Rotary District 6900 District Conference

Wendell Christoff explains the HydrAid biosand water filter to Rotarian's at the Rotary District Conference in Atlanta, Georgia April 23 to 25, 2010.

12 - Year-Old Making a Difference

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12-Year-Old Making A Difference

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Video 1 of 1 All Video 12-Year-Old Makes A Difference Related Links Brandon's Clean Water Fundraising Website    Drinking water is something we all take for granted.  But a 12-year-old Tulsa boy learned about the problem in the Dominican Republic and decided it wasn't fair that children his age were dying because they didn't have access to something as simple as a clean glass of water.     Brandon Deacon learned about the need for clean drinking water at a fundraiser for the Thirsting To Serve organization. That is when he read about kids his age living a very different life.     Brandon said, "I saw that a child my age dies every 18 seconds, and I thought I have to do something. This cannot happen. This became my passion."     He made it his goal to raise money for portable water filters, donate them to the Thirsting To Serve organization, and travel to the Dominican Republic himself to help hand out the filters and educate the community about clean drinking water.

Dance Aid Fundraiser for Hope for Haiti

www.danceaidindiana.com
Northwest Indiana area dance studios come together for one afternoon of high caliber displays of dance talent in a dance concert performance to aid underdeveloped counties obtain clean water.  

DanceAid will benefit Thirsting to Serve, a non-profit organization that has collaborated with the US Navy to deliver HydrAid technology to undeveloped countries.  HydrAid BioSand filters are non-electric, lightweight, can be installed in 30 minutes, and provides 75 gallons of clean, safe drinking water a day.

While plans for DanceAid were in motion before the earthquake struck Haiti, Thirsting to Serve is directly supporting on the ground efforts that are addressing drinking water supply safety. 

"Haiti is really a serous matter and we are raising funds to send 1,000 filters to Haiti via the United States Navy." - Jim Brodenner, Thirsting to Serve

HydrAid Filter visits West Michigan Inter-club meeting

On April 20, 2010 the HydrAid filters paid a visit to an inter-club meeting of  Rotary clubs the Rockford,  Cedar Springs, Sparta, Comstock Park, Plainfield Sunrise, Greenville, Grand Rapids North and Lowell.  The event was attended by 150 Rotarians from the 8 clubs and was hosted by the Greenville Rotary club.

You Tube Videos of HydrAid Filter

The first HydrAid filters installed in a flooded community in the Amazon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9h1J3vMZeE&feature=related

Water Charity - www.watercharity.org is using HydrAid filters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmSKbMEq25o

Rotarians Fund Dominican Republic HydrAid Distribution Center

On April 9 the manufacturer of the HydrAid filter, Cascade Engineering shipped a 40 foot sea container of 2,250 HydrAid filters to the Dominican Republic.  The filters will be the initial inventory for the creation of a HydrAid Distribution Center which will be operated by the Good Samaritan Hospital in La Romana, Dominican Republic.   The inventory is being funded by donations from Rotary Interact District 5170, Rotary District 6360, the Lowell Rotary Club and the Safe Water Team.  All of the filters proudly display the logo of the three Rotary donors!

Rockford Lion's Club introduced to the HydrAid filter

On April 8 Jim and Sue Bodenner made a presentation to the Rockford, Michigan Lions Club about the HydrAid biosand water filter.  Lions Clubs around the world have many international projects including support the elimination of River Blindness and other eye problems some of which involve waterborne diseases.  The Bodenner's explained to the group the impact that the HydrAid filter is making on the problems of waterborne disease.  The HydrAid filters are manufactured by Cascade Engineering and the Rockford, Rotary club and Rotary clubs from around the world have supported the use of the technology.

Rotarians Respond with HydrAid Filters - Hope for Haiti

Rotarians respond to Haiti earthquake with HydrAid biosand water filters - Hope for Haiti.

www.thirstingtoserve.org

Comstock Park Rotary - Water update

Tom Bereza, President

Sue Bodenner made a presentation today to the Comstock Park Rotary club regarding the update of the HydrAid water filter project in the Dominican Republic and she shared with the club an update of last Saturday's Thirsting to Serve Water Conference.