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Buenos Vecinos de Boquete Newsletter September 2018. 
A Big Thank You to the Boquete Community!
Our latest Buenos Vecinos Food Drive in front of Romero’s Food Market in Boquete August 18th was a great success, thanks to generous community and even tourists who stopped by to learn more about our food charity and to donate cash and selected non-perishable food items. By the end of the day, BVB had collected enough to support one of our needy families for more than a year. We appreciate your big hearts!
We want to also thank those Coconut Foundation Members who recently renewed their annual pledges to support BVB for a minimum of $360 a year. And hats off to N & N Catering (Nairn Cutten and Nancy Halbert) who donate all of the profits from their catering jobs to Buenos Vecinos and two other deserving charities. Their substantial donation means that our clients like the Family of the Month featured below will continue to find BVB groceries at their door throughout the year. BVB could not exist without this kind of support. Thank you!
There’s Still Time……….
It’s not too late to buy your first raffle tickets, or even additional tickets, to win this beautiful 60” X 60” handmade Indonesian batik quilt or this decorator 21” X 25” brushed metal seashell mirror. Look for the Buenos Vecinos table at the Tuesday Morning Market. The winners will be announced on stage before the Tuesday Talk on September 25th and need not be present to win.
Join Us at the Health Fair (and the BVB Bake Sale)
Boquete Health and Hospice is sponsoring the Boquete Health Fair at the Feria across from the BCP on Sunday October 14th 1-4 pm. This important event will feature representatives from the health community, doctors, laboratories, pharmacies and other health supporters. Free blood pressure checks and glucose testing will also be available.
Buenos Vecinos will be there selling delicious homemade baked goods. All proceeds from these sales support BVB’s monthly food distribution to some of the area’s neediest individuals and families
Family of the Month - Meet Benilda´s Family
A large tree hides this bamboo house from the road and the outside play area is worn down to the dirt by many feet. The family who lives here, Benilda and her eight children still miss the father who abandoned them more than a year ago. Benilda struggles to find work, but earns only $50 a month cleaning houses and ironing clothes; $32 of those dollars are already designated for monthly rent and water.
Her oldest child, 18 year-old Alexander, is now in trade school learning how to be an electrician. He wants to help his family, and he is optimistic that he’ll be successful. His sixteen year-old sister, Yamileth, will finish high school next year. She wants to learn accounting so that she can help support the family, as well. Her fourteen year-old sister, Yaneth, has confessed with a smile, her own vision of someday owning a beautiful dress. The other children, Reinaldo, 12, Juan, 10, Jeronimo, 9 and Maria, 7, also attend school.
Six year-old Jhahicha is very excited to start school next year when she will proudly wear a uniform like her brothers and sisters. Until then she spends her days at home with her mother. When Mom works, a sibling stays home with Jhahicha.
The family rushed inside the house to find their best clothes before we took the accompanying photo. Benilda said that the food Buenos Vecinos donates to their family “is a great blessing and she is very grateful.”
How to help?
If you would like to help our clients and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, we would appreciate your donation of any size. It is important for you to know that we are a small all-volunteer force with no administrative or overhead costs. Every dollar of your donation goes to the purchase or storage of food for our clients.
When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), you will become a Coconut Foundation member as an acknowledgment of your concern and generosity.
Donate Online: We use PayPal for easy and secure transactions.
If you prefer to donate by cash or local check, please contact Louise Orr panamaleo@gmail.com for arrangements.
Be sure to check out our website and Facebook page:Face book page: https://www.facebook.com/BuenosVecinosDeBoquete/Thank you!
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Stop by Romero in Boquete between 9 AM and 1:30 PM on Saturday, August 18, to support Buenos Vecinos de Boquete during our upcoming Food Drive. Our locally-based effort assists needy community families with monthly, non-perishable food supplies. We will have samples of what you can buy at Romero to aid our work, and of course, financial assistance is always appreciated. Shop for food that you (and we) need, and meet members of our team!See below a photo of the food our clients receive each month:
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Family of the Month- August 2018
Meet Osiris and Noel
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Families care for one another and, in this case, a strong woman has stepped forward to care for two generations of family members. Elidia takes care of her daughter and her two grandchildren, Osiris, a 13 year-old girl, and Noel, an 8 year-old boy. All three suffer from developmental delays. Elidia also raised her husband’s youngest children from his previous marriage after his wife passed away, and now Elidia helps care for two of their children. Elidia’s husband is a trusted worker on the finca where the owner provides this family of nine a two room house with running water. The finca is an ideal setting for these four youngsters to explore and to play together. Osriris and Noel receive their formal education with the assistance of a teacher for the handicapped but, because their developmental delays are so severe, there is little advancement. Elidia also makes sure they have social activities and educational stimulation every Saturday at Fundacion Pro Integracion (FPI) also known as the Handicap Center. Buenos Vecinos works closely with FPI to make sure Elidia and her family get their monthly allotment of non-perishable food, and she expresses her gratitude for the help BVB provides.
If you would like to help families like this and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, your financial support would be most appreciated.
DONATE ONLINE: http://www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com/how-you-can-help
We use PayPal for easy and secure transactions.
IF YOU PREFER TO DONATE BY CASH, Please contact Louise Orr (panamaleo@gmail.com) for arrangements.
When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), your name will be added to our “Coconut Foundation” as an acknowledgement of your concern and generosity.
Buenos Vecinos de Boquete’s wholesale purchase power enables us to furnish our clients more food than they could purchase on their own in the store with the same amount of money.Thank you!
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Buenos Vecinos Newsletter August 2018
What is a Buenos Vecinos de Boquete Food Drive and how can you help?
BVB conducts a Food Drive at Romero's twice a year with the store’s generous cooperation. We staff an outside table and display the foods that we provide our clients, and we greet the public with ready smiles and bi-lingual fliers.
Our presence at Romero’s is important in reminding the entire community of the very real needs of our clients.
Local Panamanians shop in the store and return with the same basic food items they buy for their own families to give Buenos Vecinos as a donation. The expats and visitors generally give us cash; they understand that financial assistance goes a long way, because BVB purchases food wholesale, and our administrative costs are minimal.
How can you help? Come by Romero’s on Saturday August 18th 9am-3 pm. Look for our volunteers in blue. Or if you want to make a donation online by PayPal, visit out new website www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com. Donations can also be made locally by contacting Louise Orr at panamaleo@gmail.com.
Win a Beautiful Prize at the TMM
Look for the BVB Table at the Boquete Tuesday Morning Market to buy raffle tickets for beautiful home décor pieces. The proceeds will provide non-perishable food for some of the area’s neediest families.
Sylvette Day, a long-time and energetic member of our organization, is also a skilled quilter who has designed and created some of the area’s most treasured quilt-art pieces. The raffle item she has created for Buenos Vecinos is a 60”x60” quilt fashioned from 100% cotton Indonesian batiks. This rich, exotic quilt would look great as a wall-hanging, a decorative bed cover, a TV-watching throw or simply draped over an armchair.
Germaine Sturtz, a long-time and generous member of BVB is also a very talented designer. She has crafted another of her stunning shell-encrusted mirrors for this raffle. The brushed-metal frame features sea shells in one corner. The finished piece measures 21” X 25,” and weighs about five pounds. A focal point for any room, this beautiful mirror is going to attract a lot of attention in your home.The prizes will be announced at the September 25th TMM and the winners need not be present to win.
Family of the Month August 2018
Meet Osiris and Noel
Families care for one another and, in this case, a strong woman has stepped forward to care for two generations of family members. Elidia takes care of her daughter and her two grandchildren, Osiris, a 13 year-old girl, and Noel, an 8 year-old boy. All three suffer from developmental delays. Elidia also raised her husband’s youngest children from his previous marriage after his wife passed away, and now Elidia helps care for two of their children. Elidia’s husband is a trusted worker on the finca where the owner provides this family of nine a two room house with running water. The finca is an ideal setting for these four youngsters to explore and to play together. Osriris and Noel receive their formal education with the assistance of a teacher for the handicapped but, because their developmental delays are so severe, there is little advancement. Elidia also makes sure they have social activities and educational stimulation every Saturday at Fundacion Pro Integracion (FPI) also known as the Handicap Center. Buenos Vecinos works closely with FPI to make sure Elidia and her family get their monthly allotment of non-perishable food, and she expresses her gratitude for the help BVB provides.
How to help?
If you would like to help our clients and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, we would appreciate your donation of any size. It is important for you to know that we are a small all-volunteer force with no administrative or overhead costs. Every dollar of your donation goes to the purchase or storage of food for our clients.When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), you will become a Coconut Foundation member as an acknowledgment of your concern and generosity.
Donate Online: We use PayPal for easy and secure transactions.
If you prefer to donate by cash or local check, please contact Louise Orrpanamaleo@gmail.com for arrangements.
Be sure to check out our website and Facebook page:Face book page: https://www.facebook.com/BuenosVecinosDeBoquete/Thank you!
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Buenos Vecinos Newsletter June 2018
Boquete Video Festival Supports BVB
On June 16th the Boquete Video Festival held another showing of locally-made videos in their annual competition. It was a fun, creative, and well-attended evening of entertainment in the Clubhouse at the BCP. Buenos Vecinos thanks the Festival organizers for, once again, supporting our charity with the proceeds from the entrant’s fees, and the sale of Festival t-shirts.
Creative BVB Members Provide Some Unique Raffle ItemsLook for the BVB Table at the Boquete Tuesday Morning Market beginning July 3rd to buy raffle tickets for beautiful home décor pieces. The proceeds of your raffle ticket purchases will provide non-perishable food for some of the area’s neediest families.
Sylvette Day, a long-time and energetic member of our organization, is also a skilled quilter who has designed and created some of the area’s most treasured quilt-art pieces. The raffle item she has created for Buenos Vecinos is a 60”x60” quilt fashioned from 100% cotton Indonesian batiks. This rich, exotic quilt would look great as a wall-hanging, a decorative bed cover, a TV-watching throw or simply draped over an armchair.
Germaine Sturtz, is also a long-time member of BVB. Known as the “Queen of the Garage Sales” for her organization prowess planning and executing our Venta de Patio Sales, she is also a very talented designer. Her “art plates” and “shell mirrors” have been much-coveted treasures in our previous raffles. She has crafted another of her stunning shell-encrusted mirrors for this raffle. The brushed metal frame features sea shells in one corner. The finished piece measures 21” X 25,” and weighs around five pounds. A focal point for any room, this beautiful mirror is going to attract a lot of attention (and raffle ticket buyers!)
Family of the Month
Meet Ana ElizabetWhen the families of Fundacion Pro Integracion gather on Saturdays to provide social interaction and support for their handicapped member and for one another, Benita makes sure that her oldest child is there to join in. Ana Elizabet was born 19 years ago with cerebral palsey. Although she is wheelchair-bound and cannot speak, Ana understands what people tell her and responds with a smile and wonderfully expressive eyes. She is a portrait in joy.
Ana and her four younger brothers and parents live in a one room house for which they pay rent and electricity. The other biggest expense, besides the anti-seizure medicine Ana must have twice each day, is food to feed the family. Benita explains that the food Buenos Vecinos de Boquete (BVB) provides each month helps them meet those needs and they truly appreciate it.
How to help?
If you would like to help our clients and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, we would appreciate your donation of any size. It is important for you to know that we are a small all-volunteer force with no administrative or overhead costs. Every dollar of your donation goes to the purchase or storage of food for our clients.
When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), you will become a Coconut Foundation member as an acknowledgment of your concern and generosity.Donate Online: We use PayPal for easy and secure transactions.
If you prefer to donate by cash or local check, please contact Louise Orrpanamaleo@gmail.com for arrangements.
Be sure to check out our website and Facebook page:Face book page: https://www.facebook.com/BuenosVecinosDeBoquete/Thank you!
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Family of the Month – June 2018
Meet Ana Elizabet
When the families of Fundacion Pro Integracion gather on Saturdays to provide social interaction and support for their handicapped member and for one another, Benita makes sure that her oldest child is there to join in. Ana Elizabet was born 19 years ago with cerebral palsey. Although she is wheelchair-bound and cannot speak, Ana understands what people tell her and responds with a smile and wonderfully expressive eyes. She is a portrait in joy.
Ana and her four younger brothers and parents live in a one room house for which they pay rent and electricity. The other biggest expense, besides the anti-seizure medicine Ana must have twice each day, is food to feed the family. Benita explains that the food Buenos Vecinos de Boquete (BVB) provides each month helps them meet those needs and they truly appreciate it.
If you would like to help families like this and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, your financial support would be most appreciated.
DONATE ONLINE: http://www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com/how-you-can-help
We use PayPal for easy and secure transactions.
IF YOU PREFER TO DONATE BY CASH, Please contact Louise Orr (panamaleo@gmail.com) for arrangements.
When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), your name will be added to our “Coconut Foundation” as an acknowledgement of your concern and generosity.
Buenos Vecinos de Boquete’s wholesale purchase power enables us to furnish our clients more food than they could purchase on their own in the store with the same amount of money.Thank you!
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This item is sold!
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Asking price- $15Price for new Ducky Pal Bath Tub in Arrocha is $64If interested call Germaine 6789-9410Proceeds go to Buenos Vecinos de Boquete
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This is going to be a huge patio sale. Don't miss it!!
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View this email in your browser Buenos Vecinos Newsletter April 2018
Look at Our New “Face to the World”
You can now view our brand new website at www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com. Gijs Hoogerkamp and Ivan Gonzalez of Chiriqui Media Factory donated the design and launch of our new site and we are very grateful for their skill and expertise. Besides the new look, we are pleased to announce the addition of a new feature that allows our donors to select a recurring monthly payment Pay Pal donation. Please remember that an annual $30 monthly donation insures one of our families the supplemental food they need for a year.
Thank you Germaine and Richard Sturtz
Our tireless volunteers organized and conducted a multi-donor rummage sale from the home of Germaine and Richard Sturtz in Las Brisas this last month. Proceeds from their and other BVB volunteers’ hard work created enough support to sponsor three families this next year! Job well-done!
Greet the BVB Volunteers this Saturday
On Saturday April 14th, come say “Hi” to our “ladies in blue” who will be collecting non-perishable food and cash donations in front of the Boquete Romero’s Super Market from 9 am to 1 pm. These donations will help supplement our clients’ monthly food basket. Our clients represent the elderly, and single moms who lack family support, as well as handicapped individuals and their families.
A Multi-Charity Venta de Patio in Potrerillos April 21st
Don't miss the 4 charity Venta de Patio sale taking place in the basketball court in Potrerillos Arriba. We will have for sale clothes, kitchenware, household item, baked goods and many more items.
The sale will take place Saturday, April 21 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.
This exciting event is sponsored by Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, Fundacion Pro-Integracion, Boquete Rotary Club and Boquete Knitters and Quilters.
Coming from Boquete there is a Terpel station before you reach Dolega. Turn right at the station. You will see a sign for Potrerillos. Go straight toward Baru mountain on the road. There will be a fork in the road where you will see a small restaurant and a gas station. Stay to the right. Keep going straight and you will see a basketball court on your left right before you reach the town.
We hope to see you there!!
Family of the Month
Up in the mountainous rural area, where sugar cane fields and vegetable gardens grow, live the hardy people who live off their machete and harvesting skills. Edilberto, twelve, and Jon, almost two, belong to a family like this. They, their four brothers and parents live in a zinc and bamboo house poised near the ridge of a canyon.
Edilberto looks up to his two older brothers, Adrian, fifteen, and Jean-Carlos, thirteen, because they can help their dad harvest sugar cane, tomatoes and chayote when they are not in school. Edilberto cannot perform these chores because he has juvenile arthritis which limits his mobility and requires frequent visits to the local clinic for medicine to ease his pain.
So Edilberto is left at home to care for his three younger brothers, Joel, five, Abigal, three, and Jon, whenever their mom is needed to help harvest, or to walk down into the village for groceries. Her outdoor wood cook-stove is constantly going to provide meals for this hungry family.
Mom, Elena, tells us that she is proud of her boys. They are healthy and happy, and they are getting better school grades each year.
If you would like to help Ediberto and Jon and their family, or families like this, please consider a donation to Buenos Vecinos de Boquete today.
How to help?
If you would like to help our clients and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, we would appreciate your donation of any size. It is important for you to know that we are a small all-volunteer force with no administrative or overhead costs. Every dollar of your donation goes to the purchase or storage of food for our clients.Buenos Vecinos de Boquete's wholesale purchase power enables us to furnish our clients more food than they could purchase on their own in the store with the same amount of money.
When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), you will become a Coconut Foundation member as an acknowledgment of your concern and generosity.Donate Online: We use PayPal for easy and secure transactions.
If you prefer to donate by cash or local check, please contact Louise Orrpanamaleo@gmail.com for arrangements.
Thank you!
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Spring Cleaning Time!
Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, a local food charity, is looking for your donations of items you no longer want. We are having a huge patio sale on April 21, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm in the Potrerilos Arriba basketball court. Fundacion Pro-Intergracion, Boquete Rotary Club and Boquete Knitters and Quilters are also participating in this patio sale.To donate items to Buenos Vecinos de Boquete in the Boquete area you can contact Molly either by a WhatsApp message at 6742-4872 or email her at mollyctraynor@gmail.com. For donations in the Potrerillos area call or send a WhatsApp message to Carmen: 6670-4940 or email her at carmenbotero@yahoo.com -
Save the Date!!Don't miss the 4 charity Venta de Patio sale taking place in the basketball court in Potrerillos Arriba. We will have for sale clothes, kitchenware, household item, baked goods and many more items.The sale will take place Saturday, April 21 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.This exciting event is sponsored by Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, Fundacion Pro-Integracion (Handicap Foundation), Boquete Rotary Club and Boquete Knitters and Quilters.Coming from Boquete there is a Terpel station before you reach Dolega. Turn right at the station. Youwillsee a sign for Potrerillos. Go straight toward Baru mountain on the road. There will be a fork in the road where you will see a small restaurant and a gas station. Stay to the right. Keep going straight and you will see a basketball court on your left right before you reach the town.We hope to see you there!!
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Stop by Romero in Boquete between 9 AM and 1 PM on Saturday, April 14, to support Buenos Vecinos de Boquete during our upcoming Food Drive. Our locally-based effort assists needy community families with monthly, non-perishable food supplies. We will have samples of what you can buy at Romero to aid our work, and of course, financial assistance is always appreciated. Shop for food that you (and we) need, and meet members of our team!See below a photo of the food our clients receive each month:
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This item has been sold.
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Beautiful mosaic decorator bowl is for sale.
The price is $25.
Proceeds go to Buenos Vecinos de Boquete
If interested call Germaine: 6789-9410
Para español llamar a Carmen 6670-494
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Garage SaleMulti donor venta de patio to benefit Buenos Vecinos de Boquete.WHEN: Saturday, March 24th Starting at 9:00 a.m.WHERE: Las Brisas Boquetenas, Alto BoqueteAfter you enter the subdivision follow the signs
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Buenos Vecinos de Boquete has a new updated and easier to navigate website. We are grateful to Gijs Hoogerkamp and Ivan Gonzalez of Chiriqui Media Factory for generously donating their time and talents to create a new website for us.We also have a new and improved Paypal donation button for online donations.Donors will now be able to make easy automatic monthly payments.
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Meet Abraham and His Family
In the Volcancito area, Abraham and his wife Felicidata raise a large family with kids ranging from eighteen to three years old. Abraham works as a maintenance man at a nearby business, and Felicidata handles the domestic work of this big family. The older children attend school, and get good grades they proudly tell me!
Felicidata admits that with eight children, not all of them favor the nutritious Manna pack provided by Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, but that most of them enjoy it, and she believes the product contributes to the overall good health of her family. The other food items contributed by Buenos Vecinos are eagerly anticipated each month.Pictured in the photo are Abraham and Felicidata and their children: Daira (18), Edgar and Belisario (13 and 12), the twins Marzuela and Macario (11), Rene (9), sweet little Christina (7) and baby Abraham, a growing 3 year old.If you would like to help families like this and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, your financial support would be most appreciated.
DONATE ONLINE: http://www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com/how-you-can-help
We use PayPal for easy and secure transactions.
IF YOU PREFER TO DONATE BY CASH, Please contact Louise Orr (panamaleo@gmail.com) for arrangements.
When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), your name will be added to our “Coconut Foundation” as an acknowledgement of your concern and generosity.
Buenos Vecinos de Boquete’s wholesale purchase power enables us to furnish our clients more food than they could purchase on their own in the store with the same amount of money.Thank you!
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Manna Pack Rice Supplement, the “Golden Nugget” in BVB’s Monthly BasketClick on the link below to view this short video and find out why Manna Pack is a “super food”. Buenos Vecinos de Boquete has been receiving this rice product donated by Phillip McGuigan through his Amigos de Boquete Foundation for several years now. Manna Pack is a nutritional dehydrated rice and vegetable product that supplies much-needed nutrition to the children, elderly and handicapped clients we serve.
The members of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete and our clients are grateful for this healthy addition to our monthly food supply that we deliver. Thank you Phil McGuigan and Amigos de Boquete for your support!
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Buenos Vecinos de Boquete Newsletter February 2018
The Boquete Has Heart Event is a Great Success
Buenos Vecinos and Amigos de Animales were the big winners at the Casino Night fund-raising event sponsored by Boquete Has Heart. BVB raised enough money to support ten of its existing client families for another year, and AADAB raised enough funds to help spay and neuter hundreds more animals in the Boquete area. Thanks go to the attendees who filled the Animales Event Center and to our generous donors who gave us over fifty fabulous silent and live auction items. If you were not there, you missed a chance to win exciting tours and getaways to destinations all over the world including Spain and Bonaire, fun adventure packages including a sports fishing day tour, hotel and restaurant certificates, catered parties, offers for health and beauty services, valuable memberships and original artwork and crafts.
Manna Pack Rice Supplement, the “Golden Nugget” in BVB’s Monthly Basket
Click on the link to this short video to see why Manna Pack is a “super food”. Donated to BVB by Phillip McGuigan through his Amigos de Boquete Foundation, this nutritional dehydrated rice and vegetable product is supplying much-needed nutrition to children, elderly and handicapped clients. VIDEO HERE
Ana's family enjoys the sleeping mats, made from plastic bags, by "The Bag Ladies".
Best Wishes to Karen Hill
Karen Hill, long-time and valuable member of Buenos Vecinos leaves us this week to begin her next adventure in Bend, Oregon. We will miss her warm smile and her remarkable dedication to helping build the BVB organization and make it run more effectively. Karen has also played a pivotal part in the Boquete Health and Hospice organization where she has helped develop many important programs. She and Craig will leave a void in the Boquete community, as well. Farewell and thank you, Amiga!
Family of the Month Update2013 2017
Here’s an update on Aida’s family who were featured in one of BVB’s first newsletters in 2013.
Five years ago, Aida, then 65 years old, was caring for her two grandchildren Danila, then 11, and Davis, then 9 years old, after their mother died. Aida also took on the responsibility for three great grandchildren Yorlanis 4, Cyndil 5, and Santiago who was 3 years old. Aida made a home for them in her cinder block house located in a mountain village above Potrerillos. The outdoor kitchen featured a wood-burning cooking area and, with all those mouths to feed, the kitchen was in continuous operation! When Buenos Vecinos started making food deliveries, Aida was especially grateful, since she was not yet eligible to receive the $100 government stipend for Panamanian residents who are 70 years or older.
Aida now receives that stipend and it helps, but five growing children eat a lot of food! Aida’s health is deteriorating and her energy is flagging, but she is determined that all of her charges are attending school and achieving good grades. During the summer, the two oldest boys work at a trapiche (sugar mill) making sugar blocks from sugar cane juice. With only this limited income and her pension, the amenities and the challenges of daily living have not changed very much for Aida’s family. However, Buenos Vecinos has watched this family grow stronger and more energetic year by year. Good nutrition and Aida’s unwavering love and care for this family are the key ingredients that make it all work.
How to help?
If you would like to help our clients and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, we would appreciate your donation of any size. It is important for you to know that we are a small all-volunteer force with no administrative or overhead costs. Every dollar of your donation goes to the purchase or storage of food for our clients.Buenos Vecinos de Boquete's wholesale purchase power enables us to furnish our clients more food than they could purchase on their own in the store with the same amount of money.
When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), you will become a Coconut Foundation member as an acknowledgment of your concern and generosity.Donate Online: http://www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com/how-you-can-help We use PayPal for easy and secure transactions.
If you prefer to donate by cash or local check, please contact Louise Orr panamaleo@gmail.com for arrangements.
Thank you!
Like and Share our BVB Face Book Page
Learn more and see additional photos at our Face Book page Buenos Vecinos de Boquete. Please Like our page and Share the contents with your friends and families.
To learn more about Buenos Vecinos visit our website at www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com
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You won't want to miss out on bidding for the amazing silent and live auction items!!!
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Bring lots of cash!!
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Be sure to get your tickets soon for Boquete's big charity event!
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We hope to see you at Casino Night on January 13th at the Amigos de Animales Event Center!!
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Buenos Vecinos de Boquete Newsletter October 2018.
Save the Date for Casino Night 2019
Boquete Has Heart is happy to announce that Buenos Vecinos de Boquete and Amigos de Animales de Boquete will once again be joining together to sponsor Casino Night. Scheduled for the evening of Saturday February 9th at the Animales Event Center, this fun event will feature casino-style games and a silent auction. Mark your calendars (including your new 2019 Animales calendar) and plan to join us for this highly-anticipated evening.
BVB Bake Sale at the Health Fair
On October 14th BVB conducted a bake sale at Boquete Health and Hospice’s second annual Health Fair at the Boquete Fairgrounds. Not even rainy weather could dampen the spirits of health-providers and vendors or the enthusiastic crowds who enjoyed the demonstrations, mini-seminars and free health screenings. Buenos Vecinos volunteers and supporters sold enough baked goods and sandwiches to sponsor a needy family for a whole year. Thanks to Boquete Health and Hospice for their gracious invitation to participate in this important event.
Family of the Month - Meet Yeisel and her Family
Yeisel, eleven years old, lives with her parents and four siblings in a modest house on the coffee farm where her father works. Last year she suffered a serious accident. The damage to her spine affected her mobility and now, even though she can walk, her gait is uneven and she must soon undergo surgery and fittings for a brace. Although her once-a-week physical therapy session is provided at no cost to the family, they are still responsible for the expenses of transportation and medicine. Pictured here are Yeisel, her younger brother Sebastian, her little sister Keisel, and her mother Norissa. Norissa expressed her gratitude for the help and support from FPI (The Handicap Center) and for the monthly bags of food from Buenos Vecinos.
If you would like to help our clients and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, we would appreciate your donation of any size. It is important for you to know that we are a small all-volunteer force with no administrative or overhead costs. Every dollar of your donation goes to the purchase or storage of food for our clients.
When you make that important decision to help feed the less fortunate in our community, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. When you donate $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte), you will become a Coconut Foundation member as an acknowledgment of your concern and generosity.
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If you prefer to donate by cash or local check, please contact Louise Orr panamaleo@gmail.com for arrangements.