Ray Salvie salutes the American and State flags during the first annual Veterans Day ceremony at Clay Town Hall. Salvie is a Veteran of IWO JIMA where he served in the 3rd baton 21st Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Division as a mortar man.
Among the individuals who worked to raise $5,000 to help drill a well in Sudan are (from left) Fulton Sunrise Rotary Club President Carol Vescio, Fulton Noon Rotary Club President Ray Czachor, project creator Lindsey Deyo, Fulton Noon Rotary Club member Judy Young and Pittsford Rotary Club member Jim Turner.
Two years ago at the Rotary District 7150 Youth Leadership Workshop at Cazenovia College, two G. Ray Bodley High School students decided they could help change the world a little bit.
The students had recently attended a Fulton Rotary Club meeting where the presenter was one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," Salva Dut. Dut is a Rotarian in the Pittsford, N.Y. Rotary Club and a student at SUNY Brockport. Dut, fellow Pittsford Rotarians and several Rochester area churches had raised enough money to buy a well-drilling machine and had shipped it to the Sudan. The cost of drilling a well was from $5,000 to $10,000.
The two students decided that they could raise $5,000 to help drill a well, which also gives the donor naming rights, and decided to sell bottles of water to raise the necessary funds. {Full Story}
