2015 March Pipeline

An Invitation to Embrace Your Spirit of Adventure
The Saskatchewan Water and Wastewater Association has
generously supported WaterAid Canada for two years
now, and has just committed to a third!
As professionals dedicated to the operation and
maintenance of water and wastewater facilities here in
Canada, you know just how important these services are
to social and economic development in every society
around the world. It’s this knowledge and credibility that
positions you so well to make an overwhelmingly positive
contribution to ending the global water and sanitation
crisis.
So we come to you today with a very special invitation….
But first, let’s rewind a few years. It may come as a surprise
to some of you that the SWWA’s partnership with
WaterAid Canada did not originate in a boardroom in
either Saskatoon or Ottawa. It actually finds its roots
thousands of miles away, in Tanzania.
In 2012, one of your own, Rynette Guillaume, Director of
District Operations at SaskWater and SWWA Board
member, joined WaterAid Canada (then WaterCan) on our
inaugural Kilimanjaro Climb for Life.
Upon her return to Canada, Rynette, buoyed by her
experience on the climb and visiting our clean water and
sanitation projects in Kiteto, Tanzania, championed a
An Invitation
to Embrace
Your Spirit of Adventure
formal partnership. It was a privilege some months later
for WaterAid to become the official charity of choice of
the SWWA!
The 2012 Kilimanjaro Climb for Life was a major
fundraising and awareness success, raising nearly
$300,000 and generating over 50 media hits nationally.
We were awestruck by the passion, motivation and
commitment of our 23-member Kilimanjaro climb team.
What became clear to us was that our supporters were
willing to step up to any challenge, no matter how
physically daunting, to help a cause that they care deeply
about.
It got us thinking about what other global challenges we
could initiate that would both offer a once-in-a-lifetime
experience to participants while helping to bring clean
water to the world.
And so, our Bucket List Adventures Series was born.
WaterAid Canada’s Bucket List Adventures is a five-year
series (2015-19) of epic global excursions that will take
small groups by boot, pedal and paddle to some of the
world’s most breathtaking destinations. Bucket List
Adventures are about embracing your spirit of adventure
while doing something good for humankind! Together
we aim to raise $1 million to bring clean water to 40,000
children, women and men in the world’s poorest
communities
The Bucket List Adventures series kicks off this
November with a 500km Central American cycle trek
through Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
Our team will cycle through rain forests and cloud
forests, past volcanoes, along croc-infested rivers and
through lively colonial towns. The adventure
concludes with a visit to WaterAid’s clean water
projects in the remote North Atlantic Autonomous
Region, for a behind-the-scenes look at how your
support is making a world of difference!
Given the incredible partnership that we have forged
since Rynette’s participation in our original adventure
fundraiser, the SWWA membership is at the VERY TOP
of our invitation list for the 2015 Central America
Cycle Adventure!
ARE YOU READY FOR A CHALLENGE?
If so, please visit www.wateraidcanada.com/merit to
learn more or contact us at
info@wateraidcanada.com
We’d love to have you on our team!
We’d love to have
you on our team!
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March 2015 | the pipeline