Once Upon a Time 7 ½" h x 7 ½ w x 11"d Treasured Cigar Box -- Series April Martin Chartrand ©2012 All Rights Reserved Ms. Daphne D. Evans, CEO for "Once Upon a Time. . ."  benefit for The Heaven's Door Cancer Foundation. EXPRESSIONS: Money:  American coins:  Spa donations for Heaven's Door Cancer Foundation   Canadian coins: Daphne traveled with her parents to Canada to assist with building churches on reservations. Nicaraguan coins:  She visited a after the Sandinista regime and had trucks bring clothing over the bombed out roads for the villagers while she flew in by a Russian parachute plane. Hearts:  Helping ministry and courage to overcome major health challenges. . Keys= The key is a powerful mechanism which allows one to open the doors to their lives; it is also serves as an Angel of Freedom and directs those seeking freedom to the North-Star. During American slavery, many slaves were directed to follow the North Star which led them to their freedom-crossing in Canada.  Locks= Iron bondage  preserves human limitations;  first-time offenders are breaking the locks of their past and marching forward to new heights by gaining new skills at the Concordia Argonaut Club.  Attached to the front lock & key is a tag "1830."  In 1830 the "slave population in the U.S. numbers more than two million, making the ratio of free to enslaved Americans approximately 5.5:1."
