Amigo News

This week we have been focusing on ecology and the environment. The children had a neighborhood and beach cleanup day. They had a lot of fun and it instills pride in beautifying their town. Over 20 bags of refuse were collected or recycled over the week. We also enjoyed having guest volunteer Linn come [...]

Greeting to everyone, just a reminder to everyone that our annual Amigos de la Cruz/ Kids Club fundraiser is coming up in only 10 days on Friday, February 21. Latcho and Andrea (Blonde Gypsies) and the children will be performing. We have many great items available including certificates to restaurants [...]

This week at Kids Club we are learning to write letters, an exercise that is not practiced very much these days but is a good exercise. The skills can be applied to writing formal emails. We read several books with volunteer Sharon and practiced reading in English and Spanish. The students continue to practice [...]

The kids were elated to be back at Kids Club after a week off for the Dental Clinic last week. Volunteer Daniel did sports and games this week working on hand eye coordination and teamwork. Students were put into teams, learning how to toss tennis balls underhand and overhand. Some students took leadership roles [...]

There are so many things going on a the Amigos de La Cruz and Kids Club this week. We are gearing up for the annual free dental clinic for kids, doing screenings, prioritizing patients, and making appointments for next week. This is such a great project that Amigos has supported for almost a decade [...]