2014 Heritage College team

   Heritage College continues its support of the Daycare Project for the third year by sending down a large team of nursing and early childhood education students, and some of their instructors. They present a workshop to all the Guatemala Daycare teachers.Then visits are made to each centre to do medical assessments and treatments of the children and familiarize both the teachers and their daycare kids with new educational supplies. Heritage students prepare the workshop information and leave health posters and teacher binders of professional activities which they have prepared before coming to Guatemala. They also bring much needed medicines. It is a practical hands- on outreach program for Heritage College and provides a tremendous gift to the daycares.  

LASO from San Jose California joins project

 LASO (Latin American Student Organization) 60 members strong , ranging in age from 14 to 18 from San Jose, California.Their teacher Brenda Mercado contacted us to donate backpacks of school supplies to our daycares this year.
The mission of LASO is to raise acknowledgement of their Latino culture through community service to help their members become confident leaders of the future, and show that even though they are a minority group, they can make a difference. By contributing to our daycare project, they are really stepping up to the plate to help Guatemalan children reach their fullest potential to obtain the opportunities and quality education that children receive back in California. We are very excited that LASO chose to partner with us. Helping a Latin American country was a goal of LASO since its start and these young people are to be commended for this important step in promoting their cause.

JANUARY 10TH 2014 FUNDRAISING

Tyler and McKayla who will be keeping students at Wakefield Elementary school  updated on how donated funds are being used.

  Wakefield Elementary School. Students from Miss Borst's grade 6 class will make posters to display in the school which will highlight how the school's donations to the Guatemala Daycare Project are being given used this year in the daycares. We will send emails with pictures to the school once we begin work in Guatemala. This year 2 wonderful student initiatives featuring grade 5 students who made comic books and Christmas cards and bookmarks were a "hit" at the Christmas Sale.  The proceeds from the sale of these items ( which took the students a month to prepare ) were donated to the daycare project. Thank you to these young entrepreneurs for all their hard work to help those in need. 

JANUARY10TH 2014

Heart and hand art going to Guatemala from Peggy Brewin Pre-school

Heart and hand artwork Peggy Brewin Pre-school

The Peggy Brewin Pre-School where the senior class lovingly prepared beautiful self portraits and colourful heart hand print pictures to send down to the Guatemala Daycare children. All these young people  from both schools are representing themselves very well as ambassadors for their schools and the caring community in which they live. Watch for specially created cards that will feature artwork from both Guatemala and Canada for the spring fundraisers.

FUNDRAISING DECEMBER 2013

  Wakefield Elementary School has supported this daycare project since its inception by allocating a significant portion of the proceeds of their Christmas Sale. 

This year some very enthusiastic Grade 5 students came up with their own initiatives to help in the fundraising. For nearly a month, five boys wrote a series of 14 comics booklets and 4 girls drew up Christmas cards and bookmarks which they sold  and donated all their proceeds to the Guatemala Daycare Project. Well done!! 

Fund raisers  Pictured here , the boys, left to right are- (back row) Quinn, Keenan,Jacob

The girls, ( left to right) Haylee , Clea, Molly and Jessica                   (front row) Logan and Reese.

fund raisers

 Veronica and Ben who helped run the Daycare craft table at the Wakefield Elementary school Christmas Sale.

Chelsea craft show 

Fundraiser craft sale in Chelsea Quebec