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Ryan Hreljac is a compelling and passionate voice for those impacted by the water crisis in the developing world. He continues to be a role model with a clear message that “every person on the planet deserves clean water, and one voice can make a huge difference”
In 1998, when Ryan was in grade one, he learned from his teacher, Mrs. Prest, that people were dying because they didn’t have clean water to drink. He decided that raising money for people who didn’t have clean water would be a good thing. He worked for four months in order to earn his first $70. Ryan’s first well was built in 1999 when Ryan was seven years old at a school in a Ugandan Village.
Ryan’s determination grew from the $70 collected by doing simple household chores to a Foundation that today has contributed a total of 502 water and sanitation projects in 16 countries bringing clean water and sanitation services to over 621,712 people. The Foundation has raised millions of dollars.
We at L’Acadie Vineyards admire this foundation and help raise money and awareness through our paid wine tastings and donations. We have developed our artesian well overflow so that winery visitors can sample our high quality water and showcase how fortunate our region is to have an abundance of this life sustaining natural resource.
Thank you to all of our visitors and friends who have helped raise the following to date:
2009 - $1981.54
July 20, 2008 - $87.50
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