Howling Coyote, Edition 4, Issue 16 (Mar 03, 2022)

Water Project in Africa

This morning we were joined in person by Catherine Moore, fellow Sedona Rotarian, to share her experience with building a well in Africa.

Catherine shared the process was a tedious one with plenty of paperwork. They applied for a grant and received support not only through an international grant, but a matching district grant. They were able to carry out the project with $100,000 in funding and donations. The project was a large undertaking that resulted in the final celebration for the natives after a 2 year process.

Catherine and her husband were able to make the journey along with other Rotarians from Sedona and the US. They saw where the cattle had been drinking from a very small tank, to having their own troughs built for cattle and native habitat. They were also able to see the results of water being placed at the local elementary school, making it one of the most popular schools because water was readily available. Housing was added for teachers and students. an easier system for collecting water in containers to transport made it more convenient for everyone, humans and animals included.

Thank you to Catherine for joining us. If you are interested in how to get involved with water related programs, please visit: WASH, Rotary Action Group.

PLANT & SEED SALE

The Plant & Seed Sale will take place on Saturday, April 16 from 9:00am-2:00pm. It's the perfect opportunity to purchase your plants for spring.

We'll have Rotary garden bed adoption information, demonstrations, plants and seeds for sale, and more. If you are interested in volunteering to greet guests that morning and help with parking, please email Heather Hermen. Save the date!

Did you miss the memo? We met in person today! We plan to continue to meet in person and are using the room at Big Park School where the Journey Church meets. We did not have Zoom available for today's meeting but will work on it for the next meeting. Because this is not our space with our technology needs set up, Zoom will be limited in the future with the expectation of limited audio visual. Thank you for understanding the work and time involved to make a meeting happen with two formats. We hope to see you in person on March 17.

Officers:

President- Heather Hermen

Immediate Past President- Jennette Bill

President Elect- Carolyn Martin

Secretary- Sara Crosby-Hartman

Treasurer- Jeff Mahan

Membership- Mark von Hoetzendorff

Rotary Foundation- Rob Schaefer

Youth Services- Holly Johnson

Read more about the Rotary Foundation by clicking here.

We're on Facebook

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PR HELP NEEDED:

Our trusted PR chair, Miki, has decided to step away and focus on a passion project. She will still be helping us keep our website just as amazing as ever. But, we need help managing the PR schedule, submitting press releases, and helping with Facebook. Is this you? Email Heather to get more info and volunteer.