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At our October 18 meeting, Richard Stanley from the Great Barrington Rotary club talked to us about bringing Project C.U.R.E. kits to rural Mexican medical clinics. This project started after a fellow Rotarian, Tom Wilson, had an accident and needed medical help in Mexico. The medical staff at the rural clinic where he was taken was fantastic, but they were in desperate need of supplies. He and Richard looked into ways they could help and discovered Project C.U.R.E., which puts together duffel bags full of needed medical supplies that are then distributed to these rural clinics. Richard and Tom have gone to many Mexican Rotary clubs to solicit funds to cover the distribution and taxes on the cost of these kits. They are soliciting Rotary clubs in the United States to cover the cost of the kits themselves. Each kit weighs 49 pounds cost $200 . So far they have distributed 30 to 40 kits. Our board of directors would like to support this initiative. At our meeting on 11/29, all fines collected will go toward this project. If you would like to contribute to this project outside of our meeting, or would like to fund a Project C.U.R.E. kit yourself, contact Dave Hall, our Club's point person for the project. |
