It's not easy organizing a major volunteer effort from another country but Heather is pulling it together and in spite of the enormous challenges ahead of her. She managed to round up 8 of us to go collect and bag mangroves that were brought back to Karina's house in San Mateo for future transplanting to help detoxify the soil and preserve the environment. The mangrove collection at Marco Gonzalez Maya ruin ...

Shelly, Eve and Cheryl's vision of a night pool party fundraiser worked out beautifully, right down to getting the rain out of the way in the morning. The smiling faces,  full seats and packed bar were a great measure of their success. Wave Music’s Gerry Badillo was our announcer letting us know where the fashions came from that the beautiful models were wearing. Among the participating stores   Sarai’s Bou ...

Organizing a large fundraiser is no small thing, especially when it comes to preparation. I can just imagine how Shelly, Eve and Cheryl must be feeling right now with all their hard work, hopefully cat naps are in process. I have been in process getting ready for the fundraiser  since Monday with blogging a first announcement. Tuesday more aquafit to get beauteous gluteous for the party :) Picked out my dre ...

Mark your calendar, The committee for the Mama Vilma's Family Home is hosting the second annual fundraiser on Saturday January 28 at 7pm - doors will open at 6pm It will be held at the San Pedro Fitness Club pool. Tickets are $25.00 per person and Complimentary snacks will be served and cash bar available.  After the fashion show the music of Pineapple Willie will entertain. All proceeds raised will help to ...

Chatting with Heather on the coconut phone and finalizing what needs to be done before she sends out the press release we wrote yesterday. She sent me a link to an article on findings from the recent ground testing in San Mateo. I was not surprised at what was said and  it makes Heathers vision of a green community in San Mateo all the more important. These people need help, that soil needs to be detoxed fo ...

We all know how easy it can be to get sidetracked in San Pedro.  I often refer to it as Sesame Street because you are always guaranteed to run into someone you know and it can often cause delays in getting where you were headed. Today I did not even have to leave the house to get off track from finishing my Social Media webinar blog post that I started the other day after attending the online conference abo ...

My San Pedro Belize weather report - as of last night I have progressed to wearing my Old Navy polar fleece toque to sleep. I felt like a burrito with my hat on all wrapped up in bed and had major layering going on - 2 sheets, 1 duvet cover, 1 sarong and 2 airline blankets.  Thankfully the wind has died down this morning and while it is still very cool in our second story apartment,  when the fluffy white c ...

Holy Cross Anglican School Newsletter December In This Issue Santa at Holy Cross, Fundraising Success, Boat Parade, Presents for All, Santa with Children. What an expression of joy there was on each child's face when golf carts driven by Santa and his merry elves pulled up.  Every child received a package, individually named and wrapped for them and Santa was incredible, laughing, joking, high five-ing and ...

Chatting with Heather on the coconut phone this morning and I got her to send me Tim Tam's update so I could share it with all of you. [See below] Thanks to all my blog readers who answered my call for help and everyone else who came forward and helped the Word at Work make the best of a bad situation. Not only have they managed to recover  from the set back, they have gone past all their expectations and w ...

Saga Humane Society Presents  1st Annual Grand Champion Cook-off Tonight December 16, 2011, from 6:00 -- 11:00 p.m. at Central Park Also presenting Costa Maya Miss Belize launching Saga’s 2012 Calendars & Photo’s with Santa Come out for a fun-filled, family night and support Saga Humane Society by attending their first Annual Holiday Fundraiser at Central Park.  The Grand Champion will be chosen by you, ...

I am asking anyone who is able to please Jump on the bandwagon and help a great cause. Just under 1 week to go to help the Word at Work Ministry volunteers be able to share Christmas with many places and people in Belize that do not have a lot and very much need all the help they can get. I would like to send a big shout out to everyone who has already stepped up to help the Word at Work bounce back from th ...

Woke up to some heartbreaking news from Gigi in fb news this morning. The Word at Work annual Christmas container full of donations was ransacked. Every year the Word at Work mission group buys a new pair of shoes for all the children in the orphanages that they serve. This year they wanted to do something extra special for the kids and worked it out so the children were able to shop online and pick the exa ...