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Portland Area - AMIGOS Citris Sale
My daughter Emily (15 y/o Sophomore) is going to be spending the summer next year somewhere in Latin America volunteering with the AMIGOS program. While there she will be living with a host family in a rural community (potentially w/o electricity or running water) while she works on community service projects. She is one of about 40 youths from the Vancouver/Portland area going. She doesn't know what country she will be going to yet. Country options are: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
While there she would work in close collaboration with community members on projects such as:
Community health and education: child wellness, dental hygiene and disease prevention through educational day camps, construction of latrines and other home health improvements.
Environment: community gardens, fuel-efficient stove construction and reforestation.
Community-building: libraries, mural painting and other activities identified by local communities.
Here is a link to some information about the program:
This is a great opportunity for her to learn about other cultures and make a difference. It's a little scarey as well.
To raise funds to pay for the program they are doing a fundraising by selling citris. For sale they have Ruby Red Texas Grapefruit (mid December) and Cara Cara Oranges (mid January). They come in a 20lb box and are $25 each. Money would be collected on delivery.
If anyone from the Portland/Vancouver area wants to help support this program by purchasing citris please let me know.
If you don't want fruit but would like to make a donation please PM me your Name and Address. Later this month she is starting a letter writing campaign to friends and family soliciting donations. We can also deliver fruit to the local food bank as well.
Thanks!
Randy
While there she would work in close collaboration with community members on projects such as:
Community health and education: child wellness, dental hygiene and disease prevention through educational day camps, construction of latrines and other home health improvements.
Environment: community gardens, fuel-efficient stove construction and reforestation.
Community-building: libraries, mural painting and other activities identified by local communities.
Here is a link to some information about the program:
This is a great opportunity for her to learn about other cultures and make a difference. It's a little scarey as well.
To raise funds to pay for the program they are doing a fundraising by selling citris. For sale they have Ruby Red Texas Grapefruit (mid December) and Cara Cara Oranges (mid January). They come in a 20lb box and are $25 each. Money would be collected on delivery.
If anyone from the Portland/Vancouver area wants to help support this program by purchasing citris please let me know.
If you don't want fruit but would like to make a donation please PM me your Name and Address. Later this month she is starting a letter writing campaign to friends and family soliciting donations. We can also deliver fruit to the local food bank as well.
Thanks!
Randy