Linda

                                                                                          Saturday, December 30, 2023

                                                                         is sponsoring it's annual Children’s Christmas Cookie Party
 
                                                                                    Event to be held at TapOut from 11am – 2pm

                                                   Volunteers wishing to help with baked cookies or fudge, crafts, and many other activities
                                                                                                                          Please contact

                                                                                  Edie Baxter           or             Linda Hart
                                                                     ediebaxter@gmail.com             lhart249@hotmail.com
                                                                                6760-9426                              6716-1151        

No entry fee.  Bring the family.  You can't win if you don't play.  Procedues go to Boquete's needy families, children, local Charities for dogs, cats and First Responders.  ACCB is a not for profit Association registered in Panama for 10 years.    Help us, help them!!!!!

                         Mort's Bakery is having a "COOKIES FOR CHILDREN CAMPAIGN"

From December 13th - December 19th Mortons Bakehouse will match every dollar you donate for the cookie drive for the kids in the Comarca.

ACCB is going back up to the Comarca to deliver food, clothing, blankets, baby clothes, dog food and school supplies on Friday September 24th.  We will be accepting last minute donations at Boquete Country Club entrance on Wednesday, September 22nd from 10-noon.  There will be someone there to take your donations unless you prefer to bring to the Boquete Country Club clubhouse yourself.

We deliver  these items to 750 children.  Please help us by donating.  Contact Linda at 6716-1151 or email  lhart249@hotmail.com.

   BINGO will be held on Wednesday, August 18th, THIS WEEK ONLY at LaPosada.   In 2 weeks it will return to is usual day, Tuesday.  Please pass the word to your friends, fellow Bingo players, and family.  We welcome families....kids love to play Bingo.  Proceeds go to help the needy families of Boquete, the children in the Comarcas and First Responders.

                               ACCB's 2^nd Duck (plastic) Race Fundraiser Fundraiser

This event is to benefit the Indigenous children in the Comarca. Food, clothing, school supplies, toys, and games will be distributed to 700+ underprivileged children. NO ENTRANCE FEE!!!

We need your help because these kids need ours.

Bring donations the day of the race: Used children and baby clothes, blankets, shoes, bags of rice and beans, toys, pencils, notebooks, some goodies and of course dry dog food.

Early betters will get to pick the number of their duck, name their duck, and pick their lucky color of the duck (blue, yellow or pink).

                              There will also be a 50/50 raffle.

TapOut Duck Race special: Hamburger special with Poutine, drink (beer or soda.......$7.00!

Duck race will start at 1:00pm. Each race will consist of 20 ducks per race at $10.00 each. Buy as many ducks as you want to increase your winning chances. First place winner of each race will win $50.00, 2^nd place gets to choose a homemade jar of chutney or homemade apple pie, 3^rd place will get whatever 2^nd place did not pick. FINAL race will be between the 1^st place winners for a cash payout of $100.00 to the winning duck. Winner gets to keep their lucky duck.

This is a family event. The kids will be games for the kids to win something. Live ducks for the kids to enjoy. If you missed the first event this year, you missed a great time. Don't miss this one!                                                                                                

Presented by ACCBoquete Events Committee. 

           Contact Linda Hart at lhart249@hotmail.com for more information.

After a long absence ACCBoquete is bringing Trivia is back!   We will be following MINSA regulations.  But it won't stop us from having fun again.  See you Tuesday, April 20th for the first night.

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                                              DON'T FORGET TONIGHT!

Wishing each of you a happy Easter and wanted to share with you some pictures of the Easter bags event.  A big thank you to everyone that helped make this possible.

First was the boiling of the eggs, thanks to Mort's Bakery:

                        then decorating the eggs:

Then the bagging of the Easter bags:

 Finally the ultimate goal of delivering the Easter bags, clothes and blankets to the kids and food to the dogs.  I do believe these kids remembered us from Christmas.  Also 100 Easter bags and eggs and some clothing went to Daniel Daves so he could add food from his farm to take up to other needy families and children.

This is what ACCBoquete is all about and you are a big part of it.

                                                             The ACCBoquete Officers and Planning Committee  

         ACCBoquete's Tuesday Night BINGO is tonight, March 30th, and will be held "every other" Tuesday at LaPosada Restaurant in the large back dining room.   Doors open at 5pm, Balls drop at 6pm, buy in is $15.00.  We also have a 50/50 raffle.  MINSA regulations will be followed.

Join us for an evening of fun. The money we collect goes to help Boquete's needy families and children and other charitable organizations.

We are accepting any old cell phones for the local school kids to use to attend school classes.

ACCBoquete presents Boquete's first annual duck race on Friday, March 19th at TapOut.  Several races down the river with a tie breaking race of the 1st place winner of each race race.  Proceeds to support the children from Esperanza in the Comarca with decorated Easter eggs, candy, balloons, cookies, pencils, small toys, plastic colored eggs filled with wrapped candy, and clothes for babies up to 3 years old.  

We got so brought so much joy to these children at Christmas time we decided we did not need to wait a year to bring joy into their lives.

Come, join the fun and help make these kids feel special.

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So much fun at the duck race.......................and our winner is: 

Grand prize winner of $80.00 cash  of the ACCB Duck Race is Mike Hailpren.  Congratluations Mike!

50/50 drawing winner of $36.00 is Anabella Gomez.  She was given her blue duck to remember the event. 

Thanks to everyone who came out to support our efforts for the kids and have a great time at the same time.

upon popular demand we will be doing the race again soon and not waiting another year.  Watch for details.

BINGO is coming back on Tuesday, March 16th.  We're so excited.  MINSA regulations will be enforced at LaPosada, every other Tuesday.

                       Join us for Bingo! We will be receiving used phones donations for the kids of Boquete

                                         in need of equipment for virtual classes. 

I'm sure you all have heard the sad news of the passing of Franc Lugo Thursday Evening, Feb. 11th.   We at ACCBoquete have lost a dear fried and valued member of ACCBoquete of many years. Franc joined ACCBoquete about 8 years ago and was a active member in all of our events.  

Franc has been active in so many of our special events, our star 50/50 raffle guy, Octoberfest announcer, Silent Auctions and Poker Run solicitors for gift certificates and much more.  He will really be missed, not by just our association but by many people in Boquete.  He has helped more people here in Boquete than most.  He was an avid BINGO and Trivia player.  He was very active in San Juan Baptiste Church.  Boqueteans have lost a good friend.

As you know, ACCBoquete held a fundraiser for Franc last Monday, February 8th, at Big Daddys.  The generosity of the community was overwhelming.  We collected $2815.00 and waiting for a couple more checks to clear the bank.  This money was to be presented to Franc on his release from the hospital to pay bills and to help him financially.  As it turns out the money will go to pay for his funeral, cremation, hospital bills and what is left will go to his Panamanian family, Isabella and her daughters.

We want to thank everyone for their generosity of donations at the Fundraiser on Monday, February 8th. This is a unbelievable community.

Our prayers go out to the family in this time of need.  Everywhere we look we will be reminded of a friend with a smile.

You will be missed my friend!!!!!!!     

For donation information go to https://boqueteandbeyond.com/home/boquete/community-resources/acc-boquete/franc-lugo/.  This link will take you directly to the fundraiser information and how to donate at the bottom of the page. 

For further updated information, it will be posted here, on ACCBoquete page and Boquete & Beyond.

Thank you to everyone who has expressed your concerns for Franc and your willingness to help him.  Our Boquete family has never let us down.  Bless you all.

ACCBoquete will be hosting a fundraiser for FRANC LUGO.  Franc was admitted to Regional Hospital last Monday with deep vein thrombosis and making every effort possible to save his leg, but they had to remove it on Wednesday.   Franc has been a fixture around Boquete for 10+ years and has worked as a handyman, house sitter, pet sitter, and an all around friend to everyone.  Obviously this will have a major effect on how he makes a living.   He is a Viet Nam era Vet and relocated to Boquete from Sanford, Florida more than 10+ years ago.  If you have been in Boquete for more than a year, you know Franc.  A member of San Juan Baptiste Catholic Church and a long time member of ACCBoquete.

Franc has been very active in the Boquete community, working as a handyman, taking part in some of BCP plays over the years, he's always there if you need help.  Its time for the Boquete community to help him.

ACCBoquete will host a fundraiser to help Franc while he recovers from learning how to adjust to his new lifestyle.  He will receive assistance from the VA in the form of wheelchair, prothesis, and home accommodations but it does not cover his everyday living expenses for he and his family.

                                                                                                                                FRANC LUGO FUNDRAISER

                                                                                                              MONDAY FEBRUARY 8TH

                                                                                                                12 NOON UNTIL 4 PM

                                                                                                                BIG DADDY'S, BOQUETE

                                                                                                            ALL PROCEEDS GO TO FRANC

Drop off with ACCB member on Big Daddys front porch and receive a discount meal ticket with every donation.  The ticker entitles you to purchase a special dinner plate of delicious pot roast with roasted potatoes and carrots for $11.00.  

If you are unable to attend Monday's event, there will be other locations you can drop off your donations for Franc at MailBox Etc., drop an envelope with Franc Lugo on it and address the envelope to ACCB Box #13232.  Other locations will be announced after we have received authorization.

Boquete is an amazing community for helping each other.  Franc has always done his share and more, he now needs us.

    Franc and Tommy Kline at Harts Christmas 2012                                 Franc in one of BCP plays                                                         Franc in another BCP play

ACCB Tuesday Talks presents at the Boquete Community Theater:

December 8th:

Doors open at 10am.  Presentation starts at 10:30-11:30 followed by questions and answers.

Topic:  The true history and meaning of the Chanukah holiday

Presented by:

Rabbi Jakov Poliwoda

Head of the Boquete Synagogue

Owner of Mort's Bakery in San Francisco Plaza

Studied at the Yeshiva in New York for 3 years

Speaks 6 languages

Come to hear this educational message.  This is going to be a fun time to learn and ask questions. 

There is a $2.00 charge per person to cover the cost of rent and sanitizing the Theater for your protection per MINSA requirements.

Per Minsa, seating is limited to 50 seats.  Come early.

You are welcome to bring in a beverage and snack (preferably from Mort's table at THE Tuesday Market) or any of the vendors at the Markets.

For more information or suggestions on topics or speakers, contact Gerri Eckert @ 6499-6753 or gerrieckert@gmail.com.

For rental of the theater, contact Bill Hurley @ 6622-3778.

In 2019 ACCB was asked to take over the Children's Christmas Cookie party at Tap Out, because no one else wanted to do it, and keep the tradition created by Erin Ross of the Boquete Community Playhouse alive.  The Children's Christmas Cookie party included a special Christmas movie "in Spanish", face painters,  the Pinata's, arts and crafts tables and hot dogs and cookies to die for and Mrs. and Santa Claus to hand out little gift bags to each child.  That was our first year and when it was over, every ACCB member that worked that day said it was the best event we had all year and we promised Erin Ross ACCB would not let what was so near and dear to her heart, ever not happen.  There were nearly 400 children at that event.
So here we are, a year later facing the COVID 19 issues but we are determined to keep our word to Erin.  So trying to determine if we would be able to have the children come to the theater and do all the fun things, we were advised that most likely MINSA would not allow the children to gather in such a large group.  So we are doing the next best thing.  We have made arrangements for the school bus driver from House of Hope (Casa de la Esperanza) if he could deliver the Christmas gift bags to all the children, around 200+, to the same children he delivers food to every week.  House of Hope is very excited for us to do this but cautioned us that MINSA may be shutting some areas down during the holidays.  We are confident that won't happen and are proceeding on with our plans to make Erin's dream continue.   Our plan is to make delivery to all the children in the Comarca's on Saturday, December 19th.  We have also arranged for delivery to Jaramillo and Las Naranjo's the same day.  We anticipate we will reach out to 300-400 kids giving them something special for Christmas.  If we're lucky, we might even have Santa Claus help with the delivery.  

In order to accomplish this, we will need volunteers to bake or buy cookies to accommodate this many children.  If you can help, please contact Edie Baxter @  6760-9426 or email Linda Hart at 6716-1151 as soon as possible.

We will be putting all the goodies including the cookies in the gift bags for the kids Thursday, Dec. 17th at the Club House in Boquete Country Club.

This is a long time tradition for The Boquete Community Playhouse so please help us to keep our promise to Erin Ross and make some children very happy.  The little girl pictured below was taken last year at the Tap Out location and her face tells the whole story.  She has become our poster child so to speak.  

Thank you for your continued generosity.  Boquete expats are the best!  Thank you.