Sunday, April 15, 2012
More Information about the Raffle and Amigos
AMIGOS DE LAS AMERICAS
Amigos is a not-for-profit, non governmental, and non religious organization that sends youth from across the United States every summer for six to eight weeks to a Latin American community along with one or two other volunteers to support the community in development and youth empowerment.
The organization was founded in 1965, when a group of students from Texas travelled to Honduras to administer polio vaccinations, since then the program has sent 24,383 volunteers to Latin America.
Each volunteer is trained extensively in cultural sensitivity, working cohesively with partners, Amigos values, and being an overall positive, efficient leader.
Here are some helpful links:
THIS RAFFLE
In the Seattle chapter of Amigos, volunteers are asked to create and facilitate a fundraiser in the spring as part of training. Our group decided to conduct a raffle. Below you can find information about us!
The prize for this raffle is a green iPod shuffle and chocolate covered brazil nuts and golden berries in a hand woven bag from Guatemala!
Anyone can enter the raffle, and we are willing to ship anywhere in the U.S.
The tickets are 3 dollars each, or 4 tickets for 10 dollars. All proceeds go directly to Amigos.
We will draw a winner on May 17th.
About the Volunteers Conducting this Raffle:
Anika:
Anika is going to be participating in the Cañar, Ecuador project this summer for 8 weeks. The Cañar poject is targeting community health. Anika is currently a sophomore at the Northwest School.
Click here for more information on the Cañar project.
Click here for more information on the Cañar project.
Celina:
Celina is going to traveling to Cusco, Peru project this summer for her 8 week project. The project in Cusco is focused on Community Health. Celina is currently attending Seattle U.
Click here for more information on the Cusco project.
Mairead:
Mairead's project is in Oaxaca, Mexico, her project is running 8 weeks and is targeting youth and community nutrition or community health. Mairead is a sophomore at Holy Names.
Click here for more information on the Oaxaca project.
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