Dig Into Fitness and
Help Dig a Well in South Sudan
Penfield Sport & Fitness Hosts
Day of Classes to Benefit WFSS
Saturday, May 11
All members and guests are invited as Penfield Sport and Fitness hosts a special day of fitness classes to benefit Water for South Sudan. Classes will run from 8 am until 12:30 pm at the club, 667 Panorama Trail West, Rochester, NY 14625.
Guests may take any class, or use the work-out room, for a donation to Water for South Sudan. You may donate in person at the club, or on-line here. When donating on-line, please note that your donation is for Penfield Sports Fitness Day.
Class schedule is as follows (subject to change):
8:00 am Group Cycle (cycle room)
8:00 am Interval Aqua (pool)
8:10 am Body Pump (in the studio)
9:00 am Aquafit (pool)
9:15 am Body Blast (in the studio)
9:20 am Group Centergy (Body Flow-in the gym)
9:30 am Group Cycle (cycle room)
10:30 am Group Power (Body Pump-in the gym)
11:15 am Body Flow (in the studio)
11:45 am ZUMBA® (in the gym)
12:30 pm Yoga (in the gym)
Most classes are 50-60 minutes in length.
For more information call 585-586-7777.
WFSS Founder Salva Dut to Speak at
International Conference in Boston June 20
WFSS Founder Salva Dut will travel from South Sudan to be part of a panel discussion at Wheelock College's Conference-- Global Challenges and Opportunities Facing Children, Youth and Families on Thursday, June 20.
Dut will be part of a panel discussion on water entitled A Dwindling, Precious Resource: Access to Clean Water and its Human Rights and Health Implications.
The panel will also include a leading expert on parasitic and tropical diseases who has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa, and an honored Wheelock alumna who speaks to the importance of schools having clean water to ensure children can focus on their education.
The moderator for the panel is Janot Mendler de Suarez, Visiting Research Fellow, Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
The conference will be held on the campus of Wheelock College in Boston June 19-22. The College's 2013 International Conference will address three strands of importance to the global community: education, health, and human rights. More information available here.
Water for South Sudan Board Meetings for 2012-13
August 22, 2012
September 26, 2012
November 28, 2012
December 19, 2012
March 27, 2013
April 10, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Annual Meeting
August 28, 2013
December 18, 2013
Water for South Sudan Board meetings are held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Rd. Rochester, NY 14607. Board meetings begin at 5:15 p.m.