Summer 2013 - Public Documents - NC AWWA-WEA

Outreach/Water For PeopleLisa Edwards Leading a World Water Corps Trip in MalawiRunning EventsWe have had many avid runners on theNorth Carolina Water For People Committeethroughout the years and, thus, runningevents have been a big part of our fundraising.We used to have a Water For Peoplefun run at the NC AWWA-WEA Annual Conferenceevery year. However, as the conferencegrew and the schedule became morecompressed, the fun run was discontinued.Our dedicated runners were not deterredhowever; we just moved our fundraiserto outside the conference. North CarolinaWater For People participated in the BluePlanet Run for two years in Asheville, andnow we host our own run in Charlotte, NC.Our 4th Annual Water For People 5k FunRun was held at the McDowell Creek CrossCountry 5k Course on May 11, 2013.Raffle/Silent AuctionFor most of our history, we have been sellingraffle tickets at the NC AWWA-WEA AnnualConference. The raffle items historicallyconsisted of handmade items from countriesin which Water For People focuses.Most the items were hand selected byNorth Carolina Water For People Committeemembers during our Bolivia worktrips,or by our partners (Curamericas). Some ofthe handmade items were so valuable thatNorth Carolina Water For People held a silentauction in addition to a raffle to highlightthese more rare pieces. Having both a raffleand a silent auction confused many people,so recently we just conducted the silentA special thanks toLeila Goodwin withthe Town of Cary forbeing our top raffleticket seller manyyears in a row!auction. A special thanks to Leila Goodwinwith the Town of Cary for being our topraffle ticket seller many years in a row!Special EventsNorth Carolina Water For People hashad several other fundraisers, sparkedby the passion of a dedicated volunteer.The most recent special fundraisingevent is the Climb for Water, foundedby Kraig Kern of W. K. Dickson. Thisjourney began in 2011, when a grouptraveled to Tanzania in eastern Africa toclimb Mt. Kilimanjaro. Planning, for the2014 Climb in Ecuador is currently underway. According to the Climb for Waterwebsite, “What started as a few friendsfulfilling a lifelong dream to climb one ofthe tallest mountains on earth evolvedinto our desire to use the experience toraise awareness of the water crisis facingthe undeveloped world in a unique andmeaningful way.” To learn more aboutClimb For Water and its alignment with40 NC Currents Summer 2013Click Hereto return to Table of Contents