TIME SENSITIVE NEED FOR SUPPORT – PLEASE ACT NOW
GHANA PROJECT NOTES FOR COOKEVILLE BREAKFAST ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS AND OTHER INTERESTED FOLKS
1. Rotarians Needed. The shipment of medicines and materials going to Ghana on June 2 arrived and will be unpacked, sorted, and prepared for travel on Thursday at 7pm at St. Michael’s Church on North Washington Avenue. Volunteers are needed for the two-hour session to repackage materials to be ready for distribution in Ghana. Contact Pat Ryan @ 931-261-2353 for details and to sign up. Thanks!
2. The Ghana service project sponsored by your CBR Club gets underway soon. An eight person team will be flying out on June 2 for humanitarian service work in Ateiku, Ghana through June 11. The goals are to follow up on water well drilling work started years ago by the Crossville RC with support of our club and others. This will include supporting set up and training on the new water well drilling rig purchased with major support of CBR. Scot Shanks and Pat Ryan recently visited the factory in Phenix City, Alabama to be trained and to video record procedures to operate and maintain the new equipment. Once in operation the equipment you helped provide will make it possible for tens of thousands of people in villages around Ateiku to enjoy clean, safe drinking water and will prevent untold numbers of chronic diseases and parasitic maladies.
The team includes two medical doctors, Dr. Kim Johnson of Crossville and Dr. Chuck Womack of Cookeville, who will head up medical clinic sessions, alongside a team of Ghanaian medical professionals, that are expected to see several thousand patients who otherwise lack health care. Your support of this aspect of the trip included a $2500 grant, matched by a District Simplified Grant, to buy medicines and materials to make the health clinics possible. Other Rotary Clubs that contributed to the effort include Jamestown, Smithville and Cheyenne, Wyoming, the last of those learned about our work through the www.RotaryGhanaProject.com web site.
Another feature of the trip will be support to local impoverished schools including delivery of schools supplies and soccer balls. Rodney and Kelly French and high school students Colleen Ryan of Cookeville and Kayde Johnson of Crossville round out the volunteers on the team.
The team has incurred some unexpected expenses as they prepare for the significant work they have ahead of them so if any individuals care to contribute to this terrific humanitarian service work, done in our names, please contact Pat Ryan (931-261-2353) or check the CBRotary.com web site for a way to make a donation with a credit card.
IF YOU CAN SUPPORT THE GHANA PROJECT OF THIS CLUB PLEASE CLICK HERE TO MAKE AN ONLINE DONATION OR SEND A CHECK TO “COOKEVILLE BREAKFAST ROTARY CLUB, P.O. BOX 382, COOKEVILLE, TN 38503.” PLEASE MARK “GHANA PROJECT” ON THE CHECK. FUNDS ARE NEEDED IN HAND BY MAY 30, 2011 TO BE APPLIED TO THE JUNE SERVICE WORK IN GHANA. THANKS SO MUCH!
