SOS -- Immediate help needed for Buenos Vecinos de Boquete

[NewsLady]

To the wonderful Boquete Community:

The number of needy and handicapped families that Buenos Vecinos feeds monthly has grown immensely over the past couple of years while their funding has remained fairly stagnant. They never before have had to make this kind of a general plea for funding. Here are some facts supplied by co-chairman Gail Cody:

 

A Coconut member pays $360 a year to support a client/family,  some do it monthly payments of $30.  We have lost 20 Coconut members this last year alone due to people moving mostly. 

 

The monthly cost to feed 120 clients averages $3800  in nonperishable food bought in bulk

 

Client numbers have increased from 25  to 120 in 7 years

 

NO administrative costs etc, all $$ to food.

 

You can pay by paypal by checking our website, or contact Gail Cody    gailcody@hotmail.com   6676-9136

                                                                                       or Molly Traynor     mollyctraynor@gmail.com  6742-4872

 

Co-chair Louise Orr on vacation until Dec 1. 

                          

web site  buenosvecinosdeboquete.com

 

Thank you for reading,

Penny Barrett (concerned Boquete resident)

[Pat]

Why has the number of needy and handicapped families grown immensely over the past few years?

[Bonnie]

4 hours ago, Pat said:

Why has the number of needy and handicapped families grown immensely over the past few years?

"The number of needy and handicapped families that Buenos Vecinos feeds monthly has grown immensely . . ." More and more families have come to their attention?

[Penny]

19 hours ago, Pat said:

Why has the number of needy and handicapped families grown immensely over the past few years?

Also, as the handicap foundation expands its outreach, it is offering services to more and more handicapped people (or families with a handicapped child). Many of the handicap families receive the Buenos Vecinos food packages. A normal monthly allotment is packed into 4 plastic bags which contain rice, enriched rice, oil, beans, sardines, sugar, powdered milk, and other dry food supplies.