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Building Progresses for 6th and 7th Grades
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Construction in Progress
Construction on the 6th and 7th grade buildings is well underway! The buildings are dedicated in honor of Father Tom's mother. The support that COVE receives from volunteer groups, individual contributions, fundraisers, and friends is what helps to make expansion like this possible!
Thank you to all COVE Alliance supporters.
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COVE Fundraiser at Mundelein One World Festival
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 Lynne Maley, along with Bill and Carol Armstrongs, will be selling items from the African Store at the upcoming One World Festival.
Stop by Kracklauer Park in Mundelein this Saturday the 19th between 11:00am and 3:30pm to show your support and shop to raise money for COVE Uganda.
The Mundelein One World Festival is a free celebration of ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity featuring music, crafts, games, and more!
The proceeds made from items sold at the African Store this weekend will support COVE Uganda. Find out more about the event here. |
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Children Hold Backyard Carnival for COVE
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 This summer COVE Alliance friend Teri Feurer tried to enter the "carnival" her children had set up at their home. But no one gets in without a ticket! Teri's children enjoyed their free time this summer by setting up a carnival complete with food, games, and prizes. And all that work isn't free!
Each adult entrant paid for their carnival ticket. When it came to spending the $100 in proceeds made from the fun, the Feurer children discussed their options and chose to donate the amount to COVE Alliance.
Thank you, Feurer family, for your creativity and support! We can't wait to see what the next carnival brings! |
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Continued Reflections from GlobeMed
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 Students from Princeton University's GlobeMed chapter may be back from their trip to Uganda, but they continue to reflect on the time spent their. Below is an essay from Jason, a Princeton University student that traveled to Uganda with GlobeMed this summer. Thank you Jason, for your support of the St. Jerome COVE Center! One cannot possibly overstate the integral role of the kitchen in daily life at St. Jerome COVE Center. The staff rises well before the sun, which does so consistently at 7 A.M. during these months of July, August, and September, to begin preparations. It seems they work throughout the day, always readying the next meal. There are pockets of time in the students' program each day devoted to reporting to the kitchen for nourishment. For example, at 10:30 A.M., one can see the children lining up to receive a serving of porridge. The next half-hour is marked by consumption and socializing before classes resume. Lunch and supper are delicious, nutritiously well-rounded meals consisting of a few local staple crops: beans, posho (cornmeal), and rice. Given that at least some students are on campus studying for most of the year, St. Jerome provide ample time for eating; this is just one element of their overall mission of generating healthy, responsible citizens.
When St. Jerome hosts guests such as our GlobeMed team, they hire a cook named Lydia to prepare all of their meals during the stay. In between working in the clinic and writing reports with my teammates, I have spent a good deal of time in the kitchen learning about the cuisine, popular music and getting to know the chefs themselves. Lydia and Anttansi, her young assistant, laugh as hard as they work in that kitchen. There is no lack of smiles when we're cooking. Almost every day I picked up another few culinary terms in Luganda from the others, who only seldom laughed at my pronunciation. It has been interesting observing the similarities and differences between the local, American and Jamaican cultures, particularly in the realm of food and of musical expression. My time in the kitchen has shed light on another dimension of life in the region, an aspect quite different from that provided by the health unit or family visits.
- Jason, GlobeMed Princeton
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Upcoming Board Nominations
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Stay Tuned!
The annual board election will take place at the next Board Meeting on the evening of September 21st. COVE Alliance will announce the 2015-2017 COVE Alliance board members after all the votes are tallied. In August, the nominating committee presented a slate of nominees to the current board for approval. This is an open election.
Thank you to everyone who volunteered and voted. We appreciate your help and support!
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Board Meeting
Monday, September 21st, 7pm
Fundraising Meeting
Tuesday, September 29th,
7pm
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The COVE Alliance HOLIDAY SALE returns this year to Vernon Hills High School,
Thursday December 3rd.
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SPONSOR A CHILD
Learn more....
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MAKE A DONATION
To make a donation via PayPal, please click the Donate button:
or mail your donation to:
COVE Alliance
PO Box 1051
Libertyville, IL 60048
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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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Sending Material to Uganda | | |
Please note that all letters and gifts for the children should be sent directly to Uganda at the following address - please do NOT send registered mail as this requires significant travel to retrieve from the post offce:
St. Jerome COVE Center Kapeeka
P.O. Box 72717
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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Want to hear more
about COVE Alliance?
We give presentations to groups, schools, churches, and Religious Education classes.
If you know of any schools, organizations, or churches that may want to hear more about COVE Alliance, please contact
Darlene Frantonius at
847-438-4780.
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Executive Director
Father Hilary Muheezangango
Officers
Chairman, Bill Armstrong
Vice-Chair, Daniel Herdmann
Treasurer, Greg Palubicki
Directors
Sue Binetti Ellen Cwick
Tom Gaubatz Tom Jacobs
Frank Ruder Mary Zurawski
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We are always looking for volunteers!
Special skills are not required - just a willingness to help the children of Uganda! For more information or to volunteer, please click here.
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