Deni Eiley Update

Posted on July 30, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life

I had a chance to reorganize the veranda the other day and now it makes much more sense for laying in the hammock. [It is actually last night and I am doing my initial draft of the update post. Knowing how long it too for today's post and all the puzzle pieces that I need [...]

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Dollar Collectors Wanted

Posted on July 28, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life, Useful information

For those of you who are watching the weather on Ambergris Caye – the sun is doing it’s best to stay out but we still have lots of clouds in the sky. I am hoping it will get a bit bluer so I can go out later and take more pictures – am content working [...]

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Global Giving Green Open challenge

Posted on July 22, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life, Useful information

It has been a while since I posted news on Holy Cross so I figured today is the day to catch you all up today on that. One of the most exciting things going on there is  a new state of the art bathroom facility -  26 toilets and 2 large trough urinals. Thanks goes [...]

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Catching up

Posted on June 24, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life

Had to walk to the pool today – did not have a clock on me but guessing it was about 20 minutes.  I decided to post on the message boards and maybe a cheap or free option will turn up – hoping the karma cops find the person that pinched ours.
Class was good today Eileen [...]

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Arrrghh – Island Academy Pirate Party Fundraiser

Posted on May 29, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life

The Island Academy Pirate Party Fundraiser was a big success – good turn out and  some great costumes. Everyone had a fun time. The kids loved limbo and bouncy tent. Adults were quite happy buying raffle tickets – playing poker – roulette – blackjack – bingo and chalupa [Mexican bingo].
Since it was a fundraiser karaoke [...]

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Berklee Bandwagon Fundraiser

Posted on April 23, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life, Live Music

Tonight is the big night – this morning I am working on the fine task of filling in raffle tickets for people. Thanks to everyone who has been buying tickets online we are now at $880 bzd surpassing my original goal of $500 and setting the bar for $1000. Online ticket sales keep rolling in [...]

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Raffle Prizes Galore

Posted on April 21, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life, Live Music

I knew it was going to be a good day when I rolled Yahtzee right off the bat followed by a large straight – playing my hand held electronic Yahtzee game with my second coffee.  Been up since 5:30 and earned a break from work – our camping trip has altered my sleep schedule [...]

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Send Derrick to Berklee

Posted on February 7, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life, Live Music

It’s a perfect day to stay in and be cozy however we both decided that going to Derricks fundraiser at Crazy Canucks was definitely something worthy of getting us out of the house.  A great afternoon and very worth while cause – helping Derrick get to Berklee College of Music summer camp. Got a chance [...]

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New Arrivals

Posted on January 19, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life

Cousins Erin and Liam arrive today – they should be on the island around pm via Maya Island Air. Liam is little Erin’s best friend and lives within walking distance back in Canada. Luckily it is a nice sunny day – Erin was not to pleased to see me wearing hard and scarf on blog [...]

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Pool girls say Peace Y’all

Posted on December 7, 2009 in Fundraising, Island Life

What a great party / fundraiser. Lara Lisa and I headed off early to help decorate. When we got there Jean Doug and a few others were blowing balloons and getting things going. Before long Doug went to start setting up stage and the musicians started rolling in followed by the masses. The Liberty kids [...]

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Crafts

Posted on December 2, 2009 in Fundraising, Island Life

I received an interesting comment today from Rubye in a Jan 2008 post. Comment: I’m an origami fan and paper airplanes is one of my favorite forms of the art. It challenges not just your folding skills but also teaches you about aerodynamics. I remember a software called “The Greatest Paper Airplanes”. It teaches how [...]

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Friends of the Humane Society Calendar Launch

Posted on September 30, 2009 in Fundraising, Island Life

Friends of the Humane Society (FOTHS) Calendar Launch
Free Beer & Burgers, Bikinis and Man’s Best Friend

What do you need for the perfect party?  Free beer, free burgers, free hot dogs and balloons?  Or how about a group of sexy men and women?  Or maybe some great music, fun games and fantastic prizes?  Even better – [...]

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Party in the park

Posted on August 2, 2009 in Fundraising, Island Life

8:25am – Pretty much as soon as I sat down at my desk the power went out – hopefully it’s is fast thing. I did not hear of a scheduled outage in our area. It’s times like this when I wish I had better games on my lap top.
That was not to bad about 15 [...]

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Free shrimp cocktail

Posted on July 10, 2009 in Fundraising, Island Life, Useful information

As usual time is moving too fast this morning. I did manage to get a lot done before class and already have my suit on and ready to go – need to leave a few minutes early as I have to stop at my mailbox and get a  slip so I can go to post [...]

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A call for help…

Posted on July 10, 2009 in Fundraising

Some of you have likely seen this already on the Ambergris Caye message board, after reading ERJPilot’s post about how Pablo the papusa lady’s son needs help I pm’d ERJ and asked if he wanted me to post on blog to help spread the word.  While I do not know the family well I can [...]

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SAGA fundraiser at Pedro’s

Posted on July 5, 2009 in Eat - Sleep - Drink, Fundraising, Live Music

It was a happy July 4th at the Pedro’s Pizza SAGA fundraiser. Lots of people came out to enjoy live music with Small World Band – hot dogs – hamburgers – ice cream – poker and the “free beer” keg with the expensive cup lol.
Just over $7000 was raised – a big thanks to all [...]

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Kick a Brit for SAGA Society

Posted on July 1, 2009 in Fundraising, Useful information

Come and enjoy Kick a Brit day – a family fun-filled day at Pedro’s Hotel and SAGA fundraiser this Saturday 4th of July.
Live Music by Small World Band – Pool party bring your own towels – BBQ – All you can drink for Keg $30 / cup – Hot dog eating competition – Apple pie [...]

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