Most of these supplies will be going to Kenya
New Partner: Dave Smith Foundation
To say NJT - Ottawa is on a roll is very literally true. As I write, Jacques is on the road with a full SUV load of medical supplies going straight to Dave Smith's warehouse earmarked for Kenya. Since John Amyot's chance encounter with the Kenyan High Commissioner at his church a few weeks back and a subsequent (free - thanks Dave!) lunch meeting at Dave's restaurant, things have moved quickly. Jacques and I met with Dave last Wednesday armed with photos of our medical supply inventory over at Maurice's. We sent the High Commissioner a spreadsheet listing most of the supplies we have. He sent it to a medical person who said they'd take everything we have... especially the EKG machine we were given last week! Dave is collecting for other containers so we have a new and strong partnership happening.
In August, Brigit packed an amazing range of medicines and supplies for Posie Ross to bring to the Messef Orphanage in Haiti. Since then, NJT - Ottawa has joined the growing number of Friends of Messef. You can see the children and keep up with their news at http://friendsofmessef.webs.com/apps/blog/. NJT - Ottawa is now on their Links page as a proud supporter!
New Partner: Can-Go Afar Foundation
The Horn of Africa is one of the hottest and driest places on the planet. For the ancient nomadic Afar of Ethiopia, it's a constant struggle for survival. NJT - Ottawa donated a selection of medical supplies that are now en route to Ethiopia with the president of the Foundation and his son. Warren Creates' wife Joan is a nurse and she, Jacques and I happily spent over an hour last Wednesday helping her load her car with NJT-O goodies. She took extra to hold for the next person visiting one of the Foundation's projects.
New Partners: Morgan and Ginny
These two energetic young ladies currently live in the Montreal area. Morgan is originally from Whitehorse and has adopted a project in Haiti for which she has been busily fundraising. Ginny is an IT consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. Both have adopted NJT and are enthusiastically organizing to get some medical supplies to Haiti, among other things. Ginny came to the last NJT-O meeting and is now hooked. We'll look forward to seeing these ladies take on the world!
New Partner: Alexandra
Speaking of young ladies taking on the world. Alexandra is a 12-year-old originally from Ottawa and now living in Kingston. Her dad still works in Ottawa a few days a week. Alexandra has taken on NJT-O as her Challenge for Change grade 7 project. She's organizing drop-off boxes in a few locations and expects to start sending supplies to Ottawa shortly. She's even offered to put something together for YouTube! But, we want to check with the other NJT groups to see if they're willing to get a profile or if we should keep it just to the Ottawa group.
YEAH! Love it! Merci Mary!
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