Saturday, August 1, 2009

CTC announces our volunteers of the month -August 09

CTC has decided to release a VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH announcement going forward !! We would like to keep everyone up to date with the work that some of our amazing volunteers have done!

This is our first month and so we feel like we should do a little bit of backtracking and bring everyone up to date with all of the volunteer work that has happened in the last couple of months. That means we will have more than one volunteer of the month this time around. We want to do some special acknowledgments for those that have put some hard work and energy towards helping the people of Kenya.

Volunteer Allison Edwards:

Allison traveled with CTC to Kenya in the summer of 2008. She went on our Camp team and stayed longer to join up with the medical team. Allison is a pre-med student from Kansas that has dedicated many hours to spread the word on CTC after returning home from her trip. Allison hosted a local fundraiser in Kansas just a few months back where funds would go towards helping a couple team members get to Kenya but also to help out with CTC programs. The event was a success and she did an amazing job. We would also like to congratulate her on being accepted into medical school, hopefully she will soon be a doctor treating patients in Maai Mahiu.

Volunteer Cindy McAlister:

Cindy traveled to Kenya last year with CTC on our Therapy and Healing team where she worked with women of the community. She is the mother of CTC's founder Zane Wilemon and it was amazing to have her there to see with her own eyes the amazing work that her son has accomplished there. Cindy works for American Airlines magazine and was able to get a press release about CTC in their magazine. It was amazing, people flying with American Airlines were able to read on the plane about CTC and what is happening in Kenya. Cindy also returned home and started her own fund raising efforts for CTC by making pendants and jewlery to sell to friends and coworkers with all proceeds going to CTC programming.

Volunteer Liz Green:

Liz joined CTC in Kenya last summer on our Camp team and worked with children in the schools of Maai Mahiu. Since her return Liz has hosted her own fundraiser for CTC in San Francisco. Liz hosted a guest bartender night at a local dive and collected proceeds as well as hosting a raffle where all the funds raised went to CTC programming. Liz plans to join us next year in Kenya and we can't wait to see her there.



We would like to thank all of the volunteers that have saved up or hosted fundraisers to get to Kenya! It's quite an adventure and a lot of hard work to get there and it doesn't go unnoticed. Thanks to all of you that have put time an energy into helping those of Kenya.


What an amazing group of volunteer we have recruited over the years!!! We can't thank you enough for your continued support and love for the people of Kenya.
Allison Edwards (right)
Liz Green
Cindy McAlister

1 comment:

Unknown said...

What an awesome crew! Keep up the good work folks!!