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Corona Lions Club 47th Annual Gala
Dream Big to make a Big Impact! Share the dream with others… Plan to achieve the dream…. And don’t forget, Live the dream! When In Need Foundation Team led by its Founder, Ms Chetachi Ecton with Mr. George Onuorah providing media support joined the Corona Lions Club at its 47th Annual Dinner Dance which took place on Sunday, April 19th, 2015, at Terrace on the Park, NY. The Corona Lion’s Club was established in 1942 and serves the residents of Corona, Queens and its surrounding communities. Lions Clubs International is a global leader in service and the largest service club organization in the world with 1.4 million members performing valuable service in 210 countries and geographic areas around the globe. Special thanks to Rosa Marte, President of the Lions Club and all its members for their hospitality at the great event. Transforming Lives, Creating Impact!
Chetachi Dunkley-Ecton: WINning In Life By Helping Others
Chetachi Ecton and Cyruss Webb discussing When In Need Foundation
http://www.examiner.com/article/chetachi-dunkley-ecton-winning-life-by-helping-others
At a time when so many are focused on themselves and what others can do for them, individuals like Chetachi Dunkley-Ecton and members of the When In Need (or WIN) Foundation are looking for ways to help others. Their mission? To make the life of a child a little better than it was yesterday.
Inspired by the example of Mother Theresa, Chetachi has committed her life to being of service to others. “It is a rewarding feeling,” she says when referring to the work WIN has been able to do. “There’s nothing greater than helping those in need. I can’t see myself doing anything else.”
She says the way her parents raised her contributed to her desire to be of assistance to others, but also her own difficulties and challenges as a single mother reinforced the fact that everyone needs someone. “When I became an adult I knew I could do more,” she says.
When In Need has been able to help with school tuitions, school supplies and even medical supplies. Though the foundation has only been around for about two years, Chetachi was doing the work of the organization long before it had a name.
Chetachi’s message to others about who can make a difference? “Everyone can help,” she says. “Everyone can be a part of the movement.” She says that knowing that the work she is doing is helping others “gives me so much joy. There is nothing greater than seeing another person laugh and smile and say that you’ve made some kind of impact in their lives.”
That impact has been felt in places like Chile, Argentina, Bahamas and Uruguay. Chetachi and WIN are now embarking on the Mission of Mercy tour that is all about giving love, sharing our humanity and embracing the forgotten. It will be taking place throughout the United States, and she will be sharing with others how they can use something like their summer vacations to bless the homeless, the sick and those who are hungry. “Everywhere you go there are orphans wanting help,” she says. Realizing this is a global effort affecting us all, Chetachi says that we have to look at those children around us that may have felt forgotten or alone. “Who know what one of those children can become tomorrow,” she says.
It is that thought that continues to drive her to walk in her purpose and share with others the power of working together.
Find out more about the work of When In Need at www.winfound.org. Join the movement on Facebook here.
WIN Foundation looks to provide ‘Soles for Education’
Queens Courier Staff | editorial@queenscourier.com
BY ANGELA MATUA
The When in Need (WIN) Foundation is hoping to give children in Nigeria shoes so they can walk comfortably to and from their brand-new school.
Founded by Chetachi Dunkley-Ecton, a philanthropist who is also the CEO of a company that provides in-home and community care for people with disabilities, the WIN Foundation was created two years ago to provide grants to assist minorities in the areas of secular education, higher education and health education.
Dunkley-Ecton’s first course of action as president and CEO of the foundation was to fully refurbish the Samuel Njemanze Primary School in Owerri, Nigeria, and is now hoping to provide the students with shoes with the Soles for Education initiative.
“Being a philanthropist for 30 years, this is what I’ve been doing for many years, building schools and churches and helping especially orphans,” Dunkely-Ecton said. “About two years ago we decided to make it official and to have it measured, so we started with that school.”
The WIN foundation is headquartered in Philadelphia but their work affects people all around the world by providing services such as preventative health education on diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney disease. The foundation also provides college scholarships to high school students in Philadelphia and that program will soon expand to New York City.
The organization also created the Mission of Mercy, an initiative to identify and aid orphanages in need around the world. The initiative is meant to change people’s perceptions of what a vacation should be, she said.
“We donate plenty of food and supplies, toiletries to the orphanage,” Dunkley-Ecton said. “What were trying to do is change how people vacation.”
The WIN foundation has visited orphanages in Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Chile, Argentina and other countries around the world. Dunkley-Ecton said she hopes people will consider visiting orphanages and donating time and supplies the next time they plan their vacation to a foreign country.
George Onuorah, the media director and LeFrak City resident, said Dunkely-Ecton’s commitment to the foundation is what made him want to get involved.
“Her passion, trying to help, is really something that is incredible,” Onuorah said. “It made me gravitate toward trying to become part of this cause because she’s so committed about helping people.”
The organization is looking to raise $18,500 to purchase and ship shoes to the Samuel Njemanze Primary School. People interested in donating can visit their GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/solesforeducation/donate .
When In Need journeys to Casa Pintalunas in Olivos, Argentina.
Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone’s day… When In Need Foundation’s Mission of Mercy team visited Casa Pintalunas in Buenos Aires Argentina to bless, support and share love with the residents. The facility houses 12 residents that includes 2 month old babies to 17 year olds who have various disabilities and medical conditions. Leading the WinWithMom Mission of Mercy was the CEO Ms. Ecton and George Onuorah providing media support, Kerume Dunkley, Chinyere Dunkley, Chioma as well as Mariano Ureta and Translator Sophia Duggan. This culminated to the conclusion of the WinWithMom South America Mission trip. Let’s not wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly… Let’s lead the way!”
