Berkeley and several Rotary Clubs have been doing this great international service project since 2003 (please see the links below). It has been a TRF-sanctioned, and partially TRF-funded project, and they expect TRF to finalize their current Global Grant in the next few weeks. The continuing project has made a huge difference in the lives of many children and families of this rather remote area of Nayarit state in southwestern Mexico.
Susan Simon and I are participating in this project due to the fact that the Rotary Berkeley Club gave up this Mexico project for 3 years to come to New Orleans to help put Warren Easton back together to help get it open and then continued to come back to improve it after it opened.
Needless to say, we in New Orleans are sincerely grateful and owe a debt of gratitude to the Rotarians led by Berkeley for the work they did and the leadership they gave during our time of need after Katrina. They reached out from California and found us. The two years they came here, in 2006 and 2007, interrupted their annual projects in Mexico. Our gain was a needy Mexican community’s loss. This is a chance to pay back a little of what they did for us.
The deadline to register for this project is April 6th. Please heavily consider joining us.
Yours in Rotary,
Henry Lowentritt
Information on the Projects are linked below: