadcrumbs" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#444E5C;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://blog.wishmich.org/">Make-A-Wish Foundation Blog</a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="breadcrumbs" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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Madie's Castle Wish Comes True

Visbeen Associates ' tag line for the past few years has been "let us turn your dreams into your reality..." but nothing is qu...

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