Your OWB Donations at Work!
CWWA is proud to support Operators Without Borders as our main charity of choice, and we truly appreciate all the support you, our members, provide to this terrific effort.
Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica and other Caribbean islands just as our National Conference began in Victoria in November. Valerie Jenkinson, OWB fonder and chair, made an appeal to all for their financial support, while Madeleine Butschler, founding board member and super volunteer, welcomed all to the OWB booth.
We are proud to announce that, collectively, we raised over $18,000 for OWB
| Raised by the delegates: | |
| Memberships sold | $ 3,150 |
| Silent Auction bids | $ 850 |
| 50/50 tickets sold | $ 1,300 |
| $ 5,300 | |
| Special donations: | $ 12,800 |
| Grand Total | $18,100 |
Special thanks to Max Rao and the Aquafy team for their amazing donation of :
$10,000
Other major donors included Kerr Wood Leidel, Urban Systems, Klas Ohman (Associated Engineering) MaryAnn Dickinson (Lincoln Institute), and Edward Shea.
Thank you all so much!
These funds were immediately put to work sending Canadian operators to Jamaica to complete damage assessments and start the recovery.
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| OWB Board Members: Robert Haller, Madeleine Butschler and Valerie Jenkinson | OWB Volunteer Ian McIlwham (Durham Region) on the ground in Jamaica with a local team leader |