Join us on Tuesday to hear the latest about the Guatemala Medical Resources Partnership (GMRP).

 

The Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Clubs established the Guatemala Medical Resources Partnership (GMRP) in 2005 to help the people living in the Department of Santa Rosa, a remote area of the country, who did not have access to adequate health care. Every year, dedicated health care providers, interpreters, and other volunteers travel at their own expense to the small village of Oliveros in Santa Rosa to provide medical, dental, vision, nutrition, and pharmacy services to the local community in desperate need of such care.

 

In 2012, it became apparent that many of the patients also required continuing care, mostly surgery, which, because of poverty, lack of transportation, and inability to negotiate the hospital system, they were unable to access. As a result, in 2014, GMRP established the Guatemala Continuing Care Project which provides these individuals and families with the care they require. With a gift of $200, one patient is able to obtain the surgery he or she needs. To learn more go to: http://gmrp.org/

 

 

Just a reminder that the Fall Into Comedy Committee is in need of baskets for the upcoming silent auction.  If you have larger, sturdy  baskets that you don't need, please consider donating them to the committee.  Just bring them to the Tuesday meetings.

 

The committee will appreciate your donations.  Start thinking now about asking your contacts in the community to donate an item to the silent auction.

 

 

 

The Community Action Council (CAC), as well as the Membership, Community Service, and Fundraising committees, met last Tuesday to continue working on the goals and objectives for the year.  Thanks go to all members for sharing good ideas.