The united efforts of two summer camps, Sunday morning programs, and a Walk4Water culminated in raising $4,500 for drinking wells in Ethiopia, says Jeremy Drew, director of the Children's Ministry of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church.

Throughout June and July, children across the Peninsula saved their spare change to buy a well, he says. Several children hosted bake sales and lemonade stands. Children at the Zapped Day Camp for Kids and the Creative Kids Camp filled jars of change daily.

More than 190 people walked for water on July 28.

One well in Ethiopia costs $2,600. Change raised by the children, a matching donation for one well by an anonymous donor, and another by the missions department, allowed funds for four wells to be contributed to World Vision, which will supply the wells in Ethiopia.

— Jane Knoerle

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