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2017 Board of Directors Kevin Fussell, MD – President Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician, Southeast Georgia Health System Lee Burleson President, Genoa Consulting Partners Steffani Fields Disaster Program Specialist, American Red Cross Taylor Green Chief Financial Officer, Thrive Senior Services Les Irvine President, Irvine Wood Recovery Jana Korhonen Senior Counsel, Labor and Employment, Georgia-Pacific LLC Dennis Larry Partner, Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse Celia McCarty Secretary/Treasurer, McCarty Construction, Inc. Jim Maxson Partner, Culhane Meadows Scott Miglin Pharmacist, Foster’s Pharmacy Donna Peoples Partner, Columbia and Bloomfield Ben Seidl Founder, Neyborly Marques Smith, Treasurer Vice President of Finance, Hire Velocity W. Clayton Sparrow Partner, Business Law Group, Seyfarth Shaw LLP Nathan Williams President, Williams Litigation Group, P.C Pam Willoughby President, Relish Marketing The Ripple Effect News and Updates from World Water Relief Spring 2017 Our mission is to provide safe, filtered water and WASH education to the students and communities at each of our projects in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Meet Bruno! World Water Relief would like to introduce you to the newest member of the team- Bruno Estrada, Installation & Maintenance Manager. Bruno started with us in January, just off the heels of his service with the Peace Corps where he served as a Health Communities Specialist along the Dominican-Haitian border for over two years. With WWR, Bruno oversees the maintenance and management of all our25 projects. Originally from New York, Bruno is a die-hard New York professional sports fan -Mets, Giants, Rangers, Knicks and Red Bulls. If you have any friendly bets against any of those teams, let him know! Bruno in an economics major and received his degree from the State University of New York at Purchase College. He plans to attend graduate school to study sustainability. As a self-proclaimed sustainable travel enthusiast, Bruno believes “the world should be seen from the eyes of the locals and that those who visit should leave a positive footprint or none at all. I think this transfers well into our work with World Water Relief and making sure we conduct business in a way that models the best the world has to offer.” Now that Bruno has settled in to life in Barahona, Dominican Republic and to the duties of WWR, he is able to assess the impact that we make. “The greatest asset that our NGO family has is the ability to adapt, mold and change with the needs of our communities. Yes we primarily begin working with potable water, which is a blessing, but I think that because we are smaller we have the flexibility to address other issues that are plaguing the communities. Providing clean water is just the start, we have the ability to inspire sustained behavioral change within marginalized communities.” Bruno will be in Atlanta, Georgia on July 29th for our 8th annual “Water is Life” event. Please join us so you can meet him in person and hear about daily life and work in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Join us for our 8th Annual “Water is Life” fundraiser on July 29, 2017 at the Venulett Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia! For information on sponsorships for the event or to contribute to the auction items listed, contact Christie Crane at [email protected]. ***Tickets available soon on our website. Get a glimpse of some of our live auction items for “Water is Life” -- Club Agua Competition/Fieldtrip: WWR hygiene educators teach students about WASH (water, sanitation & hygiene) through an interactive curriculum. The club demonstrating the most knowledge wins a staff-led trip to a local beach. ($1000) WWR T-shirts for Staff, Students and Volunteers: 200 new shirts are needed. ($2400) Santa Maria Community Hygiene Campaign (CHC): CHC members (parents of WWR students) educate community leaders about proper hygiene and sanitation practices. Support provides tools, educational materials, a community clean-up and more. ($2000) Filtration System Replacement Parts and Filters: WWR systems contain a sediment filter, carbon filter and a UV light requiring inspection and replacement to ensure proper and safe filtration. Purchasing a full year of parts improves efficiency crucial to consistent functioning. ($13,000)
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2017 Board of Directors
Kevin Fussell, MD – President Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician, Southeast Georgia Health System
Lee Burleson President, Genoa Consulting Partners
Steffani Fields Disaster Program Specialist, American Red
Cross
Taylor Green Chief Financial Officer, Thrive Senior Services
Les Irvine President, Irvine Wood Recovery
Jana Korhonen Senior Counsel, Labor and Employment,
Georgia-Pacific LLC
Dennis Larry Partner, Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry,
Bond & Stackhouse
Celia McCarty Secretary/Treasurer, McCarty Construction, Inc.
Jim Maxson Partner, Culhane Meadows
Scott Miglin Pharmacist, Foster’s Pharmacy
Donna Peoples Partner, Columbia and Bloomfield
Ben Seidl Founder, Neyborly
Marques Smith, Treasurer Vice President of Finance, Hire Velocity
W. Clayton SparrowPartner, Business Law Group, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Nathan Williams President, Williams Litigation Group, P.C
Pam Willoughby President, Relish Marketing
The Ripple Effect News and Updates from World Water Relief
Spring 2017
Our mission is to provide safe, filtered water and WASH education to the
students and communities at each of our projects in Haiti and the
Dominican Republic.
Meet Bruno!
World Water Relief would like to introduce you to the newest member of the team- Bruno Estrada, Installation & Maintenance Manager. Bruno started with us in January, just off the heels of his service with the Peace Corps where he served as a Health Communities Specialist along the Dominican-Haitian border for over two years. With WWR, Bruno oversees the maintenance and management of all our25 projects.
Originally from New York, Bruno is a die-hard New York professional sports fan -Mets, Giants, Rangers, Knicks and Red Bulls. If you have any friendly bets against any ofthose teams, let him know! Bruno in an economics major and received his degree fromthe State University of New York at Purchase College. He plans to attend graduate schoolto study sustainability.
As a self-proclaimed sustainable travel enthusiast, Bruno believes “the world should be seen from the eyes of the locals and that those who visit should leave a positive footprint or none at all. I think this transfers well into our work with World Water Relief and making sure we conduct business in a way that models the best the world has to offer.”
Now that Bruno has settled in to life in Barahona, Dominican Republic and to the duties of WWR, he is able to assess the impact that we make. “The greatest asset that our NGO family has is the ability to adapt, mold and change with the needs of our communities. Yes we primarily begin working with potable water, which is a blessing, but I think that because we are smaller we have the flexibility to address other issues that are plaguing the communities. Providing clean water is just the start, we have the ability to inspire sustained behavioral change within marginalized communities.”
Bruno will be in Atlanta, Georgia on July 29th for our 8th annual “Water is Life” event. Please join us so you can meet him in person and hear about daily life and work in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Join us for our 8th Annual “Water is Life” fundraiser on July 29, 2017 at the Venulett Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia!
For information on sponsorships for the event or to contribute to the auction items listed,
contact Christie Crane at [email protected].
***Tickets available soon on our website.
Get a glimpse of some of our live auction items for “Water is Life” --
Club Agua Competition/Fieldtrip: WWR hygiene educators teach students about WASH (water, sanitation & hygiene) through an interactive curriculum. The club demonstrating the most knowledge wins a staff-led trip to a local beach. ($1000)
WWR T-shirts for Staff, Students and Volunteers: 200 new shirts are needed. ($2400)
Santa Maria Community Hygiene Campaign (CHC): CHC members (parents of WWR students) educate community leaders about proper hygiene and sanitation practices. Support provides tools, educational materials, a community clean-up and more. ($2000)
Filtration System Replacement Parts and Filters: WWR systems contain a sediment filter, carbon filter and a UV light requiring inspection and replacement to ensure proper and safe filtration. Purchasing a full year of parts improves efficiency crucial to consistent functioning. ($13,000)
Water Charities Fundraising (WCF) Supports our Parent Committee Another Ripple Effect
With funding from Water Charities Fundraising, WWR started our newest initiative, to include parents in WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) education. A committee of 28 parents (two from each our 14 program schools) was established in the Dominican Republic, adding a voice to the need for hygiene and sanitation improvements in the schools and communities that surround them.
Over the course of three months, the parents will: • Attend 3 full-day WASH education workshops given by WWR staff• Conduct baseline hygiene and sanitation censuses in their communities• Work with WWR staff to distribute sanitation supplies and educational materialsto identified vulnerable households within their communities• Assist school director and staff in the enforcement of good hygiene and sanitationpractices and conditions within their children’s school
Parents, as do their children, must understand the connection between poor hygiene practices and poor health. This is the ripple effect needed to understand, support and then make the positive, hygienic behavioral changes WWR is teaching to promote good health for all. Starting with the children, then to the parents, and then on to the communities… Thank you WCF!
BBQ, Boots and Bateys The third BBQ, Boots and Bateys fundraising event was held on January 21 at Palm Coast on St Simons Island and was a huge success! Despite the torrential rain, over 125 guests were in attendance to enjoy music by BackBeat Boulevard, cocktails, and delicious food! Suzanne and David Whitehead, MD, WWR pit-masters for the evening, smoked whole pigs and chickens for the best pulled barbecue topped off with their special family Suzie Q sauce. This was accompanied by appetizers and desserts donated by The Crab Trap and Richs, as well as a photo booth to capture the fun. The night raised over $21,000 in sponsorships and ticket sales! This event was privately funded ensuring that 100% of the money raised went directly in support of World Water Relief and its mission to provide safe drinking water and hygiene and sanitation education to the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic! Thank you to everyone who made this night incredible!
We are planning a trip to the DR in early 2018 and want you to join us! This is a great opportunity for you to travel with the board and see firsthand what we do. We will fly into Santo
Domingo on a Sunday and travel together by bus to the Western side of the island. Each day we drive to the bateys for you to visit
our projects and meet our staff and students. We return to the U.S. on Thursday. Stay tuned for details as we plan our trip.
If interested and for more information, contact Jen at [email protected]
or Christie at [email protected]
Our Ripple Effect- Please Join Us With the support of many friends and donors, World Water Relief provides clean water and critical hygiene education to our 24 school projects in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The ripple effect is reaching into the surrounding communities, through our Community Hygiene Programs and the availability of the clean water from the schools for all residents. At present, we are incurring additional expenses to maintain our projects in Haiti due to Hurricane Matthew in addition to our normal operating costs. If you can help, please send a check to the address below, or visit our website to donate online. And help us spread the word – we would love the opportunity to speak to your church, service club, school group or other organization who would be interested in our work.
To donate by check: Send to World Water Relief, 931 Monroe Drive, Suite 102-593, Atlanta, GA 30308
To donate online: www.worldwaterrelief.org, click on the “Donate” button at the top of the page (credit card and Paypal options are available)
BBQ, Boots and Bateys Sponsors
Anonymous* Coastal Bank of Georgia
Shiver Hamilton, LLC Southeast Georgia Health System Northwestern Mutual, Harry Jones
Taylor Odachowski Schmidt & Crossland, LLC Amanda Williams, Attorney at Law
Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner, Carter, Strickland & Watkins, LLP
Dentistry in Redfern, Zachary J Powell, D.M.D. Ferrelle Burns Law
Gilbert Harrell Sumerford and Martin, P.C. Joanna and Dave Wilkins
Satilla Family Dentistry Golden Isles Home Care
* denotes multiple donors
Special thanks to our In-Kind Donors Palm Coast Coffee, Julie and John Cherry
Suzanne and David Whitehead, MD Richs
Pixel Pop The Crab Trap Janet Brown
BBQ, Boots and Bateys Committee
Jen and Kevin Fussell Martha and Nathan Williams
Suzanne and David Whitehead, MD
