Donovan Tildesley, four-time Paralympic athlete for Canada and world record holder in swimming, was the speaker at the Good Works for India fundraiser dinner in early July.
“I have always asked myself: Why not take the next step? Why not take up the challenge?” Tildesley said.
The dinner, at Summerland United Church, was held to raise money for the family of David Jonsson and Linnea Good as they return to north and south India this fall to provide music to staff and students at two Christian Medical College hospitals.
The family travelled to India in 2013, performing at the same hospitals.
“It is an honour for us to be invited back,” Good said. “And this time, we will hit the ground running because we know what musicians can do to be supportive of health care practitioners and students.”
The Christian Medical College Hospitals offer affordable health care to all levels of a society that has been segregated historically by caste and complicated by bureaucracy.
Both hospitals were founded in the early 1900s by women seeking to offer health care training to women to serve women. Today they train and serve all people.
The family team will visit India in November and December.
More information on their initiative is available at www.GoodWorksForIndia.com.