School Support

Hey everyone,

Ken and I just got back from Sunset Elementary in St George where Ken did a presentation on the orphanage. It lasted about 20 minutes where he reviewed pictures of the children at the orphanage and told how life is for them in Guatemala. Sorry I forgot to take pictures. The whole purpose of him doing the presentation was to help introduce a new reading program the PTA is doing designed to help the orphanage. It is called "Pennies by the Page". Each classroom will have a bank where the students can deposit 1 penny for every page they read. To help motivate them to read, prizes will be given as well. I was very impressed by the work the PTA has gone to in doing this project. If anyone is interested in doing something like this for their local schools please email me at infogcp@guatemalachildrensproject.org and I can give more details.

In addition to this project the Sunset PTA is also partnered with Scholastic Books and the "One for Books" program that helps raise money through donations to purchase books and other supplies for the orphanage.

Thank you to the Sunset Elementary PTA for all their support. They have really stepped up and are doing all they can to support our cause.

Ken also did a presentation at SunFirst Bank (click the link to see locations) in St George to see if they would use Guatemala Children's Project as their annual charity project. They accepted and have established an account that people can deposit money into that will then be given to the orphanage.

Great things are happening here in St George and I'm glad to a part of this adventure.

Mike