Linda

PDear Boquete friends and neighbors, , I am Joe Hart, founder and President of Association of Community Charity of Boquete (ACCBoquete), a non-profit organization devoted to help Boquete and its citizens. ACCBoquete has sponsored the Poker Run, Oktoberfest, and Boquete Bingo, with thousands of Balboas returned to Boquete. Our next event is monumental and we need the help of many individuals to make it a success. We want to raise tens of thousands of dollars, all returned to our City, and put Boquete "on the map." We did a study and guesstimated we could make $40,000 on a small event. I propose an international bicycle race in the mountains of Boquete. Cycling is a world wide sport, and we all heard of The Tour de France. That is only one race in France, but there are major races all over world, catering to cycling enthusiasts. Panama City hosts some races, and other cities near us as well, but none like what we envision. Boquete has mountains and steep hills, along with flat line areas, challenging for different types of riders, and different experience levels. I want to brainstorm with other like-minded individuals, to do a feasibility study for this event. If you are one of the naysayers, please keep your negative comments to yourself. If you have the entrepreneurial, can-do-it attitude, please contact me. Joe Hart. email: jhartpi@hotmail.com Ready to give back to your community? Do it through us at ACCBoquete!

Lots of happy people and a fun night of Bingo!

Elvis Presley Fundraiser dinner, Tuesday, August 13th, to support the Panama Princess League, girls baseball from Boquete to purchase girls uniforms. Early fundraiser dinner will be available at 3PM to accommodate those who other activities to attend. Official start time is at 4PM until Elvis leaves the building! Dinner is a favorite of Elvis: Appetizer: Fried pickles, followed by Salisbury Steak, fried okra, mashed potatoes, and ending with his favorite dessert of Ice Cream over bananas topped with peanut butter. All for $12.00 a person 50/50 raffle tickets will be available from 3:00 until drawing at 6:30 and you do not need to be present to win! Entertainment with Elvis very own songs with a special appearance of Boquetes Elvis impersonator Come dance, sing-a-long, enjoy the music and help our girls baseball team!!!

Mark your calendars......................SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019......... 1 PM - 8 PM THE 3RD ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST IS BEING HOSTED BY ACCBouqete at the Boquete Fairgrounds. Music, Beer, wine, authentic German food, more music, dancing, prizes, and most of all a fun time for all. A once a year event that is celebrated around the world. Do Not Miss this one. Saturday, October 5, 2019 1-8 pm For more information contact Joe Hart - jhartpi@hotmail.com; Linda Hart - lhart249@hotmailcom; Marc Rosen - bglbyz1@aol.com

This was a fun night and many happy winners. Don't miss the next Bingo night, Tuesday, July 9th, LaPosada Restaurant backroom, starts at 5 pm until 7 pm. You can't win if you don't play! A great Panamanian, Expat shared fun event.

March madness Presented by ACCBoquete Tuesday, March 3, 2020 from 5-7pm At La Posada restaurant. $1.00 beer specials. $500. Cash giveaway. Free dinner giveaway. 50/50 Raffle! Come get your share. SUPPORT A CHARITY......PLAY BINGO! For more information contact Marc @ 6363-0479 or Linda @ 6716-1151.

Despite all the obstacles we had thrown at us....the event was a success! The members of ACCBoquete would like to thank you for supporting our Palm Sunday fundraiser dinner at Boulder 54 yesterday, April 14th. I wanted to let you know that the generosity from those that came for dinner, produced over 40 Easter gift baskets. Some were able to find or create an Easter basket, others were in the form of Easter gift bags and some in the form of donations. Some baskets had items like tooth brushes, toothpaste, shoes, socks, hair brushes, books, besides toys and candy. How creative and thoughtful. Easter baskets are not traditional known to Panamanians or Ngobe Indians but what the children will understand is how happy you have made them. ❤️ What we continue to discover is the generosity of the people of Boquete. The results of the fundraiser made it possible for ACCBoquete to accomplish some of our on going projects. A big thank you to Rhody, Michael, Al, et al for the great musical entertainment at the 2nd seating. We wish you all a very Happy Easter. Linda Hart ACCBoquete Events Planner

We at ACCB have met with Chris at Big Daddy's to complete our tally for the Elvis Presley Fundraiser held at Big Daddy's on Jan. 8th. We got the number of fundraiser meals that were purchased that gave us the total for the 2 charities, The Quilters of Boquete and Hogar Triska. Bottom line is we are giving $170.00 to each organization which is more than we collected. We can't say thank you enough to those that came out to play our Elvis trivia games,50/50 raffle and danced to the DJ spinning all of Elvis' songs. A special big thanks to Chris and his staff. All we can say is the people of Boquete are the BEST. Thank you from all of us at ACCBoquete.

Happy New Year friends in Boquete. Many of you have asked "Who is ACCBoquete". The legal registered association name in Panama is ACCBoquete (Asociacion Cardad de la Comunidad de Boquete) . Now you know why we go by ACCBoquete. We started our Association 7 years ago under the name of International Police Association (IPA). Before we completed our membership with IPA it became apparent that money that we raised through our fundraising events would be split between the Boquete community and the IPA International Headquarters. Since we are serving a small community of Boquete we realized that the money we collect in "Boquete" should stay here to help "Boquete". So we started a new association, ACCBoquete (Asociacion Cardad de la Comunidad de Boquete). Our goal is to assist our First Responders....Police, Fire and EMT's of Boquete. We also support other Boquete charitable groups to help them achieve their goals. ACCBoquete is a sponsor of the new Recycle Group (RRR) of Boquete, financially and physically, to clean up the enviornment and educate the children in local schools of the importance of recycling. ACCBoquete has had fundraisers like our annual Poker Run, Oktoberfest, Christmas party and other fun fundraisers at Big Daddy's, The ClubHouse, The Garden and Boulder 54. We pay for Police car/truck repairs that results in police cars on the road for our safety. This past year we have provided financial assistance to the family of an injured Bomberos, to the widow and family of fallen Police Officer, and Financial assistance to the murder victim's family in Boquete. ACCBoquete raised money for a new stove for the Boquete Police Department and a refrigerator for the new substation at the Caldera Checkpoint. We made a cash donation to the JMJ Youth Group at San Juan Baptiste Catholic Church. Our fundraiser/gift donation 8th annual Christmas party at Boulder 54 was a huge success. We collected 138 wrapped Christmas gifts for needy boys, girls and babies in Boquete as well as provided cash donations for food to very needy families in Boquete. Gifts were given to Bill and Gina Bricks Ministries, Louise Orr with Buenos Vecinos de Boquete, Hogar Triska, and Sara and Steve Hudson took gifts and food to Stones Creek Church. Cash donations provided food for Soloy Baptiste Church, El Faro Christian School and San Juan Baptiste Catholic Church for food baskets distributed around Boquetes to very needy families. Cash donations were also given to Quilters/Knitter group to purchase yarn and quilting material for the baby blankets, sweaters, hats and booties that they hand make. For the second year ACCBoquete members had a Bar-B-Que at the Boquete Police Department on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve for all the First Responders that are on duty these holidays, away from their families and loved ones. We served Chili hot dogs, chips, soft drinks, cookies and candies. Plates were prepared and taken to those officers working the check point. Our first fundraiser event for 2019 will be "A Elvis Presley birthday party" on Tuesday, January 8th at Big Daddy's stating at 5 PM - 9 PM. Chris will prepare a special Elvis dinner, there will be music by Elvis, a Elvis look-a-like contest. Lets see if any Ann Margaret look-a-likes show up! Fundraiser moneies to go to the Boquete Knitters and Hogar Triska. In March we are planning another Poker Run, starting and ending at The Clubhouse. More on this later. ACCBoquete has about 48 members. Annual dues are $30. , a one time fee of $11.00 for a ACCBoquete shirt and meetings are second Wednesday of every month at different local restaurants. All the money we collect goes back into the Boquete community. We have planned special trips occasionally and special outings. Besides providing a service to our community we have fun. If you have questions or are interested, contact Joe Hart, President, at 6521-2649, or any of its members for more information. Thank you Boquete friends for a great 2018 and we look forward to a prosperous 2019. Linda Hart

This is going to be a fabulous trip and it may not be available for much longer. Don't wait.

The Club Rotario de Boquete and ACCBoquete would like to thank all the volunteers that supported our Oktoberfest Event. We had around 75 volunteers that gave their time and smiles during a period of 12 hours. We could not have achieved this without all of your help. Joe Hart, President, ACCBoquete and Dean Hoover, President, Club Rotario de Boquete