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Jackie Dupras, a former girl scout,
now Continental Airlines employee, has started a
personal relief effort with friends to an orphanage in
Honduras. They do this privately, not through the
airline. She makes trips several times a year bringing
all types of donations. She would love to make a girl
scout connection to spread the word about her mission
and even work on badges with girls if able to.
Recently, Troop 751 (Cathy Hirschhorn's troop)
had a wonderful experience helping out this effort.
After researching many options, they decided to donate
half of their art supplies (from the Brownie Try-it Day)
to this relief effort and the other half to a group
called AfricAid. Here is a first-hand account from the
organizers...
"As some of you know we
recently went down to Honduras again last week. As
usual the trip was wonderful and heart wrenching all
at the same time. The place that really pulled on
our heart strings is the orphanage for disabled
children. The orphanage is run by nuns. It has
about 40 children. Some of the babies under age 1
have water on the brain, some of the children have
cerebral palsy, other children have mental
retardation, Downs Syndrome, and other physical
disabilities.
This orphanage is in need of
everything. The children usually eat some sort of
gruel. When we were there last week we purchased
100 pounds of flour to make tortillas and 50 pounds
of rice and 50 pounds of beans. They are in need of
proper equipment i.e. wheelchairs, walkers, cribs,
mattresses,... etc. They are in need of check ups
from dentists and doctors. They are in need of love
and hugs from visitors. They seem to be kind of
locked up within themselves (a lot of them can't
hold their own forks to feed themselves or need
assistance in getting around and going to the
bathroom - they depend on someone to assist - there
are very few workers to assist, so I believe the
workers are burnt) and in the compound in which they
live in, they also seem to ration the water intake
on the children since it takes so much work to take
them all to the bathroom.
When we went to visit last
week many of the children recognized us immediately
and lit up. It was when we left that our hearts
broke. The faces just dropped and we knew how
disappointed they were.
Thank you for those who are
donating!"
For details about the relief, go
to
www.johnbaer.net/honduras/
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Place - Brownie Package
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Collect
Pop-Tops for Ronald McDonald House
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Collect
Eyeglasses for the
Gift of Sight Program through Lenscrafters.
Website has details of program.
-
Make
sandwiches for the Habitat for Humanity crew
(Plainfield)
-
Plant
trees and flowers
-
Adopt a
Grandma
-
Pet
visitation for Senior Citizens
-
Make
ornaments & sing carols at nursing home
-
Donate
teddy bears to children at shelter
-
Clean-up
school playground
-
Donate
cleaning supplies to Family Services
-
Send
Valentines to Veterans
-
Assist
with household chores for those who aren't able to
do them
-
Collect
pet food for the Animal Welfare League
-
Purchase
gift for the Salvation Army's Angel Tree
-
Use some
cookie profits to purchase toys for the Ronald
McDonald house.
-
Make cat
treats or dog biscuits for the shelter or Humane
Society
-
Make
treats (food, games, puzzle books, etc.) for the
Emmanuel Cancer Foundation (Scotch Plains)
-
Pick up
litter/Build a Trail in the park
-
Go to the
Senior Citizen home or Chelsea - have a sing-a-long,
play bingo, do a craft with the residents.
-
Make
centerpieces for the dining room at the Senior
Citizen Home or Chelsea. For instance, Christmas
trees were made out of Reader's Digests and menorahs
from a block of wood, bolts, and party candles.
-
Decorate
placemats or make a tray decoration for Meals on
Wheels (Decorations cannot be made from toilet paper
rolls)
-
Distribute water or work a table at a walk-a-thon.
)Money raising cannot be done for another
organization)
-
Stuff
envelopes for United Way.
-
Collect
Acorns for the Rutgers Environmental Program
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