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Details of the Walk from Marti Martin, our intrepid Annual 5K organizer.
June 12, 2021, 8:30 a.m.
CANYONSIDE PARK
12350 Black Mt. Rd. SD 92129
What: A 5K walk in Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve (starting in Canyonside Park).
When: 8:30 a.m. registration, 9:00 start.
Where: We’ll start in Canyonside Park, behind ball field #4.
Why: We are helping the children of migrant workers who worked in our area stay in school in Mexico.
Suggested donation: $20.00. Children walk free. Checks should be payable to Friends of the Poor. We will also accept credit cards. Participants are invited to solicit sponsorships in any amount. All contributions are tax deductible; receipts will be provided upon request.
Stay in Touch: Text 858 437-4001 if you plan to come and we’ll let you know about any updates.
In 2020 we were unable to go to the villages due to the coronavirus pandemic, but thanks to your donations we had what we needed to purchase the supplies and provide the scholarships for the high school students and the 20 university students we help.
Our nursing students and our local managers did a stellar job organizing, picking up, packing and safely distributing the supplies. We sent funds to purchase masks and sanitizer, since they often lack supplies.
So far there have been some fatalities of a few friends in the villages, but since they do not test we don’t know if they had Covid or not. What we do see is many more deaths of our village people in Santa Maria, CA, than is usual.
The children have continued with their studies in spite of everything, with take-home work, and we still don’t know when they will resume regular classes. The young people have struggled to do their university classes online. Fortunately, through the generosity of our regular donors and through the Anna Seethaler Clinic in Oaxaca (tashinc.org), we had enough funds to purchase laptops for each university student. TASH also took on five of our university students to assist us with the growing cost of their education and to increase their chances of success.
We hope to be able to go this year, 2021, as we miss seeing our dear friends in the villages, and being there to support the dreams of the students. Our team is all fully vaccinated, although in the villages the great majority are not.
Last fall another young mother died of undetected cancer, and we have added her three little children to our list of orphans being cared for by their grandparents. Their father is out of work during the pandemic, but we hope he will be able to resume providing for his family before too long.
We move forward in hope, trusting in Divine Providence and the goodness of others to continue to provide for the education of the children and youth of the Sierra Mixteca.
Without your support since 2012, either as a walker, a sponsor, or a donor from afar, we would never have been able to come this far! 1600 packets of school supplies, 130 high school children sponsored, scholarships to 20 university students, and monthly food stipends to 32 orphans and disabled children. THANK YOU!!
You can donate securely via Paypal online on our Donate page.
If you would rather send a cheque made out to Friends of the Poor, it can be mailed to 14356 Marianopolis Way, San Diego, CA 92129
The children thank you for your generosity and kindness. We wish you could all be there to see their smiles when they get their workbooks and their big bag of supplies!