The Waterbury Republican
By Ben Conery

“They’re living at a level that we just can’t, in good conscience, let exist,” Nurnberger said Friday during the launch of a new fundraising effort for the orphanage in Oaxaca.

In his effort to help Casa Hogar, a struggling Mexican orphanage for special needs children, Nurnberger left Naugatuck in July aboard a yellow school bus filled with medical supplies, toiletries, clothing, toys – and 80 individually personalized quilts for each child.

The Waterbury Republican American
By David Krechevsky

“That’s our main problem. We’re interacting with every single possible department in the government. Next time we do a donation, we’ll do a donation of just one item, like clothing. Then we’ll have to deal with just one secretary.”

Westport News
By Dan Woog

Margot Hayward throws herself into every community activity. But right now her soul is thousands of miles south of Westport, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Everyday she logs onto simplysmiles.org, and reads details of 80 orphans she has never met, a magic bus and a young man from upstate Connecticut.

The Waterbury Republican American
By David Krechevsky

Three months after the missionary departed his native Naugatuck for the needy orphanage in Central Mexico, Nurnberger finally arrived at Casa Hogar on Tuesday bearing toys aboard the orphanage’s van.

Waterbury Republican American
By David Krechevsky

“The poor kids are freaking out. They’ve been waiting for this since February,” Nurnberger said Friday during a phone interview. Staying with friends, they have been keeping in phone contact with Carol and Francisco Marin, who run the orphanage called Casa Hogar and who have been tracking the paperwork up the chain of command.

The Waterbury Republican
by David Krechevsky

As the rainy season began in Oaxaca and the roads resembled rivers and the old microbus kept breaking down taking children to and from school, it was an encouraging truth to know that Bryan would be coming with a school bus for the children…

The Waterbury Republican-American
By David Krechevsky

There are 80 children at Casa Hogar, and each will receive a quilt, individualized with the face of each child sewn in, when the bus arrives in about two weeks.

Waterbury Republican American
By Jamison C. Bazinet

The Connecticut Post
By Andrew Brophy

The Casa Hogar orphanage, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, next month will receive a new school bus filled with toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, diapers, toys, books, wheelchairs and kitchen equipment.