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Please join us for our annual 5K Walk on March 23, 2024!

Please join us for our 5K Walk in the Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve on March 23, 2024. Registration is at 8:30 am; the Walk begins at 9:00.

We start in Canyonside Park: 12350 Black Mt. Rd. San Diego, 92129.  Look for the pop-up behind Ball Field #4.

Suggested donation is $20.00; children walk free.

Cash, debit/credit cards, or checks are welcome. (Please make checks payable to Friends of the Poor.)

Your support will help us provide school supplies for 1,500 students in five towns, and scholarships for about two dozen college kids. We also give food stipends to about 50 orphans. Thank you so much for making our ministry possible!

For more info:

Call or text Christauria at 858 922-8555 or Marti at 858 437-4001. God bless you!

SAVE THE DATE!! ANNUAL 5K WALK FOR THE OAXACA EDUCATION FUND ON SAT. APRIL 22, 2023, IN RANCHO PENASQUITOS CANYON!!

YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE WARMLY INVITED FOR A MORNING OF FUN AND GENTLE EXERCISE IN THE BEAUTY OF THE SAN DIEGO SPRING!

MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND VISIT WITH OLD BUDDIES WHILE SUPPORTING OUR MOST IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR FOR THE STUDENTS AND ORPHANS OF THE SIERRA MIXTECA, OAXACA, MEXICO!

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, YOU CAN ALWAYS DONATE AT ANY TIME! YOU MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN!

Students in San Jorge Rio Frijol help us with the distribution
Luz Maria Ventura Valencia, Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Dec. 2022

Thanks to all the Walkers and to all the generous donors who contributed to the Annual 5K Walk for the Oaxaca Education Fund on March 26, 2022! We exceeded our goal and have received 25% of our budget goal of $45,000 for Fiscal Year 2023!

It is never too late to donate! Go to:

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Many thanks to all our volunteers and especially to Marti and Barry Martin for organizing the Walk again this year!

ANNUAL 5K FUNDRAISING WALK COMING SOON! JOIN US FOR A MORNING OF FUN IN BEAUTIFUL PENASQUITOS CANYON!

March 26, 2022, 8:30 a.m. CANYONSIDE PARK

12350 Black Mt. Rd. SD 92129.

Suggested donation for walkers is $20. Children walk free!

All you need to know is on this flyer!

Thanks to Martha Martin for organizing the Walk again this year!

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! THE OAXACA EDUCATION FUND DEPENDS 100% ON DONATIONS! IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, PLEASE DONATE HERE http://oaxacaeducationfund.org/donate

Or send us a check payable to Friends of the Poor. Mail it to 14356 Marianopolis Way, San Diego, CA 92129

All donations are tax-deductible. You will receive a receipt.

The children, their families, and the Oaxaca Education Fund thank you!!

A glorious walk in great company in Penasquitos Canyon!