A Green in the US

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Eddie O’Toole inspires and amazes with his recycling projects. He tears apart unwanted buildings, collects school and medical equipment headed for landfills, and sends it all down to Guaimaca, Honduras. There, at El Centro Capitación Nueva Esperanza (The New Hope Training Center) he puts it together again. Local youth learn bicycle repair, mechanics, building construction, ceramics, music, reading and CPR/EMT - and turn around to teach others the skills they’ve learned. O’Toole has shipped down used ambulances, school buses, truck containers filled with used equipment, bikes, desks & chairs, computers, microscopes, dental chairs & accessories, ceramic kilns, file cabinets, wheelchairs, walkers, English & Spanish books, prosthetic legs, soccer balls, even riding lawnmowers for those living in rough terrain who need electric wheelchairs (this way they can mow and earn while getting around!). Please go to www.eddieotoole.org and you can hear Eddie speak on a radio spot, find out about the status of the last truck container sent down, see what’s up and running and what needs your help - lots of pics too. You’re invited to visit in Guaimaca and, if you want to teach & share, you’d be most welcome. Although the Center provides much needed teaching and services, part of the place still needs a roof (!). So, if you can, send a US$ check and make it out to UU Church of Pittsfield, Honduran Project in the memo line, and mail it to: UU Church of Pittsfield, 175 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield, MA 01201, US (donation is tax-exempt in US). Eddie, his family, and all of their neighbors in Guaimaca will be thrilled to know you’re concerned and want to be involved!