ANNOUNCING THE NEXT PHASE IN OUR CARIBBEAN MISSION WORK

PHASE TWO

WE ARE NOW READY TO ACCEPT MORE VOLUNTEERS

NEXT THREE GOING DOWN IN JULY FOR COMPUTER CAMP NUMBER TWO



Karen Crook of Supplies Over Seas



Tim Tomes of Supplies Over Seas 



Beth Kolodey, kids computer teacher, Jefferson County School System 

A partnership of the local bishop and professional level adult volunteers who want to share their talents, resources and connections with the work of the Church in the Caribbean country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for short periods of time: the diocese, the parishes, the schools, the orphanges, the nursing homes and various other needed targeted projects.

ANNOUNCING 
A 
"TRAVEL FUND" 

IN SUPPORT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS

After four years trying to implement this dream, and now that we have the Pastoral Centre almost renovated, we are ready to recruit more volunteers. This year we want to focus on matching more professional volunteers with specific projects.

We need to establish a fund to pay part of the costs to get these generous volunteers down there and back, feed them while they are there and make sure they have what they need to carry out their projects.

It costs @ $940.00 per volunteer, round trip, to fly from Louisville to Miami and on to Saint Vincent. Another $300.00 would feed them while they are there and cover any incidentals on the way down and back. 

I PAY MY OWN AIRFARE AND EXPENSES BY LEADING PRIEST RETREATS IN CANADA AND THE U.S. AND LEADING PARISH MISSIONS. 

If you want to volunteer or you, your prayer group, your social club or your parish service ministry, would like help sponsor a volunteer, fully or partially, please contact me: 

 MAKE CHECKS TO:

St. Bartholomew Church - SVG Mission Fund

send to:

Father Ronald Knott

1271 Parkway Gardens Court #106

Louisville, KY 40217 

jrknott@bellsouth.net

1-502-303-4571

                      

New door to my newly renovated head quarters (bedroom and bathroom) in the Pastoral Centre

One of the seven newly renovated guests room where volunteers will be staying.

THE BEST NEWS EVER FOR THIS OLD MISSIONARY

As of last December 21, American Airlines now has a direct flight from Miami into Saint Vincent. No more stopping in Barbados! No more SVG AIR! No more LIAT AIRLINES!

Now I can go down with just one stop in Miami! This will take 75% of the stress out of a trip down there!

Alleluia!

  

SVG Airlines



LIAT - Leeward Islands Air Transport



New airport runway in Argyle on Saint Vincent, the main island in the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 
 See map below.  






We now have 25 laptop computers in place and we are ready to expand out to an outer island.
This will be our second year to teach computers to kids.  



We hope to offer a "field day" of games and prizes for the kids of Saint Benedict and Bread of Life Homes for Children while we are there! 




We hope to keep collecting school supplies and receiving scholarship funds for the
kids at Saint Mary's School.  I am always amazed at how many kids are squeezed into such small rooms. God bless the teachers! They have a high success rate in spite of limited resources and space.



We hope to have a strategy meeting while we are there with the Ministry of Health people about another 40' shipping container of surplus medical supplies from Louisville.  



As you can see, Supplies Over Seas has plenty of surplus medical supplies to send to countries in need. This is only one of several rooms full.