Grenfell Handicrafts (1984) Ltd.
IN 1892, DR. WILFRED GRENFELL, A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND MISSIONARY
,TRAVELLED FROM ENGLAND TO NORTHERN NFLD AND LABRADOR, A LAND
IMPOVERISHED AND DESTITUTE. MANY OF LIFE'S MOST BASIC NECESSITIES
WERE UNAVAILABLE. WITH HIS HEART GOING OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE
AREA, DR. GRENFELL DEVOTED HIMSELF TO ENRICHING THEIR LIVES AND
LIVELIHOOD.
REMEMBERED AS A HERO AND A MAN OF GREAT DETERMINATION AND
DEDICATION,
DR. GRENFELL WORKED TIRELESSLY TO TURN THE COASTAL REGION INTO
A LAND OF PROGRESS. SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, NURSING STATIONS, AN
ORPHANAGE, AND A SHIPYARD WHICH FORMED THE COMPONENTS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL GRENFELL ASSOCIATION, WERE SOME OF THE RESULTS
OF HIS MANY EFFORTS.
THE INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT, LATER RENAMED GRENFELL HANDICRAFTS
LTD. IN 1954, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1906 BY DR GRENFELL AS THE
HANDCRAFTING DIVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRENFELL ASSOCIATION.
THE
Company Details
Year Established:
1906
Number of Employees:
15
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Cathy Cabot-letto
Title:
General Manager
Telephone:
(709) 454-3576
Fax:
(709) 454-4047
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Roxanne Coish
Title:
General Manager
Telephone:
(709) 454-4010
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(709) 454-4047
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