What you see below is a partial reprint of an article that was published in our Lexington newspaper, The Herald Leader, about our former board president, Carol Cottrill.
Yes, she is in a wheelchair.
And no, that doesn't stop her from working full time as a pediatric cardiologist, actively participating in her grandchildren's lives, serving on numerous boards throughout Lexington and serving as our Children of the Americas Board President for the last four years. Nothing has stopped Carol from traveling to our medical teams so that she could work a 14 hour day seeing Guatemalan children who needed her expertise.
Carol is the essence of someone who is living a life of service, and she inspires others to do so.
Our volunteers each have challenges of their own. We use our personal finances and non-paid vacation leave to travel to Central America every January so that we can offer medical and surgical care to the women and children of rural Guatemala. We leave behind spouses and children and we come home tired but inspired, not only by our co-workers like Carol but by our patients, who wait hours if not days to receive the medical care that is not available to them otherwise.
Funding for the COTA teams is raised one dollar at a time. It never comes easy, but we are not used to easy: working in Guatemala, just like raising the funds to do so, is a tremendous challenge.
Children of the Americas is currently participating in the GoodGiving Challenge fundraiser.
A donation to COTA during this fund drive will not only help remove the financial obstacles of doing our work, but it will have a direct benefit on children like Ana (R), who is awaiting our surgical donation for a cleft lip repair in January.
Clicking on the link (above) will not only allow you to make a secure donation to COTA, but it will take you to our profile page of our board member profiles and administrative information.
You donations will be even more important on Thursday November 13th at 11AM, which is the Banker's Challenge.
A match pool of $15,000 will be available. Individual donations between $10 and $1,000 are eligible for a $0.50 match on every dollar donated until the $15,000 match pool is exhausted.
Yes, she is in a wheelchair.
And no, that doesn't stop her from working full time as a pediatric cardiologist, actively participating in her grandchildren's lives, serving on numerous boards throughout Lexington and serving as our Children of the Americas Board President for the last four years. Nothing has stopped Carol from traveling to our medical teams so that she could work a 14 hour day seeing Guatemalan children who needed her expertise.
Carol is the essence of someone who is living a life of service, and she inspires others to do so.
Our volunteers each have challenges of their own. We use our personal finances and non-paid vacation leave to travel to Central America every January so that we can offer medical and surgical care to the women and children of rural Guatemala. We leave behind spouses and children and we come home tired but inspired, not only by our co-workers like Carol but by our patients, who wait hours if not days to receive the medical care that is not available to them otherwise.
Funding for the COTA teams is raised one dollar at a time. It never comes easy, but we are not used to easy: working in Guatemala, just like raising the funds to do so, is a tremendous challenge. Children of the Americas is currently participating in the GoodGiving Challenge fundraiser.
A donation to COTA during this fund drive will not only help remove the financial obstacles of doing our work, but it will have a direct benefit on children like Ana (R), who is awaiting our surgical donation for a cleft lip repair in January. Clicking on the link (above) will not only allow you to make a secure donation to COTA, but it will take you to our profile page of our board member profiles and administrative information.
You donations will be even more important on Thursday November 13th at 11AM, which is the Banker's Challenge.
A match pool of $15,000 will be available. Individual donations between $10 and $1,000 are eligible for a $0.50 match on every dollar donated until the $15,000 match pool is exhausted.
We hope you will be inspired to help.
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