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The vision for Unbound began with siblings Bob, Bud and Jim Hentzen and Nadine Hentzen Pearce and their friend Jerry Tolle. Bob and Jerry were former missionaries who, while working in Latin America, witnessed the devastating effects of poverty on families struggling heroically to make better lives for their children.
Oct 5, 2023 · Along with his brothers Bud and Jim, sister Nadine and friend Jerry Tolle, Hentzen started an outreach that would connect sponsors (people of goodwill) in the U.S. and elsewhere with children in need in economically developing countries. Elder sponsorship was added later.
The vision for Unbound began with siblings Bob, Bud and Jim Hentzen and Nadine Hentzen Pearce and their friend Jerry Tolle. Bob and Jerry were former missionaries who, while working in Latin America, witnessed the devastating effects of poverty on families struggling heroically to make better lives for their children.
Guided by their faith and inspired by the principles of Catholic social teaching, Bob, Bud and Jim Hentzen, their sister Nadine Pearce and their friend Jerry Tolle envisioned an innovative, highly personalized sponsorship program.
As a writer and editor at Unbound for more than two decades, I had the honor of knowing and interviewing founders Bob Hentzen, Bernard “Bud” Hentzen and Nadine Hentzen Pearce. Founders Jim Hentzen and Jerry Tolle passed way before I joined the organization, but I heard numerous stories about them from colleagues who knew them well.
The organization was founded on November 20, 1981, by siblings Bob Hentzen, Bud Hentzen, Jim Hentzen, Nadine Pearce and their friend Jerry Tolle. The siblings wanted to start a nonprofit to honor their late parents.
The vision for Unbound began with Bob, Bud and Jim Hentzen, their sister Nadine Hentzen Pearce and their friend Jerry Tolle. Bob and Jerry were former missionaries who, while working in Latin America, witnessed the devastating effects of poverty on families struggling heroically to make better lives for their children.
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