We started later today giving the team time to catch up on needed sleep.
Then, the SCAW team enjoyed 1 1/2 hours at the Belgaum downtown bazaar
for shopping before another distribution.
At 1:30 p.m., we were off to Nipani, less than 90 minutes away from
Belgaum. 400 bedkits were delivered to 400 wonderful smiling children.
The Rotary Club of Nipani was well organized and many volunteers,
including Rotaractor students, were on the scene
to help out. Our hats are off to our Rotarian Partners who selected
the children and made the day at Nipani such a success. We arrived back
at our hotel by 8:00 p.m. This brings the total number of bedkits to
1,300 on the Belgaum distribution to-date (3,700
more to go).
A unique feature of the Belgaum distribution are the dresses for
the 12 year old girls. The Saris are beautiful and the girls can't stop
smiling and looking at them - a WOW moment for each of them!
One of the unsung heroes during the past 5 years has been our driver, Manjunath. "Manju", as we often call him, has been with the past 5 SCAW Teams in the Belgaum SCAW distributions (2009-2013). But, he is much more than our driver! He steps in and does any job where there is a position to fill during a distribution. Every year, we ask that Manju be with the SCAW Team and every year he shows up at the airport to greet us! It takes a lot of people to successfully host a SCAW distribution. We are blessed to have Manju as one of those people.
Duncan Macgregor
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