Fundraiser held by Ambulance Service

Today was a great day. The North Bay Central Ambulance and Communication Centre organized a BBQ to raise funds for our team. The rain held off and they had hot dogs and drinks. The group, under the direction of Chris Reed and Jennifer Durham, have also have been selling tickets on several items over the past few weeks and I drew the tickets of the lucky winners.



They presented us with over $500.00. I was there for the BBQ and it was a heart warming experience to see these hard working people raise these funds. Lori Butterfield, who is on this years team, is a paramedic with this group. These folks work in a stressful job and still find time to give back.

Thanks to everyone at CACC and to all those who purchased tickets and hot dogs.

Only seven weeks left

In seven weeks our team will be in Kitale, Kenya and our work will begin. Our six team members are getting excited and we are anxiously awaiting to see whether we have been allowed to take 2 medical packs with us. These packs are bought through a group in Montreal that charges $575.00 for approximately $5000.00 worth of medical supplies. We have two nurses and a para medic on our team and we are hoping to hold 3 health clinics while we are there. These clinics will be in the rural aread as well as one in Kibera. Kibera is the largest slum in all of Africa and we will just be in one small area.

I recently met with several high school students and their parents to discuss our trip to Kenya in July of 2010. This will be the first time that I am taking students and it will be a very exciting trip. The students who are hoping to come are wonderful young people who I know will make a wonderful contribution while we are there.

We have a couple more fundraisers before we leave and I am hoping that we raise enough money to get the orphanage for AIDS babies off the ground. If we do raise the funds, the orphanage will happen while we are over on this trip. What a wonderful thing that will be!!

Seven weeks and counting.