Bud Cashen Passes Away

Posted by Lois Koch

We Lost a Great Humanitarian: Bud Cashen

RIP in peace, Bud Cashen . . . .a wonderful Rotarian who gave so much of not just his money, but also his time and energy to do Rotary projects around the world. Every 2 years for as long as I've known him, Bud funded a project in Papua, New Guinea to build something. He would go with a small group of Rotarians from the states and meet up with another group close to New Guinea and they would live and work for several weeks in a remote region while building a school, a home or something that was needed. Two years ago, while on one of these trips, a cholera outbreak occurred in a remote area up the river from where they were working and Bud flew supplies up to the site to help stem the outbreak. The world has lost a great humanitarian.

1995, April 26^th to June 1^st ♦36 Days

Kakoda Hospital, Papua New Guinea

Travel: $3,500

Building Generator: $60,000

1998, April 9^th to May 2^nd ♦23 Days

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Travel: $3,000

Building, Food, Lodging: $45,000
Built Medical Dispensary & Rehab Cent

2000, May 1^st to May 24^th ^♦23 Days

Madang, Papua New Guinea

Travel: $3,000

Building, Food, Lodging: $55,000
Built House for Crippled Children's School

2002, October 26^th to November 22^nd♦ 27 Days

Munda, Soloman Islands

Travel: $3,300

Building, Food, Lodging: $52,000
Rehab for Tuberculosis Center

2004, April 16^th to May 11^th♦ 25 Days

Wewak, Papua New Guinea ♦ St. Benedict's College

Travel: $3,500

Building, Food, Lodging: $45,000
Built Staff House

2006, August 16^th to September 9^th♦ 24 Days

Gizo, Soloman Islands

Travel: $3,300

Building, Food, Lodging: $45,000
Built School

2008, November 11^th to December 5^th♦ 24 Days

Nuku Alofa,Tonga

Travel: $3,500

Building, Food, Lodging: $50,000
Built School

2011, January 4^th to February 1^st♦ 28 Days

Wewak, Papua New Guinea

Travel: $3,500

Building, Food, Lodging: $60,000

Built Duplex for St. Benedict's Teachers College

2014, November 13^th to December 12^th♦ 29 Days

Wabang, Papua New Guinea

Travel: $3,500

Building, Food, Lodging: $100,000

Built 3, Bd, 2 Ba House for Doctor at Sopas Hospital

TOTAL DAYS: 239 (8 Months)

TOTAL COST: $542,100 funded by Bud Cashen

Doctor's house that was built in Wabang, Papua New Guinea in 2014

At our August 10 meeting, experiences with Bud were shared by Sheri Polak, Bob Einzig, Matt Schaaf, Tom Ludowitz, and Art Pfefferman. RIP Bud. He will be missed by all.

Past president Matt Schaaf	Tom Ludowitz	Past president Sheri Polak
Bob Einzig	Art Pfefferman

Photos by Neal Goldman