P-1838

School Bus Parras de la Fuente

Description

Financing

Documents

Photos

History Logs

Project Description

Country: Mexico

Location: Parras de la Fuente, Coah

Total Budget: $23,340

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: General

Summary: School bus to bring disabled children from surrounding mountains around Parras into the city to attend school


The purpose of this project is to provide a used school bus that would be utilized to bring disabled children living in the surrounding communities in the mountains around the City of Parras De La Fuente, into the city for school. Presently, because it is so difficult getting these children into town, they end up not getting educated. The Parras Rotary Club would like to buy a small bus with a wheelchair lift that they can use to pick the children up and bring them to school in the city. There are two different school times that need to be accommodated. They would bring one group of kids (10-15) to school in the morning. In the afternoon, they would take them home and then return with another group of kids (10-15) for the afternoon school hours. Not all the kids are in wheelchairs but they are all disabled in some way.

The Parras RC is open to either buying the vehicle there in Mexico or buying it in the United States and importing it. They have located a couple of used vehicles in Mexico that, at today's exchange rate, would cost about $16,500 USD. The club is very limited in their resources but they will provide approximately $11,840 in maintenance of the vehicle, hiring a driver, and for fuel. They would also provide about $3,200 to cover the cost of import fees if the vehicle is purchased in the US.

All the members of the Parras RC would be involved in this project and at least 17 from the Grapevine RC. This project will also involve the D-5790 Chapter of the Rotarian Wine Appreciation Fellowship, which will help raise funds and will organize a celebration of the successful conclusion of this effort in Parras, home of the oldest winery in the Americas, Casa Madero.


Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed)

A suitable bus (2010 Ford Eldorado E450) has been found in Mansfield, Texas and purchased for $13,060, including tax, title and license. The budget for this part of the project has been revised to a total of $19,900 (Grapevine RC $3,500; Grapevine AMBUCS $1,060; DDF $3,500; Parras RC $11,840. The AMBUCS will also fill the bus with trikes for handicapped children. Note that another DG from the Colleyville RC added $5,000 to this project to fund the wheelchair lift on the bus, making the total bus project $24,900 plus the donations in kind.

In addition, another project (# P-1383) which was to provide a container of wheelchairs to be distributed in Havana, Cuba was changed to instead send them to Parras to be part of the bus project because the a newly required importation permit from the Cuban government could not be obtained.

Project Contact Person

District: 5790

Rotary Club of: Grapevine

Primary Contact: Conrad C. Heede

Email: ccheede@aol.com

Project Status

Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.

Project listed for the 2017-18 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Parras (4110)

29-Jul-17

$11,840

-

$11,840

Grapevine (5790)

8-Aug-17

$8,000

$3,500

$11,500

Total

$19,840

$3,500

$23,340

Project Supporting Documents


[7-Jul-18]
Final Report


[12-Jul-18]
Final report


[3-Aug-17]
GRC Latest 990


[3-Aug-17]
GRC MOU


[3-Aug-17]
Latest 990(2016, 2017 being worked on)

 

Project Photos

History Log Entries

29-Jul-17

by Conrad C. Heede

System Entry: Creation of project page.

29-Jul-17

by Conrad C. Heede

System Entry: Pledge of $11,840 by Jorge Francisco Pamanes of the Rotary Club of Parras, District 4110.

8-Aug-17

by Conrad C. Heede

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

8-Aug-17

by Conrad C. Heede

System Entry: Pledge of $11,500 with $2,500 DDF by Conrad Heede of the Rotary Club of Grapevine, District 5790.

8-Aug-17

by Conrad C. Heede

System Entry: Pledge of $9,000 with $2,500 DDF by Conrad Heede of the Rotary Club of Grapevine, District 5790.

8-Aug-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

4-Nov-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

4-Nov-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project signed by Sharron Miles.

4-Nov-17

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Eddie Salame.

6-Nov-17

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Conrad Heede.

20-Dec-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

27-Jan-18

by Conrad C. Heede

A 2010 Ford Eldorado E450 bus, equipped with a wheelchair lift was purchased on January 18, 2018 for $13,060, including tax, title and license, and then moved from Mansfield, TX to Grapevine, TX to be inspected to make sure it is proper condition to be driven to Parras, Mexico.

15-Mar-18

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

24-Apr-18

by Conrad C. Heede

On March 23-25, 2018, a group of 12 people from Grapevine RC, Grapevine AMBUCS and the Grapevine Sister City Program, traveled to Parras, Mexico and dedicated the bus to the Parras RC. This project was increased in scope to include the receipt and distribution of 120 wheelchairs from DG#1383 (originally destined for Cuba but could not obtain an import permit)and the donation of 16 AMtrykes by AMBUCS and a new walker by an individual.

2-Jul-18

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

2-Jul-18

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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