I was looking for new material for our July 20 meeting, so I asked several Rotarians: “Why are you supporting the $1000 Rotaplast Challenge Match to change lives?”
Tim Franta told me that he has a daughter who was born with a cleft palate. He and his wife lived through the multitude of challenges that healing the cleft palate brought…and that was in the US! Just think about the HELL that children in under-developed countries with cleft palates go through.
Here is Becky Clark’s thoughts: “I closed my eyes and visualized one of my grandchildren or a friend’s beautiful child. Then opened my eyes and saw a face damaged by a cleft palate. I knew then that I had to do something to support Rotaplast.”
Our July 20th announcement was the last announcement about Rotaplast from the podium.
Our campaign in support of changing lives through Rotaplast has two goals:
* Fully utilization of the $1000 Challenge Match.
* Have some fun trying to surpass what North Canton Rotary has done to date.
So where do we stand? Thus far, 15 Rotarians have pledged their support.
• The FULL $1000 Challenge Match has been CAPTURED!
• But, unfortunately, we were 18% short of hitting our goal vs. North Canton.
Surpassing North Canton means changing the lives of 3 additional young children.
However, I am confident that there are enough Canton Rotarians to assure we will zoom past North Canton's donation!
Before and after pictures:
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