Support an International Rotary Vocational Service Project &
Raise Funds For Your Rotary,
Interact or Rotaract Club
"BEADS FOR HOPE FUNDRAISER IN A BOX"...Here's proof that you can
do two things at one time! First, you can support a remarkable
international Rotary service project, The School of the Dump in
Chinandega, Nicaragua. Second, you can raise money for your own
Rotary club or sponsor a box for your Interact or Rotaract club as a
fundraiser for their club. Beads for Hope are shown in photo on left.
SCHOOL OF THE DUMP IN CHINANDEGA, NICARAGUA: Many of you
have heard Jim Kite (Brenham Rotary), and Frank Huezo (Kingwood Rotary) discuss how this remarkable project has
successfully removed children from living in the Chinandega City Dump, and now provides the children with an
education, nutritional meals, and medical care. A vital component is the school's Betania Trade School which empowers
the students by teaching them a trade with the goal of them reaching financial independence thereby breaking the cycle
of poverty.
THE "BEADS FOR HOPE" PROJECT teaches students at the Betania Trade School to make beautiful, hand-crafted beads
that are made by hand-rolling recycled wallpaper, then crafted into a beautiful, artisan bracelet. Each bead receives 10
coats of varnish which makes them durable and water resistant. Each student is paid for each bracelet that they make,
which empowers them since they can earn double the salary of a school teacher in Nicaragua!
WHAT IS IN EACH "BEADS FOR HOPE FUNDRAISER IN A BOX", WHAT IS THE COST, AND HOW DOES MY CLUB BENEFIT?
Each box contains 100 hand-crafted bead bracelets and the total cost per box is: $375.00
The retail value is: $7 to $10 per bracelet (That's a total retail value of....$700.00 to $1,000.00 per box)
Your club pays $375 per box, sells the bracelets, and your club keeps the profit of between $325.00 to $625.00!
In addition to 100 bracelets, each box will also contain a poster, order forms, and a video which was produced by 17
year old Girl Scout, Maureen Fenninger. Maureen traveled to Chinandega this summer to meet these remarkable young
artists with her mom, Kathy Fenninger, a member of the Rotary Club of Houston. It was a life-changing experience!
Here is a link to Maureen's touching YouTube Beads For Hope Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2vddEVgy7o
or you can search "Children of the Dump Beads For Hope 2011." You'll watch the bead making process, see the
bracelets, and meet some of the Betania Trade School students that make the jewelry. See video at www.kwrotary.org.
FUNDRAISER FOR INTERACT AND ROTARACT CLUBS: Since most Interact or Rotaract clubs may not have the funds to
purchase a box, we are encouraging their sponsoring Rotary club to purchase the box(or boxes) for them, they sell the
bracelets, they reimburse the Rotary club their $375, and they keep the profit to possibly purchase another box.
ORDER YOUR BOX OR BOXES of "Beads for Hope" bracelets today, and help the students at the School of the Dump
earn money. Your club keeps the profit of $325 to $625 per box which can either be used for your local projects,
donated to The Rotary Foundation as your club's PolioPlus or Annual Programs Fund contribution, or donate it to the
School of the Dump through: Hope & Relief International Foundational, Inc., 10700 Gerke Road, Brenham, Texas 77833.
These bracelets make excellent gifts for speakers at your Rotary meetings, friends, family, and customers, plus each
bracelet contains information card about the project.
For more information about ordering Beads For Hope Fundraiser in a Box, contact:
Frank Huezo @ 281-380-6995, e-mail [email protected]
Jim Kite @ 979-251-0840, e-mail [email protected]
D5890 INTERACT TRIP TO "SCHOOL OF THE CITY DUMP" SUMMER 2012. This summer, we plan to take ten D5890
Interactors to Chinandega to meet the students at the School of the Dump, Betania Trade School, The School for the
Blind, plus tour Rotary Village, Music Conservancy, and the City Dump where this project began. The cost will be around
$1,450 per student including airfare, lodging, all their meals, travel insurance, etc. This fundraiser is a perfect way for an
Interact club to work together to help one of their members cover the cost for their trip. Rotary chaperones needed.
HOW DO YOU GET STARTED? On September 24th, Interactors will attend the 2011 D5890 Interact Round-Up (District
Assembly). All Rotarians are also invited, and encouraged, to attend this event to hear Jim Kite's presentation, as well as
meet Maureen Fenninger, and watch her emotional video. Jim will have boxes available for purchase that day, but
please contact me, Frank Huezo, or Jim Kite so a box can be reserved in your club's name.
We will also select a Saturday in October to have boxes available for pickup at a convenient location by Interact,
Rotaract, and Rotary clubs. Additional orders of 100 bracelets can be purchased for $350.00.
Order your box or boxes of "Beads for Hope" bracelets today, and help the students at the School of the City Dump earn
money. Your club keeps the profit of $125 to $325 per box which can either be used for your local projects, donated to
The Rotary Foundation as your club's PolioPlus or Annual Programs Fund contribution, support an Interactor's travel
costs to Chinandega this summer, or donate it to the School of the City Dump.
Stripes of blue with pops of gold and red. If you look very closely, you can see on one of the beads that these were made
from the packaging for Ceylon Tea. Amazing conversation piece and for a wonderful cause. (Approx. 2 1/2" (6 cm.)
across, 9" (23 cm.) around, made of adjustable memory wire that will open up to fit most either snugly or loosely as a
dangle)
The beads were created by refugee women currently living in Kenya, women broken from war and HIV, caring for
orphans in their community, but made whole together. The individual hand-rolled paper beads made from recycled
magazine and calendar pages take approximately 15 minutes each to roll and varnish to make a unique bead that no one
believes started as paper. The varnish makes them durable and water resistant. However, keep them away from water
as much as you can, and they will stay in perfect condition for a long long time.
Your purchase not only gives you a beautiful and unique piece of jewelry, you can wear it with joy knowing that the total
proceeds from your purchase supports adoptive families -- adoptive families in Kenya and adoptive families in the U.S.
through The Sparrow Fund. It's a full circle approach in adoption support and orphan care--we desire to give our friend
Mary (biological mother of 9 and adoptive mother of 7) who strings these pieces an income so she can care for her
family and the women she works with who make the beads while also raising money for The Sparrow Fund
(www.sparrow-fund.org), a nonprofit giving grants to adoptive families here in the U.S.
The Focal bead of this necklace is a handmade "African Kazuri Bead" from the mountains of Kenya. They are made by
single African women and moulded by hand from the authentic clay of Mt Kenya. The beads are then hand painted in a
gorgeous array of vibrant colours. Kazuri is Swahilian for 'small and beautiful' and reflects the colours of the Kenyan
landscape. The Kazuri Bead business employs many women who are paid fair wages to work their way out of poverty
and is part of the Fair Trade Act.
The attractive colour tones are a blend of Lime Green, Black and Olive green. The beauty of each bead, lies with the
lifestory and thoughts of these women, as they create their own special bead.