calu newsletter nov 2012
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What is the BestWay to RememberYour SponsoredChild This HolidaySeason?Many sponsors ask aboutsending gifts to theirsponsored child atChristmas. New sponsorsoften are shocked atmailing costs and othersstruggle with sizes, colorsand time commitmentsthat the holiday seasonbrings. We would like to make iteasier if you areconsidering sending agift. As our current focusis completing the waterproject, we suggest givingyour child the gift ofwater. Simply complete thisform and send it alongwith a check toChangeALife Uganda ordonate on line and fill inyour message in thespecial instructions
November 2012
Water Project & Segal Family Foundation:Perfect together and moving forward Grant Advances Clean Water Project A generous $24,000 grant from the Segal Family Foundationnarrows the gap to bring clean water to St. Lawrence Schoolstudents and patients in the new St. Frances Health Centerbefore the approaching January dry season. The 510' well isdrilled, the pump house is built, and the water tower, soaringabove the school buildings, promises an exciting future withoutyellow jerry cans filled with dirty pond water. The pump houseand empty water tower stand like beacons of hope, thirsting forclean water to flow across the mile and a half that separatesthem. How will this happen?
Water tower tank stands empty...waiting for water from the well!
section after you haveentered your credit cardinformation. We will forward yourpersonal message to yourchild, letting him or herknow how together youboth have helped bringwater to Migyera. Mailing address:ChangeALife Uganda58 Fairview Ave. Brick,NJ 08724.
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Thanks to the Segal grant, the installation of poles and wiring toelectrify the water pump will begin. Digging the long trench andlaying pipes to connect the pump house to the tower andinstalling a distribution network to the school and health centerrequires a remaining $90,000. Our partner schools have raised over $50,000 and combinedwith Merck & Co. Inc.'s $35,000 and other contributions ourQuartersForWater Project has steadily progressed. To help usaccomplish our new goal, we ask you to reach out and invitechurches, schools, businesses and corporations to become aCALU partner. We invite you also to be a part of CALU history. $20 Buys a Yard of Pipeline.You can change the lives of an entire African community withthe $20 purchase of a yard of pipeline from the 2,973 yarddistance between the well and the tower. This holiday season,consider giving the gift of water with a special gift card to afamily member or friend. Whether it is 1 yard or 50 yards, eachyard brings us closer to clean water for our children. (Ifyou have trouble downloading the card, emailjsemler@changealifeuganda and she will send it to you.)
Fr. Lawrence, Gabrielle Francesco, Andy Bryant, Jean Semler
QuartersForWater Chester Community Charter School Donates tothe Water Project! Students from Chester Community School located in ChesterPA, an economically challenged city, are proud of how they
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helped students in Uganda. Having raised $1,340 in the first halfof 2012, they are excited to start again with cake sales, Fridaydress down day and "I changed a life" bracelets. Fr. Lawrence,during his recent visit to Chester Community School, thankedthe students and personalized QuartersForWater with his storiesabout the school and the children's daily fetching water chores.
CashForCrafts and FundsForFarming Fr. Lawrence Thanks Rumson Country DaySchool for Children's Microcredit Program For the last two years, Rumson Country Day School has fundeda successful micro credit program for CALU students, womenand teachers. Members of the teacher's group received smallloans for individual income-producing projects, as did thewomen craft's group. The children's program is an animal rearingproject involving chickens, pigs, and goats. The child learns skillsto raise and sell the animals and to keep accurate records. Wecan proudly report that all the children, teachers and womenhave paid back their loans. A new component to this partnershipis the opening of individual savings accounts which could helpfund the children's future educations.
Festivities and Celebration Marked CALU's 5-Year Anniversary during Fr. Lawrence's Visit A festive and fun-filled African Picnic at Knightsbridge Farm inMiddletown, NJ honored CALU's 5-year anniversary. Cottoncandy, a delicious pig roast, traditional African food, acompetitive Uganda vs. US soccer game (in which FatherLawrence exhibited his goalie skills), Ugandan music and dancingand an evening barn fire made for a fabulous family event.
Siobhan Fallon Hogan, our master of ceremonies, hosted a livelyauction to raise money for pigs, goats, chickens forFundsForFarming, pipes for the QuartersForWater project andchildren's sponsorships. Special thanks to Sophia Kho and herfamily for providing their horse farm, a perfect venue for ourcelebration. Thank you Kerry Chandler, Gaye Nicholson, SophiaKho, and Christina and Tom Durney for making this fabulousfamily event happen.
Hands down, Father Lawrence's trip was a great success. Inaddition to the African picnic, he updated our supporters at awonderful afternoon event hosted by Kathy & Mark Fable inOld Tappan and at a special fundraiser for QuartersForWater atthe Buona Sera Restaurant in Red Bank. A warm thank you toChris Mariani, owner of Buona Sera for his generous supportand for the organizing expertise of Mary Maralla and LizAnnino.
We have so much to be thankful for.HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL.
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