Record-breaking fundraising brings safe water to nearly 2,000 people
Nearly 700 Beaufort County residents joined forces to raise an estimated $93,000 to fight the global water crisis in the 10th annual Walk for Water events in Port Royal and Bluffton. The record high boosts the Walk past the $700,000 mark in total fundraising over its 10-year history.
Walkers and volunteers met Sept. 19 at Live Oaks Park in Port Royal and Oct. 3 at Bluffton United Methodist Church for a three-mile walk to symbolize the burden millions of women and children in developing countries carry daily to collect water that’s often contaminated or in dangerous areas. The walks promote awareness of the desperate need for access to safe water and raise money for Water Mission International, a nonprofit Christian engineering organization based in Charleston that builds sustainable, safe water solutions in developing countries and disaster areas.
“You are a community helping another community you’ll never see,” Walk committee chair Nan Krueger told the crowd in Port Royal. “That is love in action.”…