After industrial engineer Ernie Meadows and his wife Marj lost their daughter Ellen in a car accident, they set out to create a legacy to her . . . a selfless, no money-to-gain act to benefit children around the world.

When Ernie learned of the thousands who had lost their hands and limbs to land mines, he knew he had found his what he had been looking for  The was the inception of the LN-4 Prosthetic Hand.

"In 2005 Ernie gave permission for the hand to become a Rotary endeavor and signed over the rights during Far West PETS in 2006.  The rest is history as the Prosthetic Hand is now an official initiative of both Rotary District 5110 and 5160.

Here are the Facts

• An estimated 500,000 children worldwide have been maimed by land mines
   
• 2000 people are involved in land mine incidents every month . . . 1 person every 26 minutes . . .95% are civilians