Making a difference

The family spent an afternoon at a garbage dump helping Haitian refugees scavenge for food and recyclables. Here, Bradley Nippard handed out water to a tired lady at the dump. 1 width:500px;height:375px THe Nippard family, from left, Bill, Bradley, Jeff, Holly and Genieva. 2 width:500px;height:375px The Nippard family got dirty, using their hands to help repair the homes. Here, seven-year-old Genieva helped finish the first house. 3 height:500px;width:375px Bill Nippard and his book, The Teamwork Ladder: Eight steps to maximum success for you and your organization,” in one of the homes the Newfoundland and Labrador book sales helped build. 4 height:500px;width:375px The Nippard family, from left, Jeff, Bill, Bradley, Holly and Genieva, and the family from Aqua Negro, whom they refurbished a house for, and the gifts they brought the family for Christmas. The Nippards, from Grand Falls-Windsor, were in the Dominican Republic with Hope Holidays, a program of Live Different. While there, they redid two homes, all from the proceeds of “The Teamwork Ladder: Eight steps to maximum success for you and your organization,” written by Bill Nippard. 5 width:500px;height:375px

Genieva gave a toy Woody from Toy Story to a boy in the village, and from his face, you can see his excitement. 6 height:500px;width:375px The family spent a day at a dump site helping locals collect food and recyclables. Here, Jeff gets started. 7 width:500px;height:375px