Mutual Aid Stories

Please read the following stories of how mutual aid has touched many lives in many different ways. If you have a mutual aid story you would like to publish, please submit it here.

The Cost of Travel
Twenty-three year old Bill had acute Lymphatic Leukemia which required extensive treatment for six to eight weeks at a location eight hours away from...
Help During Displacement
Thankfully no one was harmed when one family of six lost their home to a fire. A second note of thanks was that they were...
Weather Causes Unexpected Losses
A farm family in rural Manitoba lost 700 breeder chickens due to heat prostration during the summer of 2007—a summer which recorded record levels of...
Listening and Learning
The MAX team was recently working with a member regarding a necessary electrical inspection. In the process, they also learned this family was having more than...
Obtaining Proper Protection
A widow living by herself had wood heat as her only heat source. MAX Canada underwriting rules determined she could not obtain insurance until some...
Working Together to Make the Repair
One member of a local congregation needed significant assistance in replacing a hot water tank which was a part of the heating...
One Grant = Great Help
Jacob and Katharina already struggling financially, live in a home that has serious water problems in the unfinished basement. Heavy rains...
One Problem Leading to Another
A broken water softener hose created a flood in the finished basement of a couple in their early sixties. While checking out the motors...
Generous Support
The wife of a couple co-pastoring half-time at a Mennonite church required surgery requiring her to be off work for 6-8 weeks. Some very...
A Young Man Seriously Injured
A young man was seriously injured in a car accident in 2006 and has undergone a number of surgeries since. ...
Assisting in a Grandson's Education
The sudden death of an eleven year old boy’s single mother due to a virulent virus, meant his grandparents...
Establishing a Family Farm
Establishing a family farm in today’s environment is difficult. Establishing a hog farm...
Help with Water Damage
A family was experiencing persistent water damage to their basement. Heavy spring rains...