Our Volunteers Are the Best

The weather on this day gave a new definition to the word rain. It wasn't just water coming down from the skies on Saturday, it was a deluge. Blowing sideways. Hard. Which made the logistics of packing 154 boxes of supplies for our next Children of the Americas surgical team a bit interesting. We had over 20 volunteers who had driven into Winchester, KY to help our Director, Rosemary Vance, get this daunting task accomplished. There was no turning back, rain or no rain.

(L-R) Bobby, Rob, Franklin, Julie and her daughter Elizabeth

As usual, COTA volunteers made it work. And despite being wet, tired, dirty and sore, they worked with a smile on their faces. A common purpose and sense of camaraderie set the mood and the weather soon followed.
We packed every suture, scalpel, surgical instrument and medication needed for performing 125-135 surgeries in Guatemala during the week of January 13th, 2013.
Much more work remains to be done, but it will be done with the usual good cheer, competence and dedication that make our COTA volunteers some of the best!

Kit and Roger