Michael C.

On March 1st of this year, Michael C. challenged his church, Leamersville Grace Brethren Church in Leamerville, PA, to raise $3,500 to build a well in Kenya.  We got this great update just a couple days ago,

“Good news as of 6/10/09 he has raised $3,800!  We plan to keep it going to see how much we can raise.  Other good news our vacation bible school for their mission project decided to give the money to Michael’s water project.  The boys and girls at bible school raised $613.52 in one week.  So far he has raised a total of $4,400. Isn’t it amazing what God can do!  I’m sending along pictures of Michael, his display and of bible school.”

That is simply incredible.  It is amazing what God will do with one person’s passion to “give a cup of cold water in my name.”  We know this hard work will do a great good.  Way to go Michael!!

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Students at Murrietta Valley High School get on the “Road to Change”

I would like to say a special thanks to Mrs. Saylor and her senior class at Murrieta Valley High School for a very generous donation to the Road to Change project. This is a great group of young people who are making a very positive difference in the lives of those who are not be able to help themselves. Below is an e-mail I had received from Peter Chasse with The Water Project, who had received it directly from one of their students

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http://roadtochange.thewaterproject.org/2009/06/super-seniors-of-murietta-valley-high.html

A.G. Bell School in Chicago, IL raises nearly $2,000 in change!   Yes…the jingly kind!!

Check out the letter we just received…

My name is Samantha D., I am writing from Alexander Graham Bell School on the north side of Chicago. One of our school initiatives this year was to promote green initiatives in our curricula and our community-based efforts. As such we re­searched like-minded organizations and were particularly inspired by your efforts.

While it may be easy to impress upon adults the issues of the world, children are often unsure of what they can do to help. In an effort to inspire them and show how they can make a difference, we held a “penny war” competition at our school.

Each grade competed against each other by filling their jug with pennies. They then “at­tacked” other grades with silver coins and dollars to negate their penny earnings. The battle was fierce, and we are proud of the camaraderie that surfaced. After five days of “battle” (and a LOT of coin counting) we raised over $1900. We would like to give you this money to support your cause of helping people the world over have better access to clean water.

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