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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the IFC
members for the use of the clubhouse on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 for the
first Blood Drive. While we didn’t not have an extremely good turn out,
I would like to think that we have now “planted the seed” and the
donations will continue to increase. We had 35 people come to donate and
were able to take donations from 18 people. We had to turn the 17 people
away due to low hemoglobin and alcohol intake. But, that is 18 units that
we did not have at the beginning of the day!
I am hopeful that the IFC will continue to allow us to
have blood drives at the clubhouse – perhaps one every two months. It
will also be a wonderful way for the IFC to promote the many good causes
that it supports. The people from the club that assisted were very helpful
and the cookies were wonderful (a special thanks to whoever made the
oatmeal cookies…outstanding!)! Thank you all again and I hope everyone
had a wonderful summer. As always, please feel free to contact me for any
questions, comments, ideas that you might have. I am happy to assist!
Thanks to the following for their assistance:
- Hotel Los Arcos for donating lounge chairs
- IFC members for donating juice and cookies
- The IFC volunteers:
Bill Becker
Susan Davalos
Valeska Guerrero
Jenny Pray
Leon Rolnick
Kitty Leonard
Yvonne Ward
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IFC Home Tours 2003-2004
November 19, 2003-April 29, 2004
Every Wed. and Thurs.
Hotel Posada Rio Cuale
(Aquiles Serdan #242)
Tour arrangements begin at 10:00 A.M. for departure by bus at
11:00 a.m.
$30.00 USD Donation |
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Young boy and his little sister reading books
given to his family by IFC donor, Marge Hasert |
The
Thank you Column…..
Once again the
donations have been rolling in. Muchas Gracias a todos! |
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The IFC received a cash donation from Richard Vuors of
Snohomish, WA,. We also received a generous cash donation for the
ongoing care of Anabel, one of our Patrocinio patients ,from Cindy
Becker and students and families of the Port Washington
Catholic School in Port Washington, WI.
We recently received school supplies from Thomas
Geurts of Fond du Lac, WI, Dennis and Karen York of
Vancouver, WA and Kathy Davis Milner and Jim
Milner of Kirkland, WA. Kathy and Jim also donated bedding and
a large supply of children’s shoes which were passed along to
the R.I.S.E. orphanage. Thanks all for the great supplies folks!
Marge Hasert of Churchville, New York sent
us several children's’ books in Spanish. They have been
distributed to two needy families with young children and were so
enthusiastically received. The children were just enthralled with
their own books to keep (see photo of boy reading book above).
A big thanks to the Camarena
Health Center in Madera, CA for donating a huge amount of
dental supplies. We received training videos, a large
demonstration puppet with teeth and toothbrush, and lots of kits
for children with brushing instructions, toothbrushes, tooth
paste, and special prizes. These have been invaluable to Susan
Davalos, our Community Aid Chairperson (see Susan’s article on
pg 3).
Many thanks to Ameri-Med for donating
their surgery room and a portion of the supplies used for eye
surgery for a young girl named Mitzi.
And finally, very special thanks to Dr.
Federico Reinking in Mexico City for performing ear surgery
for free for local Vallartan, Susana Ochoa. She’s able to hear
quite well now in her operated ear. The surgery was a great
success!
We sincerely appreciate the thoughtfulness and
generosity of all. |
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