Win a FREE
EXPEDITION
by
Sponsoring Drop-in Centers for $1 a Day
Southern Cross Drop-in Centers provide food and educational help for over 400 children. For $30 a month, $1 a day, you make it possible for children to come off the street and into a new world.
Sponsorship Contest:
Each individual who signs up 15 new Drop-in Center sponsors (minimum $30 a month and for a year) by the end of December will receive a free expedition.
150 sponsors would cover the costs of all 6 centers and allow us open our new center in Ecuador in 2009! Currently we only have two sponsors: Scott Urban and Peter Johansen! THANKS!
To help feed and educate hundreds of children each monthat our Drop-in Centers simply download a sponsorship form and send it into the office, call 801-397-5578 and give us the info over the phone and/or email Ken@sxhu.org for more information. THANKS!
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Spotlight:
The Life of Nancy
by
Nancy Garcia Perez
(Dictated to & translated by Summer School Teacher Colleen Burns)
Who am I?
I am Nancy. I am ten years old and my birthday is April 5th. I am going to eat cake! My favorite colors are red, brown, blue, and yellow. My favorite foods are chicken and noodles. I like to study and one of my favorite books is Coquito.
Before The Sunflower
I was born in the city of Miraflores and I grew up in Urubamba with relatives. Once when I was in the church, my Papi Juan told my relatives about The Sunflower and my Uncle Carlos brought me here.
Now
I live at The Sunflower with all of my brothers and sisters and Papi Juan and Mami Delia and my Aunt Colleen. She teaches us math and language. In the afternoon, we read books outside in the grass. My favorite book is Osito de Oro and I feel good here.
What is The Sunflower?
I live well at The Sunflower with my brothers and sisters. The Sunflower is important because we have everything to eat, places to sleep and Papi Juan and Mami Delia. I like The Sunflower.
My Future
When I grow up, I want to sing songs. I also want to be a teacher and I want to visit my family and go to the United States to learn English.
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Southern Cross Humanitarian: Helping street children in Latin American through sustainable homes providing food, medical & psychological care, education and opportunities for positive futures.
Laura Chabries - President
Cameron Smyres - V.P. & Project Director
website: www.sxhu.org
email: laura@sxhu.org
phone:(801)-397-5578 fax: (801)-397-5579
Address:
1492 South 800 West, Suite A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087
For copies of newsletter, you can go to www.sxhu.org. All past issues are archived.
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Use PayPal for your donation!!
You can make a donation TODAY through PayPal, using your Visa, MC, Amex or Discover Credit Cards -- PayPal is an easy, safe and secure!
TO DONATE BY CHECK:
Mail to: Southern Cross Humanitarian
1492 South 800 West, Suite A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087 |
Here is How to Make a HUGE Difference with No Cost to You!
Register your Albertsons Preferred Customer card with Southern Cross Humanitarian as your charity.
By doing so, Albertsons will donate 1-3% of all your purchases to
Southern Cross. Each person who uses their Preferred card on a regular basis contributes an average of $100 a year to Southern Cross.
All you need to do is email your name, address, phone# & Preferred Card#, to Ken@sxhu.org or complete the registration form on our website on our "How Can I Help" page.
This is a great service opportunity for high school &
church youth groups as well as a qualifying Eagle Scout project:
register people in front of a local Albertsons store - for more
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"Every child you encounter is a divine appointment." Wess Stafford, President, Compassion International
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COOL BLOG BUTTON & New Blog site!
For all you bloggers out there who'd like to do a little something for Southern Cross, we've created a blog button just for you! Instructions for the blog button are on our website at: blog. We invite you to include it in your blog sites, and/or your personal emails in your signature.
For those of you who enter your own stories on our blog, you could be the lucky winner of shirts, cards, or calendars! Thanks and have fun! Check out our Sunflower Blog!
"We celebrated
Halloween with the kids this year. They LOVED it. They bobbed for
apples, played spider tag, painted .....
Our interns at the Sunflower, as well as visits by board members and expeditions members will send us the latest news and happenings.
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Ho, Ho, Ho! Christmas Gifts for Everyone!Gifts that truly keep on giving. For fun and endearing Christmas gifts that keep on giving Southern Cross has the following options:
Cards: 10 cards with pictures of children in our homes for $20. Calendars: Sunflower children are highlighted in this year's calendar for $30 - includes photos & birthdays.
Sponsorships: Give the gift of sponsoring a child, or Drop-in Center, for a month or a year!
Wish List: How about educational games and supplies? Here is our wish list: wish list
Farm Animals: Buying chickens, trout, cows, goats, and/or alpacas is making a donation to the farm that will provide for years to come.
Gift Donations: Gifted donations will come with a gift card showing a donation was made in the person's behalf. These can be included with any of the gifts above as well.
(Enjoy viewing the calendar and cards at Shutterfly.)
If you are interested in ordering greeting cards or calendars, please click holiday gifts to order. Orders through Southern Cross support our efforts to help street children in South America. (Orders through shutterfly do not go towards the benefit of Southern Cross Humanitarian.) For any questions, please email laura@sxhu.org.
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Southern Cross Educational
Expedition February 18-28
(English Bootcamp)
Last year's English Bootcamp expedition was a
blast and this
year's will be even
better. Time is
exclusively spent with the children at the Sunflower Home. It is the end
of their summer break and volunteers who go on this expedition teach small group English workshops to all the children. It is a wonderful opportunity to have one on one experiences with all the children. In addition we will take them on a field trip, enjoy music classes together and/or create classes centered around your expertise. Sign up today to join the fun!
For expedition applications go to expeditions on our website at expeditions and/or email cameron@sxhu.org for more information. Check out our Early Bird Special for those who sign up 90 days before departure!
Bootcamp Project!
Your humanitarian experience will begin upon application. Each
expedition participant for the February Expedition will be asked to help fundraise to set up our new library!
For photos of past expedition check out our alumni page at: www.Easysite.com/SouthernCrossHumanitarian
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Heartbeats!
"When people donate their time, they are giving of their valuable heartbeats."
· We LOVE our interns!
Currently Sarah Hess and Alexis Reintjes are helping at the Sunflower
home. We thank them for their efforts, their time and the love
bestowed daily upon each of the children in all our behalf.
· What a TREAT! Warmest thanks goes to Nancy Whittingham, Laura Heming and Claire Bedard for their recent visit to the Sunflower home, bringing LOADS of ESL materials and a presentation on Incan healing arts for the children. (Thanks for taking the treats down for the interns as well! They said being with these women was like having an early Christmas!)
· The first HPV Vaccinations were given to all the girls at the Sunflower Home thanks to Ron and Katherine Alcatraz for the funding, Leo Gavancho for making this happen and Daron Ferris, MD President, CerviCusco for their services.
· White Oak Primary School, a Pre-K through 2nd grade campus located in the "Piney Woods" of East Texas, gets a BIG thanks for sharing all their extra materials with Southern Cross. Thanks to Laura & Michael Benson for making this happen, and Federal Express for their free shipping!
· Thanks to Charity Anywhere for their generosity with contacts and kindness regarding transportation to our team who went to Ecuador working with purchasing land for our new home and organizing our upcoming summer expedition.
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Thank you all for your support and for communicating your desires and efforts in helping Southern Cross Humanitarian. THANKS! laura@sxhu.org.
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