HAMMOND | Staff Source, a local staffing and recruitment firm, celebrated the holiday season by giving back to the global community. A fundraiser was held to raise money and awareness for a charitable nonprofit organization, Worldwide Impact Now.
Staff Source and WIN teamed up to showcase struggling people and cultures around the world, raising more than $25,000. All donations went to WIN to help landmine victims, orphans and medics.
The night included raffle drawings and a silent auction.
The program opened with a showing of a documentary, “On the Edge of Existence,” filmed in the jungles of Burma, to help people visualize the oppression occurring in that area of the world.
According to Timothy Heinemann, founder of WIN and an Iraq war veteran, WIN continues initiatives in Kenya and Mexico, but because of dire need, remains committed to a “Burma First” stance.
“WIN remains a modest, all-volunteer effort from the U.S. and Great Britain,” Heinemann said. “The hope it is that humanitarian efforts at grassroots levels can make impacts for these people in their fight for survival.”
Visit http://www.worldwide-impact-now.org/.