Picture - Skey Caskey and Danya JordanRotary Meeting Minutes 9/26/07
Rod Funderburk - reporter
President Beetle Bailey presided over the meeting. Theresa Miley led in the invocation, and John Hansen introduced the visitors and guests. Lyman Whitehead provided some words of wisdom for Health and Happiness. Chuck Larsen invited everyone to the grand opening of the new Chamber of Commerce offices Thursday at 5:30 P.M.
Kelly Payne introduced the Rotary Interact sponsored candidate for Dutch Fork Homecoming Queen. Jim Wellman made a plea for participation in the Okra Strut ticket booth, Okra Man display and parade. A reminder for those who signed up will be posted on the blog site.
Patti Cavanaugh introduced the guest speaker, Danya Jordan, who spoke on “Safe Water for a Thirsty World.” Danya is with Water Missions International, which is a Christian Non-Profit Engineering Firm. The firm provides safe water solutions in developing countries and disaster areas. According to Danya 1.1 billion people in this world do not have access to safe drinking water. 25,000 people die each day from contaminated water. A child dies every 15 seconds from water related diseases.
The Water Missions International living water treatment system was originally designed to supply safe drinking water to Honduras after Hurricane Mitch in 1998. There are currently 370 living water treatment systems in place around the world. These systems can treat 10,000 gallons of water per day at a cost of $3.00 per 1,000 gallons. Danya suggested that those interested could contribute their time, their talent and their money to improving the access to safe water around the world.
President Beetle Bailey thanked Danya for her remarks and declared the meeting adjourned.
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