Thank you to Signs.com!

Thank you to Signs.com for their extreme generosity supporting the cause by helping us with our race signs.

Montessori of Maryknoll Plant & Bake Sale

Students at Montessori of Maryknoll, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, US, participate in multiple service projects each year to help promote world-wide citizenship.  In the spring, these young students always organize a plant and bake sale for Africa.  This year they chose Note Karacel because of their commitment to clean water, and to girls’ education.  The six Kindergarten students were in charge of the event, with help from the younger students as well.  The Montessori students grew their own plants, and baked cookies and other delicious treats for the sale.  The students raised $200 from this event. And the Montessori of Maryknoll School matched the students’ proceeds with a second $200.  We all were happy to contribute $400 to Note Karacel.  Thank you for all you do for others.  We are happy to be a part of your great mission.

 

For additional information, contact:

Patricia Bates

Directress

Montessori of Maryknoll

PBates3333@MSN.com

Christmas Ugandan Market a Success

Through the Christmas season, many schools opened their doors and hearts to allow us to sell our Ugandan wares to help raise funds for all of our projects. We were welcomed by Madison Junior High School in Naperville, DeLaSalle Girls Campus in Chicago and Rosary Catholic High School in Aurora. These events help to raise awareness as well as funds. Here are a few pictures of the girls from DeLaSalle. They have also taken on the sponsorship of a Little Flower in secondary school. The Rosary high school students continue to sponsor four Little Flowers. We are blessed for everyone’s continued support.

An Amazing Summer 2013

What an amazing summer as we shared time with our beloved Father Stan. The Walk for Wells event was a huge success and we plan to make it an annual event. Father Stan led us in a beautiful prayer, Jack sang “Go Light Your World” and  then we headed out to walk around the Naperville Riverwalk. Walkers carried jugs of water in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Alenga who carry up to five gallon jugs of water for miles from the Nile River.

St. Thomas The Apostle Parish in Naperville invited Father Stan to preach at all masses the weekend of the walk and took up a second collection to support our water projects.

St. Katherine Drexel Parish also invited Father Stan to preach on a different week end at all masses and donated a portion of their weekly tithe.

Father Stan visited students at Lewis University and Regina Catholic High School as well. Everywhere he went he shared his stories of the work we are doing in Alenga. He inspired people everywhere that he went.

St. Thomas, St. Katherine Drexel,  and Regina High School invited us to sell beautiful wares from Uganda as well.

The Holy Spirit absolutely opened hearts and then pocket books left and right. The generosity from all the places Father Stan visited was truly overwhelming. We will be able to drill an entire well and repair many more with all of the generous support we received. Once again we truly did “Unite Together.”

We would like to thank every one for opening their hearts, doors, and resources to Father Stan and the beautiful people in Alenga, Uganda.

You are giving our beautiful brothers and sisters a hand up and not a hand out. Please continue to journey with us. God Bless you all.

It Takes a Village

Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters. The students at Rosary Catholic High School have raised funds to send four little flowers to boarding school this year. They also had a Valentine Fundraiser towards our ongoing well projects. Oswego East High School continues to invite us in for concessions at various events. Plank Junior High School in Oswego has also invited us to do concessions. Divine Infant Catholic Parish in Westchester hosted a soup and bread lenten event to raise funds for our wells. Alone very little can be accomplished, but when we unite together, we can move mountains.

Father Stan Visiting in July/August

We are very excited that our beloved Father Stan will be traveling from Uganda this summer. He will be speaking at several churches. We will post exact information as his visit approaches. July 20 there will be a Walk for Wells fundraiser at the Naperville Riverwalk. Please come out and help us raise funds for a well. Father Stan would love to meet all of his supporters. Online registration and fundraising will be posted on the website soon.

7th Well Funded

We haven’t updated in a while, but we have been very busy. We are fully funded through well seven and we have begun working towards number eight.

Well Number Three

So many people worked hard to raise funds for well number three and it has been installed and is up and running. We thought everyone would enjoy these pictures. Noted on the sign are the largest contributors who include Diane Piricsi, David Shallow, Father Nowak, Jule & Patricia Bell, Greg & Sherry Elliot and Oswego East High School. 

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Lectors at St. Thomas Support Note Karacel

Each year, the lectors at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Naperville put on an event called Soup and Bread. It is part of their Lenten journey. The lectors bake wonderful breads and bring homemade soups. Parishioners are invited for an evening of prayer and to share this simple meal. A free-will offering is taken up, and donated to a different organization within St. Thomas ministries each year. This year, they broke tradition and selected Note Karacel to be the recipient. Trish and Jack shared a few words about the mission of Note Karacel and a brief audiovisual presentation was presented. We sold crosses, necklaces, t-shirts and purses at this event as well. The event brought in $1500 that will go towards well number five. It was a beautiful evening. We are so grateful to the lectors and parishioners of St. Thomas for their outpouring of generosity.

Rosary High School Girls Raise Funds to Sponsor Four Girls

Senior and student council president Elizabeth Wall organized a fundraiser to sponsor a girl’s education. The event was so well-received that they decided to have each of the four classes sponsor a girl in an on-going manner. The student council organized an ice-cream and brownie sale during the week of January 30 – February 3 to celebrate Catholic Schools Week. They also allowed Note Karacel to sell crosses, necklaces, t-shirts and purses to raise further funds. The event raised more than $2500. We welcome our new little flowers in the pictures: Ruth Alango (Primary 2), Jemina Adit (Primary 5), Marcy Aceng (Secondary 2), Miriam Akullu (Tailoring School 1). Rosary High School will continue to have an annual event to support the ongoing education of these four girls. It is always inspiring when it is our youth leading the way. Note Karacel thanks Rosary High School for their amazing support.