Club President’s Corner
January 31st, 2007 | by EvergreenRotary |A fair number of you had questions for Gretchen after her brief report on the Colorado Haiti Project. Below is a recap of that and details about the fundraising event on February 10th. Dr. Paul Farmer will be one of the featured speakers. I have read his recent acceptance speech for the Union Medal Award and found him to be captivating. He has spent nearly 25 years in Haiti as a health care professional, so he knows well the trying situation there:
Dr. Paul Farmer will speak at a fundraiser for the Colorado Haiti Project. The project is located in Chevalier, Haiti, where fellow Rotarians Marcia Walsh and Brenda Hagerman are now at work. Bob Hagerman recently informed us that they are well and working very hard with the Haitian and American medical team that they joined there at Chevalier. This is a most remote area of Haiti, near Petit trou des Nippes. Marcia and Gretchen seek another local team member to go with them to found a Rotary Club there, end of April.
Here is the info for the fundraiser, as requested by many of you!
A Heartbeat for Haiti
February 10th, 2007
St John’s Episcopal Cathedral 1350 Washington St., Denver.
An evening with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Kesner Garcia
(5:30-9:30 pm)
- 5:30 -7:30 lecture: Tickets for lecture only: $15.00; night of lecture $20. donation suggested.
- 7:30 p.m. Food wine and conversation: tickets for this “sit down dinner” are $100. to benefit the Colorado Haiti Project. This ticket includes the lecture (above). There are still a few seats available for the dinner.
To get your ticket, call 303.938.5021 in Boulder. Melissa Mehaney is the person to contact. Please call Gretchen for more information at 720.746.1172.
Dick Mund
President, The Rotary Club of Evergreen
