Will the BUV get on the Boat to Congo?

It's going to be a race against time! Not really, but more it will a race of patience and persistence.

The US Customs office wants a Bill of Sale for a vehicle donated to Congo Helping Hands by Alfred State College. The problem is the vehicle, a Basic Utility Vehicle, was built from nuts and bolts for engineering competition.

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for more details.

Oops, I Just Lost a Month!

My donors want their tax deduction this year. Members of the Rotary Club of Marion (Indiana) who have written checks to donate needed funds for a project to drill water wells in Congo. I visited these Rotarians today to give them an update. They give me an UPDATE, the tax man cometh on December 31st.

They are waiting on my Rotary Foundation Matching Grant application. I had planned to complete the application in January. BUT I had forgotten about the tax deduction.

Are you available December 22nd?

That's the Monday before Christmas. I am not that overweight. Do you really want a black Santa?

Actually, I am going back to the Rotary Club of Hartford City on December 22 to speak about the proposed Water Well Drilling Project.