Can I just say that time seems to have flown by since we first started preparing for this trip?!? We are only a couple of days away...it snowed last night in Denver, and I have a pile of skirts and summery shirts waiting to be packed away in a suitcase.
And we are going to be busy - today we received a revised agenda for our first week in El Salvador, and I'm already tired just reading it. But, by the same token, it's going to be so amazing. I've already been in touch with the club in Santa Ana (the first we will visit), and I am confident that we will get a big, warm welcome when we arrive (trust me Rolando, they are ready for us!). I reached out to the club because I am planning to carry with me a CURE Kit from Project CURE (www.projectcure.org - please check out this amazing organization!), which is a box packed with donated medical supplies. You carry the box with you as a piece of luggage to donate to a local community clinic or hospital, and I'm coordinating the donation with the Rotary club in Santa Ana. They've made sure that I'm in contact with the right people, down to the Director of the hospital that will receive the donation - and they made it happen within 24 hours!
By the way for all the Rotary folks, I learned that since 2001, Rotary clubs have donated over $24 million in medical supplies through Project CURE.
So, I still have to pack my suitcase, but with the CURE Kit going with me, I have extra incentive to pack lightly!
- Amy
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