Posted by Lyle Goodin on Jul 24, 2018
Steve Rutledge, a Rotarian from the Whitby Sunrise Club, has for several years been working to bring clean potable water to remote villages in Laos.  Along with Canadian volunteers and local residents, Steve arranges for the purchase and delivery of water purification units for individual families.  The units are constructed in Laos creating a local industry.  In addition, he organizes and supervises, along with local engineers and villagers, the construction of small water cleaning damns and pipelines to bring water to the villages.  Some pipelines that have been constructed are over five kilometers long.
 
The Rotary Club of Bowmanville is proud to be one of Steve's major sponsors and sincerely appreciate his dedication to Rotary's moto of "Service Above Self".  This year our International Committee was once again pleased to provide Steve with a cheque in the amount of $10,000 to support this amazing project.
 
  
(L to R)  Pauline Calvert (Director, International Service), Rotarian Steve Rutledge, John Burns (President)