DMSB ROTARY SERVES 6,400 BOTTLES OF CHILLED WATER TO HOMELESS VETS

 

How did 750 homeless veterans who recently attended “Stand Down San Diego” (plus 144 of their dependents and over 2,000 volunteers helping them) stay hydrated over three hot days, July 18-20, on San Diego High School’s athletic field?  Answer:  By going to the “Rotary Water Tent” for more than 6,400 bottles of chilled water handed out by the Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club.

Stand Down refers to the community-based intervention program that integrates, at one site, veteran services previously scattered throughout San Diego County.  It was started in San Diego by “Veterans Village of San Diego” (VVSD) in 1988 and has been replicated in more than 200 other cities since then.  Stand Down's philosophy is a hand up, not a hand out.

The bottled water was purchased, transported, chilled, and handed out by 32 Rotarians, spouses, and friends of the Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club, working in multiple 3-hour shifts.  BSD Builders provided the truck and driver that delivered the 3 ½ tons of water.

 

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Charles Foster, Randy Jones, Seaman Whitney, George Sousa, Bill Sutton

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 Bill Sutton, Diane Grafton, Jan Parsons, Bob Halleck

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Bill Murphy, Julie Lien, Gail Kindred, Kerrie Harwig

 

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 Kevin Cahill, Beverly Feinberg, Phil Feinberg, Laura Feinberg, Ken Barrett

 

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 Charles Foster, Paul Sagar, Lesley Sagar, John Benton

 

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Mark Hennenfent, Nick Hennenfent, Ellen Griffin, George Sousa

 

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Malcolm Koll, Charles Foster, Alicia Foster, Dan Phelan

 

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Lou Oberman, Carol Fink, Ilana Brown, Seymour Myers

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