Just a few last minute details and then off on the adventure...


Each and every year, since I have been leading ROTARY DREAM TEAMS to India, I have depended upon the generosity and support of a dear friend, Bruce Lamb, owner of Springvale Hardware to come through with his donation of "painters gloves" for me to take with me to India.

While working on the various service projects, including building washing platforms in a remote Muslim village, or a computer training center or re-habbing a deserted government building into a day care center, or constructing water catchment dams throughout various parts of Rajasthan and the Punjab, Dream Team Members have protected their hands with these simple cloth gloves, with the rubberized palms.  When we depart from our service projects to go on for travel, each of us chooses one or two of the local laborers with whom we have worked, and pass on our gloves to them, to help protect their hands.  These gloves are the most sought after items we leave behind.  

Not sure whether that desire to have these gloves comes from the concept of protecting their hands or from the connection we have established by working side-by-side in projects which have benefited their villages and the nearby settlements with long-lasting results.  Regardless of the underlying rationale, we are most grateful each year for Bruce's generous contribution.  

As one of our former team-mates, Bob Weel from Anchorage, Alaska, always proclaimed at the beginning of each day, ONWARD AND UPWARD!!!

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