Buenos Vecinos de Boquete

It's that time of year again..... Thursday March 31, 2016 The Fifth Annual "Mamma Mia" Ladies Night Out To benefit Buenos Vecinos de Boquete We will be watching the film "Mamma Mia" while we dance and sing along to those great ABBA hits that we love so much. (The words to the songs will scroll at the bottom of the screen for those like me who are lyrically impaired). We will have 2 screens. I have timed each song so I know which songs will be the best to dance to. This is a ladies only event so you are encouraged to use your creativity and to wear outrageous costumes to properly promote the silly factor. Door prize for best costume. This is an opportunity for women to engage in fun, nonsense and general foolishness. WHEN: Thursday March 31, 2016. The social hour is from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. "Mamma Mia" starts at7:00 and runs until 9:00 PM. If a cab is dropping you off tell them to return for you at 9:00 PM. WHERE: At the home of Germaine Sturtz #72 Brisas Boquetenas. Directional signage will be on the light posts inside Brisas Boquetenas. Our subdivision is 6 miles or 10 km south of Boquete. COST: A $10 donation to Buenos Vecinos de Boquete will be collected at the door. One hundred percent of your donations will go to feed the needy, elderly and handicapped in our surrounding community. PLEASE B.Y.O.B. and I will supply the mixes, ice, glasses and napkins. The wonderful ladies of Buenos Vecinos will be supplying delicious appetizers. All the attendees who bring one or more friends will be given a ticket for a special door prize. So call all your girlfriends and join us in an evening of supreme enjoyment.

Support Buenos Vecinos de Boquete in February! Buenos Vecinos continues to need your support. This small volunteer force channels every dollar received to the wholesale purchase of food, and then packs it and distributes it to more than one hundred of the neediest families in the community. Some of the faces of our food recipients are: A young single mom with two toddlers, one with a severe cleft palate and asthma A family of seven living in a bamboo hut with no electricity A grandmother caring for her deceased daughter’s children and other family youngsters An older partially-blind man living alone in the woods cooking on an outdoor stove An elderly woman caring for her middle-aged mentally-handicapped daughter Our clients are particularly needy. Please help! www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com Family of the Month February Three years ago Albert was paralyzed from the waist down after a crushing fall on a job site. He lives in Boquete with his wife, Diosalinda and their 7 children, ages 4 to 21, in a 10 x 20 foot wood cabin without electricity. Click here to read more..........If you would like to sponsor this family, Click HERE to donate now We have a winner Tom and Tracey Bridges are the lucky winners of our quilt raffle. Buenos Vecinos raffled a beautiful quilt made by Sylvette Day and Johnnie Fernandez. This raffle raised a considerable amount of money for our food charity. Congrats to Tom and Tracey and their ‘fur baby’ Zoë. How to Donate? If you want to make a difference today by putting food on the table of a hungry local family. Click HERE to donate now Every donation makes a difference. Jewelry Benefits Buenos Vecinos Local artist, Germaine Sturtz, has created these lovely necklaces and is selling them for $10 each. The proceeds will be donated to Buenos Vecinos de Boquete. You can email Germain at panamarichard @gmail.com or call her at 6789-9410. Copyright © 2015 , All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: buenosvecinos79@gmail.com , ,

Sponsor a Family February 2016 PLEASE SPONSOR ALBERTO'S FAMILY Meet and please help Alberto's handsome family! Three years ago, at the age of 40, Alberto suffered complete paralysis from the waist down after a crushing fall on a job site. He and his wife, Diosalinda, live in Boquete with their seven children, aged from 4 to 21. The oldest boy works in a local restaurant to help support the family. They have no electricity; hand-carry water for household needs, and live in a 10 by 20 foot wooden cabin. Alberto has fair English language skills, having worked for expats, and will be interpreting at the upcoming eye clinic for local Panamanians and indigenous, sponsored by The Rotary Club. This proud, hard-working man's relatively prosperous large family is now reduced to limited means. Alberto receives assistance from Fundacion Pro Integracion (The Handicapped Center) with his transportation and physical therapy needs. He is an appreciative participant in their programs. If you would like to sponsor this family, and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, your financial support would be most appreciated. TO SPONSOR other families like this: 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 sponsor-a-family, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. Your contribution of $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte) goes a long way. 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 sponsor-a-family for a year ($360), your name will be added to our “Coconut Foundation” as an acknowledgement of your concern and generosity.

Local artist, Germaine Sturtz, has created these lovely Valentine necklaces and is selling them for $10 each. The proceeds will be donated to Buenos Vecinos de Boquete. You can email Germain at panamarichard@gmail.com or call her at 6789-9410.

Happy New Year from Buenos Vecinos de Boquete! Best wishes for the New Year 2016 from the Buenos Vecinos de Boquete team of volunteers! As we begin another year of work providing food to the needy, we hope that you will remain mindful of the less-fortunate among us in our lovely Panamanian mountain environs. It often appears that world events are tragic and overwhelming; that we have no control over these situations. But, in fact, we do have the power to change lives right here in Boquete. The BVB food program is well-established, efficient, and effective. Join us in this New Year with your financial help; allowing us to continue making that positive change in our own community. Thank You. Louise Orr and Gail Cody Co-Chairs, Buenos Vecinos de Boquete www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com Family of the month January This 45 year old woman is caring for her 7 grandchildren, ages 2 to 10, abandoned by both parents. The oldest three children go to school.The family lives in a one room cement and tin structure in the hills above BoqueteClick here to read more.......... If you would like to sponsor this family, Click HERE to donate now N&N Catering "Big supporters of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, N&N Catering has made significant financial contributions to our effort with a portion of their proceeds from their wildly-popular catering business going to our charity. N&N cook with generous hearts to better our community. Thanks to you, Nancy Halbert and Nairn Cutten.... Hats off to the Chefs!" For more info nancy.halbert1@gmail.com How to Donate? If you want to make a difference today by putting food on the table of a local family. Click HERE to donate nowEvery donation makes a difference. Very happy woman with her new hospital bed. In the last days of 2015 we were able to install a brand new bed thanks to the generous gift of Tom and Darlene Lindholm and Gijs and Hanny and some anonymous angels. She now can not only be cared for in comfort but she can also look out of the window. Copyright © 2015 , All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: buenosvecinos79@gmail.com

Sponsor a Family January 2016 PLEASE SPONSOR ANA'S FAMILY Your financial assistance will help Buenos Vecinos de Boquete provide food for Ana and her grandchildren. Recently, this 45 year old woman was left with seven children abandoned by their mother, Ana's daughter. The kids' father left the family some time ago. The children range in age from 2 to 10. The oldest three children go to school. The entire household lives in a one room cement and tin structure in the hills above Boquete. There is no electricity; water comes from an outdoor tap. It appears that before the intervention of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, Ana was asking for food handouts from her equally impoverished neighbors. If you would like to sponsor this family, and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, your financial support would be most appreciated. TO SPONSOR other families like this: 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 sponsor-a-family, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. Your contribution of $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte) goes a long way. 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 sponsor-a-family for a year ($360), your name will be added to our “Coconut Foundation” as an acknowledgement of your concern and generosity.

Please join us for the second annual community concert at Abundant Life Outreach Center. The children of our Buenos Vecinos families will be the recipients of the gifts given at the concert. They were very appreciative of the gifts they received last year.

Buenos Vecinos de Boquete is having our once a year venta de patio this Sunday, December 6, at the Chiriqui Storage Flea Market. The market is located at Chiriqui Storage 1.5 km north of the Terpel gas station in Dolega on the East side of the David-Boquete Road.The gates open at 10 am. We have clothing, household items, home decor items and much more! Come and support our organization. We supply basic non-perishable food items monthly to 107 families. As always, all proceeds are used to purchase foods for our clients.

Local artist Germaine Sturtz has resided in Alto Boquete and been a member of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete for the last eight years. In an effort to raise money for this worthy cause she has turned her talents to the design and creation of mirrors framed with seashells. In addition Germaine has created jeweled tableaus designed to stimulate the observers imagination. Both mirrors and jeweled tableaus can be purchased at Casa Decora in Alto Boquete. Proceeds from the sales go to Buenos Vecinos de Boquete. The plates and mirrors are for sale at Casa Decor. The owner is Patsi Phillips and her phone number is 6674-1721. She would be able to answer any questions about the items for sale.

Sponsor-a-Family November 2015 PLEASE SPONSOR ESTER'S FAMILY Ester is a single mother struggling to raise her five sons: from left to right is Fredy age 6, little Esequil age 1, Arnold age 3, Erik and Eduardo ages 9 and 12. They live in extremely poor conditions, but Ester makes sure her two oldest boys attend school. On this day, Erik and Eduardo were back from their school day, and all quickly changed into their best clothes for the photo, as they happily accepted their BVB bag of food items.We would like to thank this month's BVB Corporate Sponsor, Sugar and Spice. Not only did this popular bakery/eatery donate a gift certificate to our Harvest Cook Off as a prize, but owner Richard Meyer ran an October/November promotion offering his customers delicious brownies or muffins in exchange for donated canned goods to be used by Buenos Vecinos de Boquete. Thank you, Sugar and Spice! If you would like to sponsor this family, and the efforts of Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, your financial support would be most appreciated. TO SPONSOR other families like this: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 sponsor-a-family, you have truly become a “good neighbor”. Your contribution of $360 a year or $30 a month (about the cost of a daily latte) goes a long way. 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 sponsor-a-family for a year ($360), your name will be added to our “Coconut Foundation” as an acknowledgement of your concern and generosity.

Thank you Boquete for the recent successful Buenos Vecinos de Boquete Harvest Cook Off We want to thank the community for attending our Cook Off last weekend, Leslie King of Skate World for providing the venue, and the talented cooks who brought their delicious dishes and desserts. The benefit provided funds to continue BVB's efforts to address the issue of malnutrition in the neediest segment of our community. Special thanks to the following donors who provided terrific raffle prizes and gifts for our winning contestants: Tesoro Verde Panama Panama Red Rum El Oasis Organica Signor Gyros Sugar and Spice Casa Decor Mark Perren-Jones Isla Verde Spa Peterson Family Coffee Howling Success The Sandwich Shop Mike's Global Grill Bamboo Spa Palmira Gold Coffee Il Barrio Diyonas Designs (Dee Horn) Jewelry by Betsey Johnson Delicias Ely Thanks Everyone! Louise Orr Gail Cody Co-Chairs, Buenos Vecinos de Boquete www.buenosvecinosdeboquuete.com

What a deal! For a $10 donation to Buenos Vecinos you get to sample at least 4 different appetizers, 12 different main dishes and 5 desserts. Then YOU get to vote which great cook did the best!! There will be a cash bar $1 beer, $2 wine, $3 mix drink, $1 bottled water and sodas, free coffee Thanks to the cooks for donating time and dishes. Some prize donors are: Isla Verde Spa 1 hour full body massage with MarkPerren-Jones Organica $50 gift Certificate Il Barolo dinner for 2

There will be a Harvest Cook-Off at Skateworld, Friday October 30, 4 PM to 6 PM. The cook-off will feature 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes for entrants making hot dish/casseroles, appetizers and desserts. There will be a $10 entry fee to taste and vote. Advanced tickets will be on sale at MailBoxes, Etc and the Tuesday Market. All proceeds will be used to purchase food for over 100 families we give food to monthly.