My Nonprofit Reviews
Loren F.
Review for The Sexto Sol Center For Community Action, Mesa, AZ, USA
I first met Tamara Brennan 15+ years ago in Portland, OR. giving a talk about Sexto Sol and the many great projects she inspired and created there, that I felt inspired to do service projects myself in the US and around the World. In 1997, I was a board member and fabricator for GoBioDieselCoop, in Portland, OR. to bring BioDiesel production, education and workshops converting waste vegetable oil as fuel for Diesel engines. Not just in the Pacific NW, but Koro Island, Fiji, New Orleans (after hurricane Katrina), VerdEnergia.org in Costa Rica, US Virgin Islands while inspiring many other individuals to switch from fossil fuels. My hope along with Tamara's is to establish a sustainable plant based fuel oil project in and around Mexico and the Central America's.
Over the years I have felt Sexto Sol worthy of my financial support and, tho I am on a small pension and S.S., I would gladly give more of time and money to support their work.
Everyone within Sextol Sol who contributes to the environment, family, volunteers and supporters around the world serves as an example to the whole world.
I was also proud to share a song I wrote called, Upon The Wind, for "Videos For Nepal" inspired by Tamara, which was broadcast world wide. Hopefully in the future, I would be willing to bring my skills as a retired union Pipe Fitter and Welder as a teacher and fabricator. These skills could help further the water projects to rural areas Tamara and the workers have created at Sexto Sol and many other rural areas. People in these regions would not have these basic rights in many cases because of past wars and environmental destruction of the land, water and air. All of which these crafts and skills building would not have become a reality.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions via my email address: loren.fennell@gmail.com
With all due respect,
Loren Fennell