The New Year will see the beginning of collection in Los Angeles through the efforts of the Los Angeles Rotary Club. A crucial part of the collecting process is to have some place to consolidate and store collected MOBILITY DEVICES until they are ready to ship to Africa. Free storage has been arranged for at a vacant military facility.
Collection in Arizona with Interact is going forward at a number of High Schools around the state. The goal here is again to fill another 40’ container, ship it to Kenya where a group of Interactors will join us in July for distribution.
C4A is pleased to announce that we will again have a booth at the Rotary International convention in Toronto. Booth #606 - hope to see you there in June.
Lots of inquiries have come to us asking if we will be having our annual CHILI Cook-Off again this year. You may recall that last year’s cook-off was canceled due to my heart attacks and subsequent recovery. This year will be a celebration of LIFE! We also will be celebrating the fact that Crutches 4 Africa has now shipped over 100,000 mobility devices! Mark your calendars: February 3rd is the date for the event. More info on that and our current shipments can be found at www.crutches4africa.org
On a personal note, Candice and I want to thank all of you that came to our aid in 2017. Rotarians are just the best people! Happy NEW YEAR!
P.S. Do any of you have contact with Rotary/Rotarians in or near the city of Brighton (south coast) in Great Britain? We have hundreds of crutches there that are available to C4A but they will go to the landfill at the end of January if we cannot collect them! Please contact me or any Rotarian from Mountain Foothills Rotary if you can help with this. Thanks!