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Fwd: News from Project Amigo Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:24:30 AM
From: bstuwe1@comcast.net
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Ben,
Thought this might be of interest on our website. Thanks.
Bruce
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Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:16:33 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: News from Project Amigo
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Project Amigo
March - AprilE-News
Dear Bruce,
Greetings and best wishes from your Please
friends in Colima, Mexico.
It's March already! Our last week of the
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season is upon us. Seems like only
yesterday we were facing seven work Now
weeks. How can the winter have flown by
so quickly?
While folks in the north were experiencing record
snowfalls, we here in Colima have been experiencing
unusual cold fronts, and lots of rainy
days. Sometimes, the days were so overcast for so
long that there was no "solar" for our solar panels
and we had a few rather chilly showers. We gave
thanks for having water at all - how many on our
planet don't?
Comisario Noé (see the January E-news) has been
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hard at work his first two months of leadership. Just
last weekend he rounded up a bunch of young
people from the village and set them to work planting
trees as part of a state-wide reforestation effort. (Ted
begged the kids to reforest his head while they were
at it.)
The annual Interact Youth Work Week in February
brought 17 young people, mostly from Nevada City,
CA, and a few from Terra Linda, CA. Good, steady,
fun and responsible young people who give us hope
for our future. They worked hard, teaching hundreds
of children to brush properly and giving them new
toothbrushes; bringing books to be shared; and
delivering clothing they had brought, and soccer
uniforms donated by Rotarian Greg Kuhl of Foster
City. They also got to work with the scholarship
students from Cerro de Ortega, helping 210 children
enjoy the annual visit to Colima's Tortugario. A
highlight of this outing was a turtle release!
We are gearing up for our annual visit to Rotary
Clubs and fund raising events in the US and
Canada. This spring we'll start in San Diego and
finish up at the Rotary Convention in Montreal. We
look forward to seeing old friends again, and to
making new ones. If you go Montreal in June, be
sure to stop by booth 2112 in the Projects Exhibition
area.
Happy Spring from Ted and Susan!
Meet our Students
Evangelina "Eva" Suarez Mendoza
"I live in the village of Pueblo Juarez, to the
southwest of Colima. I come from a humble and
hard-working family that has put forth great effort to
give us the best. However, because there are eight
of us children, they didn't have the resources to give
us the opportunity to study. None of my brothers
and sisters studied beyond junior high school.
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When I was 10 years old, I went to live in the state-
run boarding home in my village for kids like me -
poor children who needed a better chance to get a
primary school education. The albergue provided us
food, a bed to sleep in, a place to study, and adults
who could help us with our homework. It was there,
living in the albergue, that I became part of the family
of Project Amigo. I've been a scholarship recipient
for 12 years, and thanks to my sponsors, Gerry
Reicher and Jody Huckins, I have now graduated
from the University of Colima with a degree in
Accounting. I am the very first in my family to have a
profession!"
Eva is now working as part of our bookkeeping team and is running the show while
our bean counter and bookkeeper (and also former scholarship recipient Maria
Esther "Tey" Cruz) is on maternity leave.
Intensive Spanish Course
Do you want to learn Spanish or improve the Spanish you now
know?
Our three week intensive program in July will be fun, and you will
learn quickly. Our professor this year will be Bruce Powell. Bruce
has years of experience teaching Spanish. AND, your private tutor
will be a Project Amigo University Scholar. For more information
click HERE
This course is filling up. Sign up today!
Help Wanted
District promoter - make presentations to Rotary Clubs in your area.
Nutrition Specialist - Rewrite menus at our home for University scholars. Minimum
30 days - volunteer position in Colima. Spanish needed.
For more information or for an application: Ted@ProjectAmigo.org
Project Amigo is a U.S. 501(c)(3) organization. Our Federal Tax ID # 68-0396073.
Our mission is to enable the poor children of Colima to achieve their highest
potential by providing educational opportunities, material support, enrichment
activities, and medical and dental services not otherwise available to them. We
provide scholarships to outstanding students who complete sixth grade so that
they can attend junior high, high school and college at the University of Colima.
Our scholars are becoming doctors, lawyers, teachers and community leaders.
When these students complete college and enter a profession they, and their
whole family, break out of the cycle of poverty that has imprisoned them for
generations.
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Our administrative costs are low, and the benefits to the children we serve are
high.
You can help Project Amigo by using your credit card and making a contribution
on-line by clicking Donate -- or by sending your check to:
Project Amigo
14 Commercial Blvd # 119
Novato, CA 94949
Thank you for your continuing support!!
Ted Rose & Susan Hill
On-site Directors in Mexico
ted@projectamigo.org
susan@projectamigo.org
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