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Ken and Julie Roberts, Support Family
We began our role as a support family for the Bend Volunteer Corps in 2006 and have enjoyed our family being able to be a part of such a wonderful group of generous, spiritual, vibrant young people. We have 4 daughters and have raised them here in Bend over the last 28 years. Julie grew up here and is currently the principal of our St. Francis parish school after having graduated from there and taught there for 30 years. Ken is an outside salesman for a local window and door company and has been here since 1979.
As a support family, we welcome the group to our parish community and try to be a resource to them in finding their way around Bend. During the year we try to have them join our family for meals or other activities and offer any help that we can in making them feel at home since their own families are often far away. Our involvement with the BVC community has given us a new perspective on the needs of our local community and our family an opportunity to look at simple living as something that is very hard to achieve in our society but something that we can certainly strive for.
We have gained some lifelong friends through BVC and are so fortunate to have them as a part of our family and members of our community as examples of Christ-like selfless giving. God bless the BVC! |