2.27.08
These updates are intended to give you a general idea of ADELANTE’s progress. Please, after reading feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions, or ideas. I am always more than happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the organization. E-mail: mateo.g@adelantenow.org. If you have general questions please feel free to e-mail: info@adelantenow.org
Included in this update:
· 501 (c)(3) status update
· ESF/EFL certification information
· Ensuring the future of ADELANTE
As of February we have submitted our application for pro-bono legal service through an organization called Washington Attorneys Assisting Community Organizations (WAACO). We are anxiously awaiting a lawyer to take up our case review our 501 (c) (3) application so that we can submit it to the IRS. We did not have a board meeting in the month of January because I was attending S-TESL (The School of Teaching English as a Second Language) for the entire month. It was a 4 week intensive course that gave me understanding of what the term intensive means. Although it was much more work that I did in College, it was well worth it. We completed 4 courses in the 4 weeks including Theory and Application, Methods of Language Acquisition, Teaching Grammar to ESOL Students and Materials Selection and Development in TESOL. I have never had so many consecutive sleepless nights in my life that were so worth it. For anyone that is considering ever teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) or EFL (English as a Foreign Language) I highly recommend this class. Yes, it was in incredible amount of work, but every single thing we learned was directly practical for use in the classroom. With this certification I now feel more than ready to begin teaching my own classroom of students in Nicaragua.
As you can imagine one thing that we are continually thinking about, is securing the future of the organization. We are thinking about this in a few different ways. First, Austin, a friend of ADELANTE, who is getting certified as a financial consultant right now, has offered us his services to create a portfolio for ADELANTE’s investments. The second way that we are looking at securing ADELANTE’s future is to secure donors that are dedicated to donating yearly for 5 or 10 years. Both of these will enable us to plan for a future that is more financially viable and stable. If you have any questions, concerns or ideas please let me know (mateo.g@adelantenow.org).
This is Mateo signing off. Please look for our second update on March 13th.
Mateo GaribaldiExecutive Director/Adelante founder
www.adelantenow.org
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