Students raise funds for water filters

Think middle school students don’t care about the world? Think again! Students at Lakeshore Middle School in Stevenson, MI, raised more than $1000 in December in order to help kids who don’t have access to clean water. They plan to continue raising funds all year, with a goal of $2500.

Growing up right next to the abundant freshwater source of Lake Michigan, these 6th- to 8th-grade students have chosen to do all they can to provide water filters for underprivileged children in the Dominican Republic who suffer every day from the effects of dirty drinking water.

More than 600 students gathered in the gymnasium recently to hear Terry Allen, representative of Rotary District 6360, as he explained how the school’s funds would help the Children’s Safe Water Project. Lakeshore students saw a demonstration of a BioSand water filter, which is an inexpensive and sustainable method of water filtration for a household. They also heard about life in the Dominican Republic, including how very alike they are to kids growing up in a different country.

Lakeshore Middle School’s successful fundraiser in December was “Hats and PJ’s Day.” For a contribution of a dollar, a student could defy the dress code by coming to school wearing a hat or pajamas. For $2, they could wear both.

Congratulations to Steketee and Greiner

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Congratulations to Steketee Greiner on your merger with the Chicago firm of Agent X and thank you for your support of the Safe Water Team mission (www.safewaterteam.org) as we build a Corporate Social Responsibility network.

DR filter installation

Steve Rehner and Daniel Barett

Young helper carries water

Daniel and his team

Corporate Social Responsibility

The Safe Water Team, Inc. is a nonprofit 501 (C) 3 organization. We have assembled a growing team of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Team members including Dow, Amway, Cascade Engineering and Litehouse Foods committed to working with SWT to scale-up the global use of sustainable water solutions.  www.safewaterteam.org

Our CSR Team members, our collaboration with Project Handclasp and the United States Navy and our collaboration with individuals, non-governmental organizations, Rotary clubs and others are changing the lives of impoverished families by providing safe drinking water for pennies per day.

We are currently establishing distribution centers around the world.  If you are interested in donating, purchasing product, becoming a distributor or becoming a CSR Team member please contact us today!

Welcome Litehouse!

SWT is proud to announce that Litehouse Foods, Inc. has joined the SWT Corporate Social Responsibility Team and will joining our other Team members – Amway, Dow and Cascade Engineering as we implement our global water strategy. 

Welcome  Litehouse!!


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Water for Everyone!

Recently we began to install BioSand plastic filters in the town of Batey Hoyo de Puerco, in the Dominican Republic. At the beginning we spend time teaching the people about the quality of the water, using photos and flipcharts.

During this training time, a lady asked how many children she had to have in order to win the first installed filter. When she told us the number of people living in her house, I asked if I could visit her house in order to confirm the size of her family.

At her home, we found Juana Desi, 42 years old, mother of 11 children and grandmother of 12! More than 20 of them live together in their tiny little house. They received their filter with the great happiness that characterizes them in the cane fields.

Daniel Barett, HydrAid water filter manager
Good Samaritan Hospital, La Romana, Dominican Republic

Corporate Social Responsilbity

SWTs corporate Team members include Amway, Dow, and Cascade Engineering and an amazing collaboration with Project Handclasp and the US Navy and Central Michigan University.

During 2011 SWT will be seeking to expand the number of it CSR Team members and they will be offering their Team members the opportunity to have a hands on opportunity to install Hydraid filters in a developing country.  Join the Team!   Contact jim@safewaterteam.org