Messiah Lutheran Church VBS sends a check

Brett recieved a letter in the mail today formt he director of the VBS at Messiah Lutheran church in Lewiston, NY. They heard about Brett's project from my mother and chose it for this year's beneficiary of their VBS collection.

NMCC kids voted Lifestraw!!

The children's collection has grown over the last 4 years to just over $2000. Last week the choices were presented to the children that the money could be sent to from each class ($400 per class). They were Lifestraw, the cove, and an orphanage in Mexico. Today each class voted, the 3/4th grade group voted 13/1 for Lifestraw. 3 other classes also chose Lifestraw and one class did not vote yet.

The Essex Rotary Club

After several rescheduled dates, Brett made it to a dinner meeting at the Essex Yacht Club to present his project to the Essex Rotary Club. Our whole family joined him and it was a great night. He amazed me with the amount of information he was able to share during each slide. As we sat at the table before he went on, I overheard him tell Judy that he had a message for them from the Devon Rotary Club. it was that they had given him a check for $300 and that they should try to beat that. She stood up and announced the message to the whole group and one woman responded that if each person gave $20, they would have $400, well over the goal. And, they did, one at a time, they stood up and gave $20 and many kind words of praise for Brett and his efforts. I appreciated that someone mentioned how nice it was to see our whole family there to support him.

Devon Rotary Club

Brett presented to te Devon Rotary Club at a breakfast meeeting morning at the Stonebridge restaurant in Milford. At the end, they presented him with check for $300.

Home Water Consumption Calculatorhttp://wecalc.org/calc/#

I was shocked by the amount of water we use on a daily basis in our home!! And, we were on the low side compared to national averages.http://wecalc.org/calc/#

CNN mentions Lifestraw as one of Ten Things to Change the World

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/23/10.simple.things/index.html

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