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Couple to share faith, skills with orphans

AFTER a trip to a child welfare agency in the Philippines, life in Australia became ‘‘uncomfortable’’ for Blackalls Park couple Emilio and Leanne Dendaluce.

Caring companion in good times and bad

Published in Newcastle Herald (Monday, June 24, 2013) GRATITUDE, smiles and a friendly chat have motivated volunteer palliative care worker, Virginia Milne, to lend a supportive hand to patients in Maitland for the past eight years. After her children left the nest and her husband died, Mrs Milne felt inclined to again care for others.Continue reading “Caring companion in good times and bad”