holiday happenings

There is so much going on - We're getting ready for the girls' Christmas Party, we provide them with cake, pinata, some games, a Santa, and some gifts, mostly utilitarian stuff, school shirts, socks, undies, toiletries  etc, but we also try to include some fun stuff.  We've already had a new blanket for each girl donated.

We hope to receive a cash gift from the International Women's Club, and some of you Supporters are once again showing your generosity. So shopping will soon be in order.

The Merida Men's Club is heading up a Repair and Maintenance project to do some much needed repairs and painting - repairing some leaks, fixing some broken screens, and just whatever else shows up along the way.   These guys are fabulous!
Donations of building materials are starting to trickle in.  Still looking for paint.

This year the girls will be getting an extra lesson - that it is as important to Give as to Receive.  The girls are indicating things that they'd like to give their families, if they could!  We hope to be able to give the girls something that they can then 'Give' to their family.

One of the programs that Tricia is doing is called Values Lessons, to help with that
I've put the bug in the ear of my friends at sanctuary evolucion, the dog shelter, and am hoping soon that the girls will be getting a lesson in animal care and compassion.

and wouldn't it be fabulous for them to visit an albergue de ancianos, essentially an old folks home.

I will try to post some pictures soon, maybe some before and afters of the repairs and maintenance, and of course the girls with Santa.

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