It's that time of year again!

The 2011 school year was such a success in so many ways. We received a donation at the end of 2010 from monoloco restaurant in Antigua of notebooks, pencils, and pens, enough for all of the children with plenty left over. Then, we were able to get donations to buy ALL of the school supplies for ALL of the kids at the El Hato School. Such an accomplishment! Then we received enough funds throughout the school year to buy all the vegetables and fruits needed to supplement the kids' breakfasts, with enough left over to give the kids a big fried chicken lunch at the end of the year!
In addition, our partner NGO, Las manos de Christine fund raised and had an English classroom built which is currently being used for summer school classes and will be used for the English classes in the 2012 school year. It was a lot of hard work and time, but the end result is a spacious classroom with space for at least 45 kids to take English classes. Plus, we had a slew of amazing volunteers passing through Earth Lodge that were helping Stacey and Pearce (the 2011 English teachers) up at the school.
For the 2012 school year, we will have 2 new English teachers working for both Las manos de Christine and Earth Lodge. We are hoping once again to get all of the school supplies and fruits and vegetables paid for again, and the teachers are hoping to raise money so that kids can have El Hato School sweaters.
So we need your help!! $7 US (50 Quetzales) buys a child a new sweater, $20 US pays for a years worth of vegetables and fruits for 1 child, and $25 pays for all the school supplies for 1 child.
How you can donate: You can send a PayPal payment to elhatoschool@yahoo.com or you can send a check to Las manos de Christine for a US tax write off. When sending a check please also send an email to elhatoschool@yahoo.com to let us know it was sent so we have your email address on file. Also please enclose a note for what you'd like the money to be used for (i.e. veggies, sweaters or school supplies). Send checks to:
Las Manos de Christine, 824 Canterbury Arc, Las Cruces, NM 88005. Please make sure your return address is visible so we can send you the tax form later in the year.
Any questions?? Email Briana at elhatoschool@yahoo.com for more information!!
Thanks again to everyone who helped in 2011 and here's to a succesful 2012!!