Our
classmate, Terry Kiser, who is a missionary to an orphanage in Kenya, Africa,
made the following Facebook plea for help:
In an email, Terry,
continued with the following: “The current beds are in
pretty bad shape, and are standard crib size. The new ones will be a little
different than the picture, with more safety rails. I got some new costs yesterday
and so at this point, the total material cost for 40 of these 3 tier units is
about $4600. That works out to about $117 per unit....about $39 per bed. The
guy who will build them has a shop and mostly builds bunk beds for a living. He
will do all the labor for no cost.”
The current beds are crib size and we have about 60-70 kids
that are in the 5 yr old range, with a total of 105 as of last week and of
course will be growing, so the beds will be out grown in not too distant time.
I think I can rework most of the current beds to keep them in service for the
little ones that don't stress the beds. There is some indication that the home
will house 3-400 kids in the future. It is the only place that takes babies in
the area, so as the Kenyans keep throwing away their babies, Instep will
continue to grow.”
(Please check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-aaVN8m5so&feature=related to learn about Rehema Ministries and the In Step Foundation
orphanage)
So the challenge to each
of you, as a member of the AHS Class of 65, is this: Please consider a
donation to purchase materials for one unit - $117 or as able, any contribution
is very much appreciated. 100% of your
donation will be used for required materials.
Paypal, credit card or by check to Rehema Ministries, 1113 3rd St, Anacortes, WA 98221. Make
sure you tag the donation to 'bunkbeds' from a Class of 65 classmate.
Thank you in advance for your
support. OH, donating isn’t exclusive to
the AHS Class of 65 so please forward to others.
Tim Walters
206 719 3588 (c) 360 293
4128 (h)
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