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COMMUNITY SERVICE What a wonderful weather pattern we have had this year! Spring time has arrived and it still is neither hot nor humid. The climate has made the job of working in the community much easier. It is still a pleasure to take a bus or drive around town for the business at hand. We had a great attendance for the "CONSULTAS" in February! There were about 60 families that came to be examined by the PROGRAM’S plastic surgeons and their team. It has long been a dream of mine to utilize this lengthy period of time for education. These cleft palate families sit for 8 to 10 hours. It does not seem to be the custom here to bring a book (perhaps we can work on that the next program!) (MAY!). Thanks to our IFC volunteers, we were able to provide a special program of health, hygiene and hot dogs!!!! All reports were good from the Docs and their assistants, as the kids were in very good spirits when their turn came for exams.
I would like to ask for donations of small books in Spanish...easy readers so that we can have them available as a library to use during this time of consultations. I would love to continue the health and hygiene program as well as the food. As those of you know who worked with me that day, it is a labor of love and requires 4 or 5 people. That is great during the Jan.-Feb. time, but more difficult to find helpers so cheery during the humid MAY, AUGUST AND OCTOBER programs. A library may be a backup plan or to be used in combination. Keep those toothbrushes and dental floss donations coming!! While it is becoming more complex to bring extra stuff in the suitcase, toothbrushes and dental floss do not weigh as much as some other things. Thank you very much for all that you go thru to bring these underprivileged kids a special gift. |
We have recently been approached regarding the funding for teaching English to kids to help get them ahead for their future. I was at CASA AMA (street boys home) today, they are in need of pencils, pens and notebooks for their school program. It hit me--as some of the 11 are trying to learn English--what a wonderful place to begin this program. It is a supervised area and we can really contribute to the life changing goals of the CASA AMA program. Always available thru E-mail...let me know your thoughts.
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