2006.11.25: November 25, 2006: Headlines: COS - Armenia: Obituaries: Akron Beacon Journal: Parents plant seeds of caring for Armenia RPCV Carrie Jane Dulin
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2006.11.25: November 25, 2006: Headlines: COS - Armenia: Obituaries: Akron Beacon Journal: Parents plant seeds of caring for Armenia RPCV Carrie Jane Dulin
Parents plant seeds of caring for Armenia RPCV Carrie Jane Dulin
The Dulins' daughter, Carrie Jane, died in a car crash on her 28th birthday, Aug. 5, 2003, en route to a new assignment in Nigeria. She had spent five years as a Peace Corps and World Vision worker in Armenia. A year after her death, the Dulins took a trip to Armenia to deliver money donated in their daughter's name to two orphanages in Sissian and Spitak. They purchased appliances for the kitchen in Spitak and an organ for the orphanage in Sissian. They also took part of Carrie's ashes and spread them at a deserted monastery near Sissian. As they left the orphanages, they asked the directors what they could do to make a difference in the lives of the children there. They were told that the children at both orphanages needed warm clothing for the winter, when they are forced to bundle up in bed and stay home from school because the buildings aren't heated. Last year, the Dulins' church, Doylestown United Methodist, organized a coat campaign and collected about 30 boxes of coats that were shipped to Armenia through the United Methodist Committee on Relief, just after Hurricane Katrina.
Parents plant seeds of caring for Armenia RPCV Carrie Jane Dulin
Parents give in daughter's memory
Akron Beacon Journal
November 25, 2006
Carrie did a lot of neat things for the people there because she loved them. She was a fierce fighter for the underdog and people who are oppressed
Carl and Patsy Dulin planted seeds of caring in their daughter and they blossomed.
Now, they are following her example of caring for people halfway around the world, in Armenia.
'She loved working to help people in that small part of the world,' Carl Dulin said. 'She was the most giving person I ever knew and we want to honor her memory by doing things in her name.'
The Dulins' daughter, Carrie Jane, died in a car crash on her 28th birthday, Aug. 5, 2003, en route to a new assignment in Nigeria. She had spent five years as a Peace Corps and World Vision worker in Armenia.
A year after her death, the Dulins took a trip to Armenia to deliver money donated in their daughter's name to two orphanages in Sissian and Spitak. They purchased appliances for the kitchen in Spitak and an organ for the orphanage in Sissian.
They also took part of Carrie's ashes and spread them at a deserted monastery near Sissian.
As they left the orphanages, they asked the directors what they could do to make a difference in the lives of the children there. They were told that the children at both orphanages needed warm clothing for the winter, when they are forced to bundle up in bed and stay home from school because the buildings aren't heated.
Last year, the Dulins' church, Doylestown United Methodist, organized a coat campaign and collected about 30 boxes of coats that were shipped to Armenia through the United Methodist Committee on Relief, just after Hurricane Katrina. But the orphanages never received the coats because they were lost in transit through the depot in New Orleans.
'The other side of that is somebody got those coats who needed them,' Carl Dulin said. 'Now, we're doing it again but a little differently.'
Church collecting money
This time, the church is collecting money to send with the Dulins when they leave for Armenia on Dec. 4. The plan is to buy the coats in Armenia.
'It's easy to see why Carrie loved the Armenian people because they are such gentle, kind-hearted people,' Patsy Dulin said. 'If it had not been for Carrie, we would never have gotten to know the people there.'
The Dulins made their first trip to Armenia two years before Carrie was killed. Carrie introduced her parents to the people she had come to know and love and showed them her work.
When they returned in 2004, they ate apples from the orchard Carrie helped the Armenian people plant in front of one of the orphanages.
'Carrie did a lot of neat things for the people there because she loved them. She was a fierce fighter for the underdog and people who are oppressed,' Carl Dulin said. 'It was her seed planting that has us doing what we're doing now.
'What we're doing is what God commands of us -- helping those in need. But at the same time it's our way of dealing with our grief.'
Donations to the Coats for Armenia Fund can be sent to Doylestown United Methodist Church, 153 Church St., Doylestown 44230.
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