$900 Contribution Presented to Rotary Club of Montego Bay
A $900 check is presented to Rotary Club of Montego Bay President Roxanne Thamani from Director of International Service Bhagwan Chuganey.
The Club completed its 3rd Annual Valentine's Day Fundraiser last month, netting $900 for the two disabled children's homes that we support outside Montego Bay, Jamiaca: West Haven and Blessed Assurance. These residential facilities support over 100 children with a broad range of disabilities from cerebral palsy, Downs Syndrome, mental retardation and more profound handicaps.
Once again, orchids, candies and balloons were sold to Club members, with all profits going straight to our friends in the Montego Bay Rotary Club who will distribute the funds as needed to the homes. Right now they are trying to raise money to help cover the costs of shipping another container of specialty wheelchairs from the United States to these children. Because the children suffer from different ailments and are growing in size (as kids often do), there is an ongoing need for wheelchairs designed to fit each child to increase their comfort and decrease their risk of bed sores and other complications. They are hoping for an April 2013 delivery date. This was the Rotary Club of Carrollton-Farmers Branch's seventh joint project with the Montego Bay Rotary Club since 2003.
Thank you so much for your support of this International Service Project
~ Steven Patrick & Regina Edwards
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Orchids, candies and balloons helped raise $900 for West Haven and Blessed Assurance disabled childrens' homes in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
A boy at Blessed Assurance in May 2012, our Club's sixth trip to Jamaica.
Some of the children at West Haven with Bhagwan Chuganey. Many of the children have received donated wheelchairs from Rotarians.