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By Casey Archibaldcarchibald@postregister.com

Queenie Linderman livesto nurture. Whether it isher daughter, the people

who come to her bar and grillor ood or drink, or hundredso needy individuals in Arica,nurturing is an aspect that de-nes her more than most.

Just over a year ago, Linder-man opened her third bar andgrill in town, and it has kept herincredibly busy. Even though a loto people had their doubts abouther new location just off o exit

116 in Idaho Falls, Linderman de-cided to take her chances. One16Sports Bar and Grill has becomea successul business long be-ore Linderman expected it to. Inact, she said there will be a lot ochanges in the next ew months toimprove it even urther.

Linderman said her daughterrecently got her drivers licenseand though they have a wonder-ul relationship, she understandsher daughters need to branch out.

She is turning into a beau-tiul young woman and I knowI have done my job so ar, said

Linderman. Now that she iscutting those ties I need an out-let to put my love and my nur-turing because that is who I am.

Even though Linderman ex-

presses hernurturing

side whenshe talkswith thecustomersthat comeinto One16,s e v e r a lmonths agoshe knewshe neededsomethingmore. Withp e r e c ttiming, shereceived an

unexpect-ed mes-sage roma riend onFacebook,Gerard Dailey, who was very in-

volved in some charity work inArica. He gave her some inor-mation and she took off with it.

Te next day [afer I got themessage], it was all over, saidLinderman. I knew I had al-ways wanted to do this.

Linderman only receivedDaileys message several monthsago, but since then she has

helped more than 20 childrenget off the streets and intoschool, started a Facebook pagecalled Hopeul Hearts o Ari-ca, where people can donate to

the cause, sentschool sup-

plies and oodto the childrenin need, helpedwith the ren-ovation oschool rooms,started plansto build a neworphanage andbegan the de-

velopment oa oundationdedicated tothe cause.

Te oun-

dation will becalled JosephSimone Faithin EducationFoundation,

which uses the rst name oDaileys son and the rst andmiddle names o Lindermansdaughter.

Currently, Linderman isworking on two main projects inArica. She works with a younghusband and ather by the nameo Julius, who is the projectmanager or the Kigezi Orphanshome in Kabale, Uganda. She

also works with a man by thename o Father Juma with theUyeeda Uyeeda street kids pro-gram in Nairobi, Kenya.

A lot o people criticize me

because they say there are a loto children in the United States

who need help as well, saidLinderman. I have no answerto that other than God didntsend me there. He sent me toArica to help those people; it iswhere I am supposed to be.

Linderman is going to visitArica in July to see the workshe has done in person and towork on her projects hands-on.She will also get to visit the threeschoolrooms that have beennamed afer her.

Everybody tells me there arejust too many [people that need

help], and that I cant changeeverything. I dont believe that,I believe it just takes one, saidLinderman.

With so many children thatneed help in Arica and a limit-ed amount o unding, Linder-man and her ellow volunteershave worked to nd innovativeways to provide them with ed-ucation. One example o thiseffort is the use o projectors todisplay video lessons or manyo the children to see at once.

Linderman said her back-ground is something that drives

her to help these children thatare in need.

I lef home at 13 years oldat rst I was homeless, said Lind-erman. I know what it eels like

to go without ood. One time Iwent or our days without eat-

ing anything. Its been many yearsago, I dont dwell on it, but I knowdamn well that its instilled in me.You never orget something likethat. It has everything to do withmy desire to work with these pro-grams. I have been lucky, some-how with no education I haveowned our businesses, I haveeducated mysel, I have had to be

very tenacious. I didnt want to bea victim.

Despite her unique ability toeducate hersel and nd successin business and in lie, Linder-

man said she understands theimportance o education to anarea that really needs it.

Its not a charity to me, shesaid. It is an investment in allo our utures. Tose people ar-ent oreign lands anymore, theyare our next door neighbors andthey have to compete with therest o the world to survive andeveryone is so ar ahead o them.We have to try to give themsome kind o education, becauseas everyone knows, education isthe key to everything.

Linderman said she is going

to dedicate the rest o her lieto helping people in Arica. Shesaid she has not only ound herpassion, but also an outlet orher desire to nurture.

Nurturing spiritLinderman spreads her love through family, business and volunteer work

Queenie Linderman

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It is also important to boosta childs sel-esteem, accordingto Potter. And she makes it apoint to use positive reinorce-ment with all the children whoenter Little Peoples Academy.

Potter careully selectsemployees who work at theacademy so they not only getalong well with children, butthey have a passion or teach-ing them as well. Currently,there are 17 employees who doanything rom caring or new-borns to taking sixth graderson educational ield trips.

Besides helping childrenwith their daycare and edu-

cation, Potter goes above and

beyond when it comes to help-ing the amilies who are part oLittle Peoples Academy.

SuzAnn Lund, Pottersdaughter, said there have been

many Christmases when her

mother gave Christmas pres-ents and trees to some o theamilies who couldnt aord it.

Lund said one amily thathad two children involved inthe program went through a

very trying time when theirhome exploded and they werelet with no belongings.

Potter took action and start-ed a drive to collect clothes,urniture and household itemsto help the amily.

Overall, Potter said she triesto inluence Idaho Falls by

helping create happy and pro-ductive amilies.

I [parents] are happy whenthey leave or work they can goand have a good, productivedays work without having toworry about their kids, saidPotter. We also have an opendoor policy they can call any-time and walk in anytime tocheck on their kids.

Potter lives right next door tothe academy and arrives earlyevery morning to open, and o-ten leaves late at night to close.

Lund said her mother out-works everyone else at the o-ice.

She has more energy thanpeople a third her age, saidLund. I just see the inluenceshe has had on so many am-ilies in this community romthe time the daycare was littleuntil now. She has such a goodreputation in this town. hereisnt a more generous personin this world. I it was possible,she would oer ree daycare toevery child in Idaho Falls.

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