Greetings from COVE-Alliance Kapeeka!
The medical group arrived with a hundred and seventy pounds of medical supplies for the St. Jerome COVE dispensary led by Carol Armstrong. They were received with joy by the medical staff. These medical supplies are very expensive to buy in Uganda reports Babirye Caroline, the in-charge comprehensive Nurse.
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Med staff carries supplies to dispensary. |
Information shared was both medical education and patient education which included pictures, posters and books. Medical supplies included pads/sterile/bandages, gloves, syringes, Otoscope, stethoscope, adult and baby thermometers, adult and children's blood pressure cuffs, suturing kits and sutures, suture removals and medication.
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Surgical equipment reviewed by Caroline the In-charge. |
Medical supplies are really very important to our health center for instance the surgical equipments, posters and books, say in-charge. Medical staff members are very grateful for the support and we look forward for more medical supplies to ease service delivery at the health center.
Special thanks go to Carol Armstrong, Shawn Cesario and all those who donated medical supplies from the USA and May the Almighty God bless you.
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The annual COVE Board Election will take place during the General Meeting on Wednesday, September 21st at 7 p.m. in the Father John Finnegan Center at St. Mary of Vernon in Vernon Hills, Il. This is the general meeting which is open to all members and we encourage everyone to attend. If you would like to vote, but are unable to attend, please click here for an absentee ballot. We hope to see you there!
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Meet the Sponsored Children | | |
A Word from Sponsors Randy and Michele Farmer
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We have been regular readers of the Cove Alliance newsletter which we receive online, and we have found the sponsor's letters to be a very nice and informative touch. When Helen Haegerich called to ask us about including a letter and some information about our sponsored child, I have to admit for a moment I was uncertain that we had anything to say.
Randy and I are very fond of charities that benefit children. Because we have been so blessed by God with five of our own, we enjoy participating in groups like the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, Boys Town, Friends of the Orphans, etc. We continue to be active supporters of these organizations, but there is a reason that Cove Alliance is different.
Father Hillary is the first difference. We knew him originally as Deacon Hillary, this young man of great warmth, joy and vision preparing for the priesthood. His dream - which became Cove Alliance - was such a part of him that we knew it would come to fruition. The team he assembled here at St. Mary of Vernon is also made of people of great faith and vision. Here is a second important difference. They are our friends, neighbors, and fellow Catholics here each week at Mass with us.
Below is a letter recently written by Randy and Michele's sponsored child, Kaweesa Tonny:
Hello loving Michele and Randy Farmer,
I am in school and my health is good. I greatly appreciate the support you provide to me through COVE Alliance.
I am still at Kaddunda primary school in primary five. I promise you that I will pass to go to primary six.
With Love,
Tonny
Randy and I have not been good correspondents with our sponsored child, Kaweesa Tonny. Our lives are very taken up with our own jobs and large family. But we have received wonderful updates and pictures all along the journey because of the devotion of the Cove Alliance and its commitment to keep
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sponsors informed. I even have a picture of Tonny with Caroline Reinertson on one of her visits to Uganda. To be touched in this way by a young person so far away from our life experience is a great gift. It is a gift from God, a boost to our faith that has been made possible because of the wonderful people of Cove. We know that God will continue to bless the children of Uganda, and the Cove Alliance. We are grateful to be a very small part of this wonderful adventure.
With Love,
Randy and Michele Farmer
You too can have this wonderful experience of sponsoring a child, who is on the waiting list, through COVE. The reward will be the bond you two will develop on your mutual journey for a better world. For details, please visit www.covealliance.org.
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Our vision is of a world of hopeful, responsible human beings who respect human dignity and are in a position to sustain themselves and their families in the future.
For more information about
COVE Alliance,
please visit our website at:
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Sponsor a Child
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To make a donation via PayPal, please click the
Donate button:
or mail your donation to:
COVE Alliance
341 Sutcliff Cir.
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
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Sending Material to Uganda | | |
Please note that all letters and gifts for the children should be sent directly to Uganda at the following address:
COVE Alliance Uganda
PO Box 23383
Kampala, Uganda
Please include the child's name and sponsorship number on the inside of the package.
For further information, please refer to your "Guidelines for Sponsors".
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COVE USA Board
Executive Director
Father Hilary Muheezangango
Officers
Chairperson, Darlene Frantonius
Vice Chairperson, Len Smith
Secretary, Frank Ruder
Treasurer, Kim Clark
Directors
Hank Haegerich Tom Jacobs
Helen Haegerich Fr. Randy Stice
For more information about COVE Alliance, contact:
Darlene Frantonius
847-438-4780
OR
Len Smith
847-367-9456 |
Board Meeting
September 14, 2011
7:00 pm
General Meeting
Board Elections
Sept. 21, 2011
7:00 pm
All are welcome to attend!
Fr. John Finnegan Parish Center
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