Every day we take it for granted, but it’s just as essential to life as the air we breathe. What is it? It is clean water. Water is one of this earth’s most precious natural resources, yet as humans in an industrialized, modern society we do not appreciate its value or its significance. Because it’s always there when we turn on the tap, most of us do not have to think about how it gets to us. Nor do we ever wonder what would happen if there was no water to drink or shower or bathe with. While this may not be your reality, it is the reality of thousands of Detroit’s low-income residents and senior citizens. For the last 10 years, the Water Access Volunteer Effort (WAVE) Fund has been helping Detroit residents retain access to Water and Sewerage Services. To date, the WAVE Fund has assisted over 9,100 households by paying more than $2,000,000 towards water bills that were in arrears.
WAVE’s ability to help these families, depends on the generous contributions of corporations, community agencies, and private citizens. On Thursday, June 20, 2013, the WAVE Fund will host our 7th Annual Charity Golf Open at the Warren Valley Golf and Banquet Center. We invite you to be a part of this wonderful event and help us help even more Detroiters retain access to water and sewerage services. For more information on the WAVE Fund please visit www.wavefund.org. The WAVE Fund is a Michigan non-profit corporation and contributions are tax deductible.