Ocala Rotarians help people in Jamaica
The week-long project focused on meeting needs at a high school in an impoverished area.
From left, Rick Hugli, Bill Cox, Wayne Evans (Sir Alexander Bustamante High School principal), Teresa Stephens, Delinda Chablal (school vice chairman), David Kramer and William Shagoury (school chairman) are shown during the project. [Submitted photo]
The Ocala-Silver Spring’s Rotary Club was awarded a District 6970 matching grant to fund the supplies for a recent international project in Clarendon, Jamaica.
Rotary members Teresa Stephens, Bill Cox, David Kramer and Rick Hugli travelled to Jamaica the week of Jan. 11-18 to complete the project. All of the team members funded their own travel and expenses for the trip.
The project focused on renovating the dormitories at Sir Alexander Bustamante High School, a low-income high school in Lionel Town, which provides dormitory housing for needy students from the surrounding area, according to Cox.
Rotarians David Kramer and Bill Cox work on a bed in a dorm at the school. [Submitted photo]
“The project involved building bunk beds, shelving and storage spaces for the male and female dormitories, along with supplying other needed furniture, fans and bedding. Additionally, the kitchens for the dormitories were supplied with a stove, refrigerator, chest freezer and numerous cooking utensils,” Cox shared.
Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders and problem solvers who seek a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change—across the globe, in our communities and in ourselves, according to Cox.
To learn more about the local group, find them on social media at fb.com/OcalaSilverSpringsRotary
From left, Len Scott, executive director of Mission Four 18, the host organization, is shown with Ocala Rotarians Teresa Stephens and Rick Hugli. [Submitted photo]
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