Our old friends from the municipality of Ojuelos de Jalisco were there not only to greet us, but to lend a hand too! Above, you can see Maurilia Huertas Salas and her mother counting out sterile gloves for the holiday care packages. Patricia Garibay and Laura Libman delivered the parcels to all Tia’s Promotoras in the area, which includes La Presa, Morenitos, La Granja and La Paz.
More to come…
Patricia Garibay smiles as she goes over the list of medical supplies that we will be taking to Tia’s Community Health Workers beginning tomorrow. Laura and Paty will be visiting all the Tia villages over the next four days to do follow up surveys, visit with our Promotoras and surprise them with some extra stock of medical supplies. As bad as the economy is in the U.S., most of our communities suffer from tougher times.
Tomorrow the two Santas will be heading to the villages near Ojuelos de Jalisco, on the border with Zacatecas. Keep checking back for updates and pics from the visits!
In case you missed it or don’t live in Arizona, you can still see Laura interviewed on Horizonte. The show, hosted by Jose Cardenas, airs every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. on Arizona PBS Channel 8.
Catch the show tonight to see one of Laura’s friends, Mark Walker, discuss the AFP/Hispanics in Philanthropy Event which Laura attended yesterday. Mark Walker is the new Vice President of Development for Make-A-Wish Foundation International and Member at Large at AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals).
The AFP Luncheon was followed by a stimulating panel discussion, featuring:
If you miss seeing Mark tonight, you can watch him online by going to Horizonte’s web site.
We will all be shopping for the holidays, but with a tighter budget this year. With GoodShop, you can buy your gifts and make a donation without spending an extra penny.
Plus, you will shopping at the same places you would shop anyway: Toys R Us, Amazon, Apple, Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Best Buy, HP, Barnes and Noble, Sephora, Sears, Macy’s, PetSmart. You can even buy gift cards or e-gift cards at the stores or through American Express. Some stores allow you to buy online and pick up at your local store!
It takes just a few seconds to go to goodshop select your charity (we hope you choose Tia Foundation), and then click through to your favorite store and shop as usual.
Please tell 10 friends about GoodShop and GoodSearch today. They’ve been featured in the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Oprah Magazine and more.
Charities need our help to spread the word now more than ever!
P.S. Tia Staff uses GoodShop to make all our travel arrangements with sites like Travelocity, Expedia, Cheap Tickets and others. We buy all our office supplies thru Office Depot, Staples, Office Max and Sam’s Club. We always check GoodShop first before buying anything!
Kate Denney is giving Laura Libman a hand in Guadalajara this week, buying medical supplies in preparation for our launch in November, near Jocotepec, Jalisco. With the help of Patricia and Monica Garibay, we are gathering blood pressure cuffs, stethoscopes, glucometers and testing strips, bandages, disinfectants, syringes and injectables, rehydration solution packets, anti-inflamatories and analgesics, and of course, sturdy boxes to keep them clean, safe and dry.
Since the Dengue Fever outbreak is pretty severe, the cologne we are sporting is Eau de Deet, which we apply liberally every day.
Tia Foundation 