by Tim Rasmussen Christmas in July. Not likely, but it happened. On July 16, Gary Bartholomew received a call from a local FedEx driver, asking for specific directions and saying he had a couple of pallets to be delivered to Water for Life at Gary’s Lincoln Road address. Gary gave the lady some directions and said he would go down, open the gate, and wait for the truck so he could guide it up to the shop for unloading. By the time Gary was at the gate, the truck was waiting. As they unloaded, Gary could see the pallets were from Xylem Inc. and contained Goulds Water Technology well pumps. Goulds Water Technology, a Xylem brand, is one of the world’s leading brands in residential and commercial water products. The shipment contained 102 pumps. The pumps ranged from .5-horsepower units to 1.5-horsepower units. These were not used or returned items. They were new pumps, being either excess inventory or nonsalable items because of expired dates. For the purposes we intend, they are brand new. This generous gift was the result of a conversation between Gary and Susan O’Grady of Xylem at the Groundwater Week convention last December. Susan talked with Paul Wright, their Warranty Manager, and he set aside the products over the next few months, consolidating them into one shipment to Water for Life. The donation was on the condition the pumps would not be sold to others or returned for warranty, refund, etc. The donations were part of Xylem’s corporate responsibility program, Watermark, whose mission is to provide education and equitable access to safe water and sanitation to support healthy lives and build communities. The company does this by encouraging employee volunteerism in various humanitarian activities. Water for Life will put these pumps to good use in rural villages of Guatemala. There are many villages close to the highways where there is grid power, but no available wells or sources of safe water. Water for Life will drill wells in these villages and install these pumps. This generous donation, along with many others, encourages us in Water for Life to continue the work of bringing safe, clean water to areas where there is none. We want to thank Xylem Corporation and the fine men and women who work there for being willing to assist Water for Life in this endeavor. There are other donors who regularly assist us and, without them, we would not be able to carry on the work we started about 20 years ago. We thank you all for helping. If you have a heart to help others and would like to be part of something changing the lives of people, please join us by contacting us through this publication. If you would like to help, contact Gary Bartholomew at 509-939-1941 Tim Tim Rasmussen may be contacted at michele@ worldwidedrilllingresource.com WTR 18 OCTOBER 2023 WorldWide Drilling Resource®
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