Etta Projects is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization created to honor the life of Etta Turner who died Nov. 25, 2002 at the age of 16. She was a Rotary International exchange student in Montero Bolivia, and was sponsored by Port orchard Rotary.

She was traveling with friends on a bus when the driver fell asleep and drove off a cliff. Turner and six Bolivians died. Several months after this amazing young girl’s death, the Rotary Club of Montero Bolivia and the Salesian Catholic Church in Montero, asked to name a nutrition center for impoverished children called Comedor de Ninos Etta Turner.

Etta Projects was a result of her family, friends and the Rotary Clubs here in the states, desire to honor Turner. Etta Projects hopes to give on-going support to this center and if funding allows, to help other projects like it, wherever they may be needed.

At present the Comedor de Ninos Etta Turner feeds 100 children per day and provides education and support to their mothers. It is a joint project run by the Salesians of Montero, the Rotary Club of Montero, and Etta Projects.

Etta Projects provides the funding for the operating expenses with our major donors being Rotary Clubs from the Puget Sound region in the state of Washington and Rotary Club Montero as well as friends and family of Turner.

For information about Etta Projects call (360) 876-7487, or visit www.ettaprojects.org.