Author: labuser

Thank You For Your
Generous Contributions

Dear (These names will be handwritten but I have made the shipping labels on word),
Once again thank you for your support of the AguaClara project. Your donation has allowed the AguaClara team to continue to research and design sustainable, municipal water treatment facilitates for resource poor cities and towns. The fifth AguaClara plant in Honduras is nearing completion in the community of Agalteca. It will serve a population of 2,160 residents and was the first plant to be largely designed using the team's web-based automated design tool. The inauguration of the Agalteca plant is scheduled for June 2010. With the Agalteca plant the population served by the Cornell AguaClara technology will exceed 15,000. Preliminary designs are being drafted for other Honduran cities and towns. Monroe Weber-Shirk took a team of 21 students to Honduras during the winter recess. The students had the opportunity to see 4 of the AguaClara facilities, visit conventional water treatment plants, oversee progress on the new plant, and stay with host families in Agalteca.
The integration of fundamental research, design, and collaboration with an implementation partner provides an outstanding educational opportunity for Cornell students as they connect engineering with their passion to make the world a better place. The AguaClara project has grown to become one of the most popular engineering teams with 55 students currently participating, as well as 20 summer program participants. Thank you for your interest in the project and we hope to stay in touch with you.
Sincerely,
Monroe Weber Shirk
And
the AguaClara Team

Where does your donation go?
The AguaClara project is supported by a network of dedicated donors and sponsors. These individuals, companies, and institutions furnish everything we need from building materials and labor to laboratory supplies to student scholarships. The AguaClara team receives some support from Cornell, but we are always seeking to raise more funds to expand our impact. AguaClara also offers students several opportunities to travel abroad and experience firsthand the conditions affecting water quality in developing nations. Every January a team of about 20 students travels to Honduras to visit the AguaClara plants that have been built. This group stays with families in every town we serve. Your money can also go to supporting M.Eng students who choose to work on the AguaClara team for their design project, upgrading our test facilities, or AguaClara Engineers who work for our partner NGO Agua Para el Pueblo by providing on‐the‐ground assistance to AguaClara plants around the country. Donors may choose which of these areas they would like to donate to or make a general donation.

Progression of the Agalteca treatment plant to completetion.

Donation Information

Water before(left) and after(right) treatment at our plant in Cuatro Comunidades.

You can donate online https://www.giving.cornell.edu/give/
All you have to do is designate the gift for Other and then type "AguaClara" into the field for Special Instructions. You can further designate the funds for anything mentioned above including but not limited to building water treatment plants, supporting the annual team trip to Honduras, or to support the research, development, and design work done by the AguaClara team at Cornell.
Funds designated for building water treatment plants will be forwarded to an implementation partner.

Alternately, you can send checks made out to Cornell University to:
AguaClara
220 Hollister Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
If you would like to designate your donation for a specific cause, please include a note so we can make sure that it is used correctly.

Do you have questions or comments?

Feel free to contact Monroe by phone or email
Phone: 555-555-5555
Fax: 555-555-5555
E-mail: someone@example.com
Our website also contains information on every facet of our work. As part of our commitment to open source engineering you can find research and design details, as well as updates from the team in Honduras.
http://aguaclara.cee.cornell.edu(will be replaced with new Website Url)

Photo By Lindsay France

Improving drinking water quality through innovation

You have helped us to provide approximately 15,000 Hondurans with clean drinking water. With your help the AguaClara team hopes to be able to expand that number even further. The next AguaClara plant has been promised to the town of Gracias, Honduras. Please help us to spread the word to friends, family, neighbors, business’s, and organizations that would be interested in our cause.