Signage
Sign in front of the school
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Update #7
Update #7 June 2nd 2008
In this Issue:
Directors update
Class update
Current needs
Volunteer opportunity
Adelante in the news
Directors update: Hello from rainy Nicaragua! It has been quite a long and eventful two weeks since the last update. Nicaragua just finished an excruciatingly long transportation strike over the price that transportation workers pay for gasoline. The strike lasted for over a week, during which time no taxi's, buses or local city transportation was working in the country. Although it was nice to have the city streets clear of taxi's for the time, it made it difficult to do any business that required moving a large amount of goods. This in turn hurt many small family businesses as they could not get goods and merchandise to their shops to sell.
Finally the president approved lowering the price of gasoline for transportation workers which everyone was happy about. Fast forward one week, and he raised the price of gasoline 16 cents for everyone else in the country. I make no judgments. I only report on the situation.
As if it wasn't enough that Nicaragua's transportation had been halted by a strike, the next week, Thursday May 29th, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras was ravaged by 130 m/hr winds thanks to Hurricane Alma. Unfortunately for me, the hardest hit place in Nicaragua was León, where I live. Thousands of people in the rural outskirts of the city and next to the ocean were evacuated to safer locations and thousands more the next day were left without electricity or water. Most didn't receive their electricity or running water for a very difficult 5 days. In an effort to aid people in more severe situation, a few friends and I filled up large tanks of water daily to take to communities that had no access to water. These communities didn't have water to drink, clean, bathe or wash. Although the situation seemed dire from my perspective, people reminisced about their experience in 1999 with Hurricane Mitch when it rained for a solid 8 days straight, so they didn't really feel that this situation was that bad. It was my first hurricane so I had more dramatic and emotional things to say about the situation than most others. We are in the rainy season now in Nicaragua but it is very unusually for hurricanes to appear this early in the year, I was told. This news did not aid in patching the holes of fear that the hurricane had created, instead made me think more about what on earth I was going to do when another hit, ha ha.
These past two weeks I was also excited to have visitors from home who had come to see me. Although their timing, as per the hurricane, was less than ideal for them, their visit was very nice and I was grateful they decided to come and experience Nicaragua. Because of one of their independent efforts, they facilitated Rotary Monroe in donating quite a large sum of money that we were able to put to use immediately in a local school, buying each student a pencil, pen, two notebooks, rulers, pencil sharpeners and pencil bag. Other supplies were also provided to the teachers and the school in general. Many students were excited to finally see ground broke on the beginning of their first recreational area. We brought in two goal posts which were immediately placed into the ground and cemented in permanently. It was quite amazing to see all the collaboration and enthusiasm that the small amount of money created within the community. You can see more pictures from the amazing day on the blog if you like.A big thanks to Polly and Myra who made it possible.
Class update: Classes open to the public on June 16th, and I am very excited to offer two schedules to accommodate the local peopless busy lives. There will be a class offered in the morning from 10-11:30 and one in the afternoon from 5:30-7:00. "Nicaraguan time" could quite possibly push back the start time by 30 minutes ha ha.
Current Needs: I would like to be able to offer dictionaries to all students but I don't quite have enough dictionaries to be able to do that yet, so any donations of any Spanish/English dictionaries would be greatly appreciated. I have a friend that plans on visiting in August which could be a good time to send them.
Volunteer Need: Adelante is in the process of finding a volunteer to exchange English classes for Spanish classes. It would be a great opportunity for someone to improve their Spanish greatly at a very minimal cost. We would like volunteers to commit to a time period of at least 6 weeks. Please contact Mateo for more details. Mateo.g@adelantenow.org
Adelante in the News: Adelante and its executive director have been highlighted in Amigos June edition of their newsletter. Please see their website for the article: http://www.amigoslink.org/news/mateo
Next update June 12th
In this Issue:
Directors update
Class update
Current needs
Volunteer opportunity
Adelante in the news
Directors update: Hello from rainy Nicaragua! It has been quite a long and eventful two weeks since the last update. Nicaragua just finished an excruciatingly long transportation strike over the price that transportation workers pay for gasoline. The strike lasted for over a week, during which time no taxi's, buses or local city transportation was working in the country. Although it was nice to have the city streets clear of taxi's for the time, it made it difficult to do any business that required moving a large amount of goods. This in turn hurt many small family businesses as they could not get goods and merchandise to their shops to sell.
Finally the president approved lowering the price of gasoline for transportation workers which everyone was happy about. Fast forward one week, and he raised the price of gasoline 16 cents for everyone else in the country. I make no judgments. I only report on the situation.
As if it wasn't enough that Nicaragua's transportation had been halted by a strike, the next week, Thursday May 29th, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras was ravaged by 130 m/hr winds thanks to Hurricane Alma. Unfortunately for me, the hardest hit place in Nicaragua was León, where I live. Thousands of people in the rural outskirts of the city and next to the ocean were evacuated to safer locations and thousands more the next day were left without electricity or water. Most didn't receive their electricity or running water for a very difficult 5 days. In an effort to aid people in more severe situation, a few friends and I filled up large tanks of water daily to take to communities that had no access to water. These communities didn't have water to drink, clean, bathe or wash. Although the situation seemed dire from my perspective, people reminisced about their experience in 1999 with Hurricane Mitch when it rained for a solid 8 days straight, so they didn't really feel that this situation was that bad. It was my first hurricane so I had more dramatic and emotional things to say about the situation than most others. We are in the rainy season now in Nicaragua but it is very unusually for hurricanes to appear this early in the year, I was told. This news did not aid in patching the holes of fear that the hurricane had created, instead made me think more about what on earth I was going to do when another hit, ha ha.
These past two weeks I was also excited to have visitors from home who had come to see me. Although their timing, as per the hurricane, was less than ideal for them, their visit was very nice and I was grateful they decided to come and experience Nicaragua. Because of one of their independent efforts, they facilitated Rotary Monroe in donating quite a large sum of money that we were able to put to use immediately in a local school, buying each student a pencil, pen, two notebooks, rulers, pencil sharpeners and pencil bag. Other supplies were also provided to the teachers and the school in general. Many students were excited to finally see ground broke on the beginning of their first recreational area. We brought in two goal posts which were immediately placed into the ground and cemented in permanently. It was quite amazing to see all the collaboration and enthusiasm that the small amount of money created within the community. You can see more pictures from the amazing day on the blog if you like.A big thanks to Polly and Myra who made it possible.
Class update: Classes open to the public on June 16th, and I am very excited to offer two schedules to accommodate the local peopless busy lives. There will be a class offered in the morning from 10-11:30 and one in the afternoon from 5:30-7:00. "Nicaraguan time" could quite possibly push back the start time by 30 minutes ha ha.
Current Needs: I would like to be able to offer dictionaries to all students but I don't quite have enough dictionaries to be able to do that yet, so any donations of any Spanish/English dictionaries would be greatly appreciated. I have a friend that plans on visiting in August which could be a good time to send them.
Volunteer Need: Adelante is in the process of finding a volunteer to exchange English classes for Spanish classes. It would be a great opportunity for someone to improve their Spanish greatly at a very minimal cost. We would like volunteers to commit to a time period of at least 6 weeks. Please contact Mateo for more details. Mateo.g@adelantenow.org
Adelante in the News: Adelante and its executive director have been highlighted in Amigos June edition of their newsletter. Please see their website for the article: http://www.amigoslink.org/news/mateo
Next update June 12th
Friday, May 9, 2008
Update #6
May 9th, 2008
In this issue you will find:
1. Directors update
2. Class update
3. Current Needs
4. Volunteer needs
Directors Update: Hello friends and family of Adelante! It certainly is cookin' here in León. As I write this update my computer tells me that it's 95 degrees outside this air-conditioned oasis. That's about the average daily temperature. I'm getting quite a tan here ha ha. In an effort to save a little more money, I have recently learned how to wash my own clothes. This, I'm sure, sounds much easier that it actually is. I now wash all my clothes by hand on a concrete "pila". Needless to say my hands are paying dearly for this new skill. But it's a nice get away as I can put on my iPod and just relax.
On another note...Adelante is cookin' too! This week we are finishing up our first English course. The final evaluation for the students in the course is to go to the main square in León, where there are a lot of tourists, and find someone that speaks English and engage them in a conversation. The main challenge with this assignment is that the students need to be sure to use some of the greetings that we have been learning in the classroom. For the past week we have been practicing and finalizing a dialogue and list of questions to ask a tourist. All of the students are very nervous and excited about getting out of the classroom and using what they have learned in the real world. On Monday, our final day, they will all come back and report how their experience went. I can't wait to hear the results!
In the house I have recently finished doing some personal construction. We took out one of the large gates and put up a wall that has a wooden door and wooden window. It looks awesome. I'll have pictures up very soon. As is to be expected, I miss and think about everyone back home all the time and appreciate more than you could probably imagine all the phone calls and letters that have been sent. Thank you!
Class update: As the closing of the first class is upon us this week, I have been inundated with requests for our classes. On June 23rd, we plan to open up the course to the public, and just in time! Word of the school has spread and people are already eagerly scratching at the door! Adelante is dedicated to having at all times half of the class full or partially scholarshiped. I am very excited to be able to offer these classes to people that are truly interested in learning English.
Current Needs: One thing that I would really like to give to all the students are English dictionaries for their personal possession. I have about 7 that I lend out during the class, but I would love to be able to build up a good stock of dictionaries. That being said, any new or used English Spanish dictionaries would be very helpful here. Please send to:
Mateo Garibaldi
Del Texaco Guido
2 al sur, ½ abajoLeón, Nicaragua
Central America
Volunteer needs: Volunteers are always more than welcome here. We will have more information as positions materialize, but if you anyone feels eager about the opportunity, please contact me personally so we can work out the details.
Next Update May 28th
In this issue you will find:
1. Directors update
2. Class update
3. Current Needs
4. Volunteer needs
Directors Update: Hello friends and family of Adelante! It certainly is cookin' here in León. As I write this update my computer tells me that it's 95 degrees outside this air-conditioned oasis. That's about the average daily temperature. I'm getting quite a tan here ha ha. In an effort to save a little more money, I have recently learned how to wash my own clothes. This, I'm sure, sounds much easier that it actually is. I now wash all my clothes by hand on a concrete "pila". Needless to say my hands are paying dearly for this new skill. But it's a nice get away as I can put on my iPod and just relax.
On another note...Adelante is cookin' too! This week we are finishing up our first English course. The final evaluation for the students in the course is to go to the main square in León, where there are a lot of tourists, and find someone that speaks English and engage them in a conversation. The main challenge with this assignment is that the students need to be sure to use some of the greetings that we have been learning in the classroom. For the past week we have been practicing and finalizing a dialogue and list of questions to ask a tourist. All of the students are very nervous and excited about getting out of the classroom and using what they have learned in the real world. On Monday, our final day, they will all come back and report how their experience went. I can't wait to hear the results!
In the house I have recently finished doing some personal construction. We took out one of the large gates and put up a wall that has a wooden door and wooden window. It looks awesome. I'll have pictures up very soon. As is to be expected, I miss and think about everyone back home all the time and appreciate more than you could probably imagine all the phone calls and letters that have been sent. Thank you!
Class update: As the closing of the first class is upon us this week, I have been inundated with requests for our classes. On June 23rd, we plan to open up the course to the public, and just in time! Word of the school has spread and people are already eagerly scratching at the door! Adelante is dedicated to having at all times half of the class full or partially scholarshiped. I am very excited to be able to offer these classes to people that are truly interested in learning English.
Current Needs: One thing that I would really like to give to all the students are English dictionaries for their personal possession. I have about 7 that I lend out during the class, but I would love to be able to build up a good stock of dictionaries. That being said, any new or used English Spanish dictionaries would be very helpful here. Please send to:
Mateo Garibaldi
Del Texaco Guido
2 al sur, ½ abajoLeón, Nicaragua
Central America
Volunteer needs: Volunteers are always more than welcome here. We will have more information as positions materialize, but if you anyone feels eager about the opportunity, please contact me personally so we can work out the details.
Next Update May 28th
Thursday, April 24, 2008
4/24/08
Update #5
In this issue
Directors update from Nicaragua
Class progress
Construction update
Volunteer opportunities
Current needs
Directors Update: Hello friends and family of Adelante. I am now completing the second week of adult English classes and they are going much better than expected. The interest taken in our accessible English education has been overwhelming. I have been asked to take over teaching for another English teacher at a high school, asked to give private lessons, and asked to permanently teach at the pre-school across the street from my house. I would love to fulfill all of these requests, but alas, I do not have the time and want to keep focused on Adelante's English class project. Now going on 23 days, I'm getting more used to being here permanently, though I still miss my family and friends back home dearly. For the past couple weeks its been between 93 and 97 degrees… At least it's not humid, the heat here is very dry as we haven't reached the rainy season yet, which starts around May 15th. Once the rainy season starts, then the humidity will get very high and at time unbearable. I'm having a great time here with my host family and godson. In fact, last weekend we visited the beach, which was a nice break from the work and heat.
Class Progress: . Classes have been getting easier and easier. My biggest challenge thus far has been thinking up different, fun and appropriate ice-breakers to do at the start of each class. Students love the ice-breakers. They are so used to coming to class sitting down and copying down what the teacher writes on the board. It is a big change for them to actually participate in their education. Thus far I have received very good feedback from the students as far as how much they are learning and how they feel about the class. I have an average attendance of 9 people, and there are registered 11 people in the class. One student dropped out, as he just got a job that doesn't get out until 7pm. Although, he said, he really wants to attend, he must take the work that is offered to him. In class we have been working on greetings and present simple tense words, as well as working to translate a poem called, "Dream Big". Next week we will be doing mid-term evaluations as well as starting a second chapter. Close to the third week of the course, we are about ¾ of the way finished with the first chapter. The students seem to be enjoying the chapter and especially all the interactive activities.
Construction update: The board of directors is presently discussing how to progress with the construction. There are various options that we are looking at right now and plan to discuss it more in detail at our next board meeting which will happen this month.
Volunteer Opportunities: In the near future I would like to offer volunteer opportunities here in the school. This should be of particular interest to those that would like to either improve or start learning Spanish. Volunteering through Adelante will provide you with not only a valuable teaching experience in Latin America, but also with one-on-one Spanish tutoring and a homestay with a Nicaragua family. Spaces are available upon request and advance notice. There is a nominal fee which pays for Spanish lessons as well as food and lodging with the family¹. A minimum of a two weeks stay is suggested.
¹Price subject to specifics desired and length of stay
Current Adelante Needs: As classes begin we will be in need of more and more school supplies for students. The following items will be very helpful for teachers as well as students:
3x5 note cards
Dry erase markers
Spiral notebooks
Stickers for pre-schoolers
Pencils
Sharpies and markers
These items can preferably be mailed directly to Nicaragua:
Mateo Garibaldi
De la Texaco Guido 2 al sur, ½ abajo
León, Nicaragua
Central America
If international shipping is too pricey you may also send it to Adelante at:
Adelante
16702 SE 11th st.
Bellevue, WA 98008
Next update May 8th
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Update #4
4/10/08
Update #4
In this issue
Directors update from Nicaragua
Class Progress
Construction Update
Volunteer Opportunities
Current Needs
Directors Update: Hola desde Nicaragua! Very recently I became fully aware of how truly hot it is here. I spilled a cup of water in my room the other day. I soaked a lot of it up with a spare dish towel I had laying around. I went into the kitchen and rung the towel out a few times and tried to clean the towel, and when I came back into the room, the water had already dried up… completely. Yes. It is hot here! Apart from that, the people are wonderfully nice as expected, the weather is hot and the cold showers are a welcome break from the day. I have begun the transition recently from purifying my water and buying bottled water to just throwing caution to the wind and drinking the tap water. Mistake or adventure? Well, if it’s an adventure I’ll be sure to write about it in the next update, if it’s a mistake I’m sure you all know what the consequences will be and I’ll spare you the gory details and refrain from telling you all about it. I’m optimistic though as I’ve gone about 3 days so far on tap water and have not noticed any unusual “activity”. I’m spending my days here developing the curriculum for the classes, filling my house with yummy goodies and furniture, and riding my host families bicycle around town. It’s taken a bit to get used to those o-so-comfy bike seats… ah yeah they’re not comfy, though I’ve mastered what I’ve called the “side-ride”, I’ll let you figure out what that means.
Class Progress: Our inaugural test class of friends and family shall begin this Monday in the classrooms that the pre-school across the street has graciously given us the use of during the evenings. In return for the use of the classrooms I’ll be teaching pre-schoolers for 1 hour a day, 4 days a week. This should be both challenging and exciting at the same time. I’ve not thought too much about teaching without using reading or writing, and as I was recently reminded they cannot read or write…ha ha. So I’ve had to drastically change the curriculum that I’ve been planning on using for the adults. Anyway I’m happy for the practice and experience that this is sure to provide me. For this first class there will be no charge to the small class of students as it will be a test run for me to get feedback from the students and plan more for when I open it up to the public. This will also be a shorter class running approximately 3-4 weeks, for 4 days a week.
Construction update: Construction thus far has not begun yet, but is still planned to happen pending more fundraising. Many vital materials needed for building have pretty much doubled since we last priced them a year ago. Plus, we would rather not spend all our budget on constructing the classrooms right now, but wait a little while longer. Thus, giving ourselves a small financial cushion and taking advantage of the generosity of the school that is across the street from us.
Volunteer Opportunities: In the near future I would like to offer volunteer opportunities here in the school. This should be of particular interest to those that would like to either improve or start learning Spanish. Volunteering through Adelante will provide you with not only a valuable teaching experience in Latin America, but also with one-on-one Spanish tutoring and a homestay with a Nicaragua family. Spaces are available upon request and advance notice. There is a nominal fee which pays for Spanish lessons as well as food and lodging with the family¹. A minimum of a two weeks stay is suggested.
¹Price subject to specifics desired and length of stay
Current Adelante Needs: As classes begin we will be in need of more and more school supplies for students. The following items will be very helpful for teachers as well as students:
3x5 Note Cards
Dry Erase Markers
Spiral Notebooks
Stickers for pre-schoolers
Pencils
Sharpies and markers
These items can preferably be mailed directly to Nicaragua:
Mateo Garibaldi
De La Iglesia San Pedro Sutiava, 1 al sur, ½ arriba
León, Nicaragua
Central America
If international shipping is too pricey you may also send it to Adelante at:
Adelante
16702 SE 11th st.
Bellevue, WA 98008
Next update April 24th
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Update #3
Tuesday April 1st - Update #3
In this Issue:
Executive Director, Mateo Garibaldi Leaves for Nicaragua
501 (c) (3) Status Update
Last board meeting
Fundraising and continued need
Call the E.D.
Executive Director leaves for Nicaragua: On April 1st, I took off to Nicaragua. It was a very emotional departure as friends and family accompanied me to the airport to see me off. Now that I am in Nicaragua, I am reconnecting with old contacts and finishing off the curriculum that I plan to use for the school. There is much work to be done, but bit by bit I am prioritizing and completing the things necessary to open the school.
As I remembered, but still hit me like a ton of bricks, it is HOT here. I am only reminded for a brief second that there is no hot water here when I hop in the shower and my body is completely shocked by the freezing water. At first a small gasp of surprise escapes, but then quickly turns to utter enjoyment. It’s terribly hard to leave those showers, which may explain why I like to shower multiple times a day. I would say it takes about 10 minutes after I leave the shower for me to start sweating again.
Rice and beans (“gallo pinto” as they call it here) has once again entered my life…I fear to stay. It is the main staple here and is eaten often times for both lunch and dinner. I am slowly starting to let go of the sadness of leaving behind everything that I know and love, and begin embracing what is here to be my new home. Although it’s a hard concept to even wrap my mind around, I need to begin pushing myself in that direction. I have traveled and lived for short periods of time around the world, but have never made a move like this. It certainly presents many new challenges, one of which is decorating my house for a more permanently stay. Ha ha. Decorating, I would say, has never been a strong suit of mine, so this will be particularly hard. Therefore, if any of you come to visit I don’t want to hear any grumblings about how I chose to decorate, but instead would appreciate and and all suggestions.
Non-Profit Status update: We are still working with WAACO to acquire our non-profit status but are eager to expedite the process.
Last Board Meeting: Our last board meeting was very productive as we discussed issues ranging from fundraising to curriculum to how board meetings would be held in the absence of the Executive Director. One thing that we are already thinking about is the November fundraiser, even though it’s still eight months away. If anyone would like to help out with the event or volunteer in some way, please contact any of the board members.
Fundraising and continual Adelante needs: In our last update we let you all know about the fundraiser that we had at Leny’s Place, a local bar in Greenlake. The pool tournament was a great way for people to meet board members, learn about the organization, as well as contribute to the cause. In all we raised just over $200 in our first experience hosting a pool tournament. We are interested in doing this again, therefore if there is anyone that would like to co-host this event with another board member, please contact one of the board members.
As always, if anyone would like to host any sort of fundraiser, please don’t hesitate to forward your ideas along to any board member. We would be happy to provide you with any support and/or promotional materials that you would require.
ITEM NEED: An item that we are currently looking into acquiring is a projector. If you know anyone or you yourself would like to aid Adelante in acquiring this item, please feel free to contact anyone on the board (mateo.g@adelantenow.org)
Want to call the Executive Director? Well here is his number: 011-505-480-4213
Next update, Thursday April 17th
In this Issue:
Executive Director, Mateo Garibaldi Leaves for Nicaragua
501 (c) (3) Status Update
Last board meeting
Fundraising and continued need
Call the E.D.
Executive Director leaves for Nicaragua: On April 1st, I took off to Nicaragua. It was a very emotional departure as friends and family accompanied me to the airport to see me off. Now that I am in Nicaragua, I am reconnecting with old contacts and finishing off the curriculum that I plan to use for the school. There is much work to be done, but bit by bit I am prioritizing and completing the things necessary to open the school.
As I remembered, but still hit me like a ton of bricks, it is HOT here. I am only reminded for a brief second that there is no hot water here when I hop in the shower and my body is completely shocked by the freezing water. At first a small gasp of surprise escapes, but then quickly turns to utter enjoyment. It’s terribly hard to leave those showers, which may explain why I like to shower multiple times a day. I would say it takes about 10 minutes after I leave the shower for me to start sweating again.
Rice and beans (“gallo pinto” as they call it here) has once again entered my life…I fear to stay. It is the main staple here and is eaten often times for both lunch and dinner. I am slowly starting to let go of the sadness of leaving behind everything that I know and love, and begin embracing what is here to be my new home. Although it’s a hard concept to even wrap my mind around, I need to begin pushing myself in that direction. I have traveled and lived for short periods of time around the world, but have never made a move like this. It certainly presents many new challenges, one of which is decorating my house for a more permanently stay. Ha ha. Decorating, I would say, has never been a strong suit of mine, so this will be particularly hard. Therefore, if any of you come to visit I don’t want to hear any grumblings about how I chose to decorate, but instead would appreciate and and all suggestions.
Non-Profit Status update: We are still working with WAACO to acquire our non-profit status but are eager to expedite the process.
Last Board Meeting: Our last board meeting was very productive as we discussed issues ranging from fundraising to curriculum to how board meetings would be held in the absence of the Executive Director. One thing that we are already thinking about is the November fundraiser, even though it’s still eight months away. If anyone would like to help out with the event or volunteer in some way, please contact any of the board members.
Fundraising and continual Adelante needs: In our last update we let you all know about the fundraiser that we had at Leny’s Place, a local bar in Greenlake. The pool tournament was a great way for people to meet board members, learn about the organization, as well as contribute to the cause. In all we raised just over $200 in our first experience hosting a pool tournament. We are interested in doing this again, therefore if there is anyone that would like to co-host this event with another board member, please contact one of the board members.
As always, if anyone would like to host any sort of fundraiser, please don’t hesitate to forward your ideas along to any board member. We would be happy to provide you with any support and/or promotional materials that you would require.
ITEM NEED: An item that we are currently looking into acquiring is a projector. If you know anyone or you yourself would like to aid Adelante in acquiring this item, please feel free to contact anyone on the board (mateo.g@adelantenow.org)
Want to call the Executive Director? Well here is his number: 011-505-480-4213
Next update, Thursday April 17th
Friday, March 14, 2008
ADELANTE Update #2
Friday March 14th - Update #2
In this Issue:
Non-Profit Status: We have just recently been made aware that through the help of WAACO, we have been provided with some pro-bono legal aid to help in finishing our 501 (c) (3) application, which upon approval will give us non-profit tax exempt status from the I.R.S. We will be working with two law students, as well as a supervising attorney from Gonzaga University to complete this application.
Supplies Purchased: As many of you may have noticed, we have a list of items posted on this blog as well as on our website (www.adelantenow.org) that Adelante needs. I am happy to announce that many books and other items from that list have been purchased already (those have subsequently been removed from the list). However, there is still a great number of things that we would like to see donated. One item that we are adding to the list are thumb drives. We would like to be able to provide thumb drives to students (based on availability) but would need to gather a stock of them before we advertise this benefit to students. If any of you are upgrading to larger size flash/thumb drives please consider donating us your old ones. Thank you again for all of those who donated books and money in response to the list we posted.
Airplane Miles: Adelante is always in need of airplane miles as we do incur costs traveling back and forth from the United States to Nicaragua a couple times a year. If you have any that you would like to donate to us, please contact us personally and we can work that out.
Fundraising: In our last update we talked about the financial consultant, Austin, who was helping us in creating a stable future for Adelante. In an effort to create this secure future for Adelante we are in need of more fundraising. We have small events occurring here and there but are always open to other fundraising ideas that you might have. We are more than willing to collaborate and support you if you have an idea for fundraising.
NEXT FUNDRAISER: Pool tournament at Leny's Place in Greenlake
This is Mateo signing off. Next update March 27th
In this Issue:
- Executive Director Departure Date
- 501 (c) (3) Status Update
- Supplies purchased
- Airplane miles
- Fundraising
Non-Profit Status: We have just recently been made aware that through the help of WAACO, we have been provided with some pro-bono legal aid to help in finishing our 501 (c) (3) application, which upon approval will give us non-profit tax exempt status from the I.R.S. We will be working with two law students, as well as a supervising attorney from Gonzaga University to complete this application.
Supplies Purchased: As many of you may have noticed, we have a list of items posted on this blog as well as on our website (www.adelantenow.org) that Adelante needs. I am happy to announce that many books and other items from that list have been purchased already (those have subsequently been removed from the list). However, there is still a great number of things that we would like to see donated. One item that we are adding to the list are thumb drives. We would like to be able to provide thumb drives to students (based on availability) but would need to gather a stock of them before we advertise this benefit to students. If any of you are upgrading to larger size flash/thumb drives please consider donating us your old ones. Thank you again for all of those who donated books and money in response to the list we posted.
Airplane Miles: Adelante is always in need of airplane miles as we do incur costs traveling back and forth from the United States to Nicaragua a couple times a year. If you have any that you would like to donate to us, please contact us personally and we can work that out.
Fundraising: In our last update we talked about the financial consultant, Austin, who was helping us in creating a stable future for Adelante. In an effort to create this secure future for Adelante we are in need of more fundraising. We have small events occurring here and there but are always open to other fundraising ideas that you might have. We are more than willing to collaborate and support you if you have an idea for fundraising.
NEXT FUNDRAISER: Pool tournament at Leny's Place in Greenlake
- Location: Leny's Place 2217 N. 56th st. Seattle, WA
- Date: Sunday March 16th
- time: 6:30 registration, 7pm tournament begins
- $10 buy in
- 1st place receives 1/3 of the buy in cash, 2nd place wins an Adelante t-shirt
- Drink specials for tournament participants ($2 Rainier beers, $4.50 Washington Apple shots)
This is Mateo signing off. Next update March 27th
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