Homeless poet helps buy books for charity

 By Sunita Karir, The Times — Minden, Ontario 

The first holiday weekend of the season is always a time to celebrate, and this past one was no exception at the Goofy Moose in Minden. Owner Walter VanderWindt decided to have a “we survived the winter” celebration after his first season at his new location on Bobcaygeon Road.

VanderWindt owns the Carving Gallery in Moore Falls but this past winter he decided to open up a charity bookstore right in Minden. The location had space for the bookstore and then some, so he also displays and sells some of his carvings and other items in the front of the shop.

VanderWindt and his wife, Alma, hope to collect books to send to schools in the Philippines. Books that are not appropriate for school age children are sold in the store to pay for the shipping of the ones that do go overseas. Their goal is to send 6,000 books to four different schools in the Philippines over the course of the year. Extra money will go towards paying tuition, and they hope that their efforts will send at least 40 students to school.

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