EVERY THIRTY SECONDS

Right before our morning program began, Tim asked me to ring the club bell every thirty seconds (30). I suspected what the bell ring would symbolize but was not aware of it until the first peal keep ringing longer than I hoped. One life lost. A child died because of a mosquito made its way to that child's skin, pierced it and infected the baby with the organism that starts malaria. The bell rang 12 times during Tim's program, twelve children died during the six minutes that Tim spoke about this new program that the NBA, the Bill Gates Foundation, and The United Methodist Church is sponsoring to provide netting to countries where such protection against mosquitos is not available. Tim mentioned one area of our world where the death rate has been reduced by 65% because of the nets made possible by this program. Our table jars this morning collected money to battle malaria. If you still want to do more, please talk to Rev. Tim Brewer.

Our thanks to former president Tim Brewer for his outstanding program on Nothing But Nets.