Brad Libbert & Travis Lumpkin
Three Rivers Electric Cooperative
Linn, Missouri |
| The local men we worked with were very eager to work and even more excited to learn about electricity and line work. And installing street lights gave the locals a chance to see the results from electricity instantaneously." Bradley Libbert |
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Ricky Cain
Singing River Electric Power Association
Mississippi |
| It was great just going down there and being with the guys," he said. "When we got there we didn't know what to expect and by the time we left, we were one big family. |
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Eddie Ferguson
Habersham EMC
Clarkesville, GA |
| Thoughts of adventure moved Eddie Ferguson to respond to NRECA International's call for a warehouse expert in Yei, Southern Sudan. But the 31-year veteran from Habersham EMC came back from Africa with much more. |
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Travis Housley
Big Rivers Electric Corporation
Henderson, Kentucky |
| "Any time a village gets electricity, there's a show of gratitude with a big celebration. The villagers realize a tremendous change in their lives...I guess it's the ability, with such little effort, to change the lives of people. It's almost a shame not to do it." |
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Gwen Thomas
East Central Energy
Braham, MN |
| "My experience in Haiti was life-altering. Meeting the people and being a part of something that has the potential to enrich the quality of their lives was amazing. It is difficult to explain the fire this project lit within me." |
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Jody Hand and Curt Baker
Coweta-Fayette EMC
Palmetto, GA |
| “I really wanted to take advantage of an opportunity to do something different. Our co-op has sent several groups at different times, and this time, I wanted to help out, to do whatever I could do to help people in need.” — Jody Hand |
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Ashley Johnson
Horry Electric Cooperative
Conway, South Carolina |
| "I wanted to help others that don’t have as much as we do. I see what my children have and they don’t, and I wanted to help make a difference." |
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| Volunteers in Yei, Sudan |
| Read about the linemen’s experiences, as published by Rural Missouri (March 2008). They put “care” into action and traveled half-way across the world to help a community they had never even heard of before.
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Willard “Willy” Milner
Wyrulec Company
Lingle, Wyoming |
| “The entire trip was an incredible experience and I wouldn’t change anything about it. I can’t wait to go again …” |
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