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Hello All - We have to cancel trivia for this week due to the feria. We will play again on Jan 30. Have a great week!

Hola hola! Is it too late to say Happy New Year? Well, I wish all of you the best for 2024 and nothing but good health and happiness! Just a reminder that thought the fair has started we are open on Tuesday and we will be waiting for you between 9-12. See you soon! Greetings of all vendors of The Tuesday Market

Hello, AND IT'S HAPPENING SATURDAY! Take the opportunity to enjoy some amazing arts and crafts tomorrow, away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Boquete. We have plenty of easy parking, refreshments and most importantly, we will have some amazing, handcrafted items for sale by 35 vendors. Join us on Saturday, January 13 from 11:30-4. Entry is $5 at the Amigos de Animales Boquete Panama building in Alto Boquete, across from Ivan's. Thank you for your support! Amigos de Animales ------ Hola, ¡Y ESTÁ PASANDO SABADO! Aproveche la oportunidad de disfrutar mañana de increíbles artesanías, lejos del ajetreo y el bullicio del centro de Boquete. Contamos con estacionamiento fácil, refrigerios y, lo más importante, tendremos a la venta algunos artículos increíbles hechos a mano a la venta por 35 proveedores. Únase a nosotros el sábado 13 de enero de 11:30 a 4. La entrada cuesta $5 en el edificio Amigos de Animales Boquete Panamá en Alto Boquete, frente a Ivan's. ¡Gracias por tu apoyo! Amigos de Animales

En búsqueda de colores exquisitos, formas y texturas que reflejan la grandeza de Dios, el pintor de realismo y vida silvestre Álvaro Miranda, nos presenta su nueva exhibición, Libertad. Una experiencia única, donde se pueden apreciar técnicas diversas, ilusiones de texturas, y una paleta de colores cautivante. Acompáñenos en el salón de eventos de la Fundación Biblioteca de Boquete, el día 12 de enero a las 3:00 p.m. ¡Les extendemos una cordial invitación! ********************* In search of exquisite colors, shapes, and textures that reflect the greatness of God, the realism and wildlife painter, Alvaro Miranda, brings to us his new exhibition: Freedom, a unique experience, where you can appreciate diverse techniques, illusions of texture, and a captivating color palette. Join us in the event room at Boquete’s Library Foundation, on January 12th, 2024 at 3:00 P.M. We hope to see you there!

Hello! Anasveggies.com is open for preorders. Your order will be ready for pick up next Tuesday Market at Tap Out from 9-12. Thank you!

Greetings to the Boquete Community from Milky Way Creamery!

View this email in your browser Monthly Meeting Wednesday Jan 10th 10-11am Animales Event Center & Zoom We are all volunteers and sometimes we forget or don't communicate well. This important meeting will be held in person and via zoom. Please join us for this important meeting! Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81495093832?pwd=ays4ZFVONERwMjV1WUpaOXpqdWpDZz09 Meeting ID: 814 9509 3832 Passcode: 338896 Join Zoom Meeting Directions to Animales Annual Meeting This will be different from our usual meetings! The Council will vote to confirm the new slate of officers, and Dr. Rod Gottula and Dave Nichols will be soliciting suggestions from the public as to where we should focus our energies. Are you passionate about delivering hospice and palliative care in Panama? Do you have ideas for how BHH can improve our services and reach more people in need? This will be a great opportunity to share your thoughts. We'll be putting our current services under the microscope and discussing how we can make them more organized and efficient. Our Community Outreach group has been making a big push to get the word out to the Panamanian community about our services—how can we better those efforts? There also appears to be a new emphasis in Chiriquí to improve the province's palliative care system. How can we collaborate with others to maximize the services available to the local community? We'll also take a broader look to the future as we develop our three-year plan. What services do we want to keep providing? Are there any we wish to discontinue? Do we want to develop any NEW programs? Your input is invaluable to us, so please come and share your ideas. If you cannot attend in person or via Zoom, feel free to send your thoughts directly to our president at rodgottula@gmail.com. If received in time, they will be included in the meeting discussion. Together, we can chart a future for BHH that benefits everyone in our community. Thanks to all of you for your dedication to BHH, and we hope to see you at the January meeting! Our mailing address is: Alto Boquete, info@boquetehealth.org

Please join us for our monthly general meeting next Wednesday, January 10th, from 10-11 am at the Amigos de Animales Event Center in Alto Boquete. This will be different from our usual meetings! The Council will vote to confirm the new slate of officers, and Dr. Rod Gottula and Dave Nichols will be soliciting suggestions from the public as to where we should focus our energies. Are you passionate about delivering hospice and palliative care in Panama? Do you have ideas for how BHH can improve our services and reach more people in need? This will be a great opportunity to share your thoughts. We'll be putting our current services under the microscope and discussing how we can make them more organized and efficient. Our Community Outreach group has been making a big push to get the word out to the Panamanian community about our services—how can we better those efforts? There also appears to be a new emphasis in Chiriquí to improve the province's palliative care system. How can we collaborate with others to maximize the services available to the local community? We'll also take a broader look to the future as we develop our three-year plan. What services do we want to keep providing? Are there any we wish to discontinue? Do we want to develop any NEW programs? Your input is invaluable to us, so please come and share your ideas. If you cannot attend in person or via Zoom, feel free to send your thoughts directly to our president at rodgottula@gmail.com. If received in time, they will be included in the meeting discussion. Together, we can chart a future for BHH that benefits everyone in our community. Thanks to all of you for your dedication to BHH, and we hope to see you at the January meeting!

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Still some spots available for next week's CPR Training! Sign up today! Learn to save a life and help a family member, friend, or neighbor in an emergency by attending CPR training at BHH. This free class will be held Wednesday, January 10th at the Amigos de Animales Event Center in Alto Boquete. It will start at 11:30 am following our general meeting and last about an hour. During the training, our amazing instructors teach participants hands-on CPR chest compressions (no mouth-to-mouth), as well as the Heimlich maneuver for airway obstruction. This is a non-certified course. Preregistration is required and class size is limited to sixteen. Please register for the January 10 workshop by emailing CPR@boquetehealth.org or clicking the button below. Although this training is free, your donations to support our work are always gratefully accepted. https://www.boquetehealthandhospice.org/cpr.html

Reprinted from Newsroom Panama Final preparations for Boquete Flower and Coffee Fair Details are being finalized for what will be the new version of the Boquete Flower and Coffee Fair, which will open on Thursday, January 11. The directors of the fair board said that there will be many attractions of a cultural, folkloric, artistic and artisanal nature. The president of the board said that they are conservative in the number of people they expect to receive, but they estimate that it will be around those who came last year, about 180 thousand people. He added that on January 10 there will be an inspection by firefighters of the premises that use gas for cooking. Guests from El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Chile will participate in the fair. This event opens the calendar of fairs nationwide and will run until January 21 in the tourism sector of Boquete in Chiriquí. The La Chorrera International Fair will also take place in January.

Dear Boquete Weather Watchers: I posted the weather data for December 2023 at the website Climate Section and a new Boquete Weather Watcher Update No.177 at this link. The update discusses the Boquete weather for December 2023 and the year. Lloyd Cripe www.boqueteweather.com

Learning Spanish can be Fun with me! Hi! My name is Judy Tovar. I am a bilingual Panamanian, and I have been giving Spanish classes in the Boquete area for more than 3 years. I am now also offering personalized Spanish tutoring/Conversational Spanish classes “via Zoom”. I will customize your Spanish classes to whatever level you need, from beginners to Conversational level. During our time together we will speak in Spanish as much as possible. This way you will feel more comfortable speaking our native language. My classes are intense, but fun! We meet once a week (or more if you desire) via Zoom. NOTE: I have a couple of “in-person classes” available in the Boquete area. ADDITIONAL NOTE: If you desire to speak to some of my current or previous clients, please let me know. I am happy to share references with you. How you can contact me: whatsapp: 6617-4122 e-mail: easytravelpanama01@gmail.com

Group Meditation Classes- Exploring the Science & Psychology of Meditation for the Wholeness & Well-being of Mind & Body. Each session we will listen to a single teaching of Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach or Joe Dispenza. Followed by a group discussion, Ending with a meditation for the teaching. Anticipated total time of each session- 60-90 minutes. Group Organizer- Suzanna Clare, M.A., with a BA in Religious Studies and a M.A in Rehabilitation Counseling. A student of Psychology and Buddhist studies for 40+ years. Also a Certified Yoga & Pilates Instructor, a student & instructor of Somatic Movement and a former Lic. Massage Therapist in Florida, Certified to perform the 10 step Protocol of the Upledger CranioSacral Therapy System. To know more, go to Suzanna's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/susan.clare.75 and inquire at the email address below. *Note-"The teachings we will listen to are those I paid for & not ones that are offered for free on YouTube. A donation of $10 is requested. and 4 consecutive sessions may be purchased for $30. To become acquainted with any or all of these meditation teachers you can go to YouTube for their free public teachings" Weekly Group Meditation sessions begin Monday January 16th at 1:30 p.m., in a home south of Ivan's in Alto Boquete. Group size limited to 6 persons per session. To register email Suzanna at suzeclare@gmail.com "And do know email is my sole source of communication." Looking forward to meeting and meditating with You. Soon. Gracias!- Suzanna

Nathalie will be one of the 5 new cat feeding stations Kirsten Cares For Cats will take on in 2024. There are 20 cats but they do not belong to Nathalie. They belong to someone else that started with a couple of cats but due to not sterilizing there are now the 20 cats and these cats are hungry and going to Nathalie's house looking for food. This is how a cat feeding station begins. The 5 new cat feeding stations will add 60 cats to the more than 200 cats we already feed at the 15 established feeding stations. I am asking if you can sponsor or donate a monthly bag of food. I need assistance to continue feeding hungry cats and sterilizing so we do not have more feeding stations added to the now 20 we begin with in the New Year 2024. I will gladly provide receipts or happily show you the cats receiving the food. I am also available for any questions. I am here for the sole purpose of helping the cats thus all donations go to caring for the cats. Thank you. Kirsten Quimby zoeyquimby@gmail.com WhatsApp 6446-2794 PayPal https://paypal.me/kirstenmiaquimby Please contact me for Panamanian bank details.

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STUDIO at THE HAVEN WELLNESS RESORT & SPA The Studio is the premier location in Boquete for Yoga, Exercise & Wellness. You may find detailed information on our website: https://studiohavenboquete.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WEEKLY CLASS SCHEDULE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MONDAY 8:00 am --- Power Yoga w/ Alejandra* 9:30 am --- Gentle Yoga w/ Joy 10:40 am --- Guided Meditation (45 min) w/ Joy 12:30 pm --- Dance For You w/ Rhonda & Seth TUESDAY 8:00 am --- Yoga Fit w/ Joy 9:30 am --- Gentle Yoga w/ Joy 11:00 am --- Slow Flow Yoga w/ Marlyn 12:30 pm --- Tai Chi & Chi Gong w/ Kevin WEDNESDAY 8:00 am --- Qi-Gong Therapeutics w/ Mounir 9:30 am --- Gentle Yoga w/ Joy 11:00 am --- Strong Vinyasa Yoga w/ Suzanne 12:30 pm --- Dance For You w/ Rhonda & Seth 2:00 pm --- Chair Yoga w/ Joy 4:00 pm --- Vinyasa/Hatha Yoga w/ Marlyn** THURSDAY 8:00 am --- Power Yoga w/ Alejandra* 9:30 am --- Gentle Yoga w/ Joy 11:00 am --- Slow Flow Yoga w/ Alejandra 12:30 pm --- Tai Chi & Chi Gong w/ Kevin 4:00 pm --- Yin Yoga w/ Tania FRIDAY 8:00 am --- Yoga Sculpt w/ Suzanne 9:30 am --- Gentle Yoga w/ Joy 10:40 am --- Guided Meditation (45 min) w/ Joy 12:30 pm --- Dance For You w/ Rhonda & Seth SATURDAY 9:30 am --- Yin Yoga w/ Tania 11:00 am --- Strength & Balance Yoga w/ Joy SUNDAY 10:00 am --- Qi-Gong Therapeutics w/ Mounir All Weekly Classes are 60 minutes, with the exception of the Guided Meditation. * Power Yoga w/ Alejandra begins on Jan 22; ** Vinyasa/Hatha w/ Marlyn begins on Feb 6. Weekly Class Prices: $10 Resident; $12 Visitor Residents may buy in bulk to save (5-classes $40; 10-classes $75) Haven Members receive additional discounts. 45-minute Guided Meditation: $5.00 UPCOMING WORKSHOP: FOAM ROLLING w/ Kristina Long January 20, Saturday 12:30 - 2:30 PM, Price: $25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE STUDIO is in The Haven Wellness Resort & Spa, in Bajo Boquete. https://studiohavenboquete.com Thank you for your interest! Follow us on FaceBook & Instagram to stay connected. Any questions? Reply to this email. Joy 🙂

  What are your values? Dear Animal Lover, There are only 2 days left to reach our $20,000 goal. Help us help the school children sterilize their animals! As we approach the end of the year, we would like to express our gratitude for your continued support of Amigos de Animales. Your generosity has enabled us to make a significant impact in the lives of animals in our community. We are excited to share with you that we are raising funds to conduct sterilization clinics in five schools in the Boquete area. Our Education Outreach team has been visiting rural elementary schools to work with students and teachers on how to love and care for their pets and the benefits of sterilization. During one of these visits, we were inspired by teacher Eric’s project in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classroom at El Frances Arriba school. This is a small rural school of 66 students. Teacher Eric took one of the books we had donated entitled Valores (or Values in English) and taught a complete project around the book. The students made placards to display around the entrance of the school, and Teacher Eric was excited to show us how he had been inspired by our books. We are thrilled to see the impact our donations have had on the students and teachers in the community. With your help, we can continue to inspire these values and make a difference in the lives of animals and people in our community. Our goal is to sterilize at least 100 animals for free at each of these schools in 2024. This will prevent hundreds of unwanted births and reduce greatly the potential suffering of both animals and their owners. The cost to sterilize each animal is $40.00, and our goal is to raise $20,000.00 to cover the costs of equipment, supplies, transportation, and veterinary staff for these clinics. We've raised $12,230 toward our goal. That gets us into 3 schools (100 animals at $40 each). Please help us get into 5 schools. Only $8,000 more and we can do it! Together, we can make a difference in so many ways! You can donate by clicking on the following link: I WANT TO HELP With heartfelt gratitude, Ruby McKenzie, Founder Leslie Sherling, President Amigos de Animales Boquete $40 per month will help sterilize 1 animal   Amigos De Animales, Inc. 2733 Oak Ridge Ct Ste 104 Fort Myers, FL 33901 Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser Unsubscribe Si prefiere recibir los correos electrónicos en español, haga clic aquí.  

Come join us to enjoy realistic colorful paintings of Panama’s most beautiful birds, flowers, and more! This is Álvaro Miranda's 3rd art exhibition at the Biblioteca de Boquete! Ven y acompañanos a disfrutar de obras de arte realistas y coloridas de las aves más hermosas de Panama, flores, y más!

As you may know, we offer a service at the Tuesday Market for mail to be carried to USA by volunteers. If you are flying to USA and are willing to help your fellow expats by taking some envelopes we would love to hear from you. We only accept flat envelopes. During the Flower and Coffee Festival we collect mail at the Library on Thursday mornings, so if you would be able to stop by the Library one Thursday between 11:30 and 12:00 and pick them up, please let us know on mail@eventsboquete.org Thank you for your support.

Please note the arrangements for mail to the USA during the Flower and Coffee Feria in January

Happy New Year Special Finally finish December and we have a Special Massage for you. This is the treatment most requested in the year by clients. 4 hands Special Relaxing massage 50 minutes.$50.00 Full body. Valid only for one day, Friday, December 29. We are located at Hotel Santuario logde in Alto Lino, Santuario, before to Bambuda Castle. Reservation message 6287-4633 Hericka Vanegas and Yoli Villarreal yours Masseuse Therapeutic massage