Good news this morning! Steve King e-mailed me that the Lexington Park Rotary Club will contribute a very generous $3,000. He is hopeful that contributions from Rotary Clubs and individuals will allow digging to begin by February 2012. We are counting partly on Rotary contributions, partly on individual contributions for both phases:
• Phase 1: $30,000 [...]
Do you need a speaker for your organization or club? Are you a teacher or PTA member in the Metro DC/MD/VA area, Adams and York counties in PA? For a tax-deductible contribution to the Oltorotua Clean Water and Sanitation Project, I’ll speak to your group. I’ll wear the Maasai outfit and jewelry Jackson’s family gave [...]
I received an e-mail from friend Peter Liech. He wrote: “I am just from the Mara. It is very dry. I passed near Jackson’s home, and things are not any better. If it doesn’t rain, the situation in the Mara will be so bad.”
Even when we in the US experience droughts, we can still [...]
Jambo! This Swahili word is the cheery hello said a million times daily by happy Kenyans. Today I have a special reason for wishing you a great day — my own day has had a fantastic start!
I awoke to a short e-mail forwarded by water guru and grant proposal writer Steve King from the [...]
I have known Nicholas Sironka for several years. His batik wall hangings are gorgeous. In 2008 his Maasai dance troupe, which no longer exists, danced at our church. We had a great turnout to see them and picking them up at the airport and serving dinner was great fun, and also rather complicated, since [...]
On Tuesday evening, Steve King, who wrote the grant proposal, and I spoke at a local Rotary meeting. They are seriously considering a club donation to the well and sanitation project. As Steve spoke, I noticed the group seemed very interested. It was a thrill to actually get started fund-raising and we anxiously await hearing [...]
Yes, a connection exists between Michael Moore, my mother Evelyn Bowman, who passed away July 21, and Oltorotua’s well project. We usually have to travel to Washington, DC, to hear a major speaker but Saturday evening friends Anna and Henry, and Carl and I heard Michael Moore, author, movie maker and political gadfly, speak at [...]
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Donation Method 1 • Write a check to UUCF with “Dig This Well” in FOR line at bottom of check.
• Include your name or indicate anonymous donation (name but not am't. will go into post).
• Mail check to: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd., Frederick, MD 21703.
• For contribution of $20 or more, you will receive a packet of 5 notecards.
(Complete directions: Sept. 25, 2011 post)
Donation Method 2 PayPal: Use this button for secure donation. Note that PayPal charges a processing fee. For the full amount of your donation to go to the Well send funds by check, see Donation Method 1.
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