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  

 Christmas Market - Saturday Dec. 14, 4-8 p.m.

Alpengruss Restaurant  831 Riverside Dr. Wakefield Quebec 

It is an European style Outdoor Christmas Market where you can eat dinner,enjoy a hot drink,buy holiday groceries and presents, with Santa photos,wagon rides, live music,a bonfire and children's activities. Come join the fun and lend your support to several great causes including the Guatemala Daycare Project.

 Chelsea Christmas Craft Sale 

December 7th from 10 am until 3 pm

Chelsea Elementary School 74 Old Chelsea Rd. Chelsea Quebec.
This  is our major craft display and sale. A great event to drop into to meet us, see our display and stock up on interesting Guatemalan handicrafts in support of the daycare. 

Friday, Dec. 6th. 10-2pm

 Market Fair at Heritage College

 Located at 325 Bd de la Cite des Jeunes, Gatineau
CEGEP Heritage College nursing and early childhood education programs have teemed with us to provide a cultural and humanitarian work experience in the daycares in Guatemala in February and March, 2014. This market fair will  afford the opportunity to meet us and the Heritage teams while shopping for quality gifts from Guatemala. 


     Chelsea Christmas Craft Sale 

December 7th from 10 am until 3 pm

Chelsea Elementary School 74 Old Chelsea Rd. Chelsea Quebec.
This  is our major craft display and sale. A great event to drop into to meet us, see our display and stock up on interesting Guatemalan handicrafts in support of the daycare. 

Sept.16,2013 Gearing up for another exciting year

Preparations are well underway for another exciting year in the daycares!
Heritage College nursing and early childhood education students have been selected for 2014.
Brian and Sheila will join the Heritage team for an information session, Friday, Sept. 27th.

                                         2013- In front of the new bottle classroom built at
                                         Chacap with Mateo who introduced us to building
                                         with bottles and guided us through the process.

Canadian volunteers and daycare mums complete a long day
working on the new bottle classroom at Chacap, 2013.
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                                           Heritage College teams eat lunch on the Chicken
                                             bus rented to get them to Santa Maria daycares.

Nursing student working with an interpreter to

examine a young girl in the daycare.

 

                                          The medical station ready to evaluate the kids.

                                         Some of the medicines brought down for daycares
                                          by the Heritage College team. Thank-you!

A new pila-( wash station)  delivered to the daycare

used to wash dishes in or do laundry as needed.

   

Outdoor play area set up under a big tarp at

Palestina daycare to keep kids out of the sun.

                                         A badly infected thumb gets cared for by the doctor
                                           who visited the daycare with Heritage College.

                                           The power of books to teach and entertain.

Daycare mums and volunteers working on a new

 classroom.( 10 mothers and 25 kids collected and

stuffed nearly 200 bottles with trash for the class.)

Volunteers starting to apply the adobe .

Kids enjoy some marble art.

This daycare class lines up to say goodbye to the
volunteers who helped with art activities and
building a new bottle classroom today.