On Wednesday, November 7 we were fortunate to have Dr. Marc Benard as our speaker. Dr. Benard is a Rotarian in Del Amo, California and a podiatrist. Years ago he began traveling to Mexico to do 
surgeries on children with deformities and diseases that affect the lower extremities, such as cerebral palsy and club foot. This project is now known as the Baja Crippled Children's Project, and Dr. Benard and his team of volunteers now go to the Honduras and El Salvador as well as Mexico.
They have treated thousands of young people over the years and will continue their work. They have recently recruited doctors and nurses in these countries to screen the people who come for help. This increases the time Dr. benard and his team have to do the actual surgeries. He told us that the incidence of things like club foot is the same all over the world; we are just not aware of it here in the United States because of the high level of medical care that is available to all of our citizens. Our thanks to Dr. Marc Benard for what he does and for sharing his story with us.
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