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My Life
By Purfita
(Translated by Colleen Burns, our 2007 Summer School teacher)
Who am I?
I am Purfita. I am seven years old and I like piggies. I also like tomatoes. I am a good girl.
Before The Sunflower
I was born in Urubamba. I grew up with my mom, dad, and my brother Felipe. I came here in December. My brother Felipe brought me because we were suffering.
Now
I live at The Sunflower. Here, I have jackets, television and clothes. Every day, we play, work, clean our rooms, and go to class. Here, I feel happy.
What is The Sunflower?
The Sunflower is a very beautiful home with good parents. The Sunflower is important because there are many good children. I like this place because it is very beautiful with colorful plants.
My Future
After high school, I want to go to the United States to study. I also want to have a lot of animals, a mother, and a house.
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On-line Shopping!
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Shop on Good Shop this holiday season and help us reach our goal of $1000!
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· Buy the latest gadgets & electronics from BestBuy or Target
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Contact Information
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================ Southern
Cross Humanitarian: Helping street children in Latin American through
sustainable homes providing food, medical & psychological care,
education & 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 S. 800 W., Suite A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087
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We're All Family
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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.
All you need to do is email your name, address, phone# & Preferred Card#, to Ken@sxhu.org and we'll do the rest! |
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Happy Holidays Dear Friends!
All of us at Southern
Cross Humanitarian would like to thank each of you for a wonderful
year. We've helped more than 500 children in Peru and Colombia and
have laid important groundwork for opening our new Drop-in Center in Ecuador. What a gift to
work with people who always remember "the most important things, are
not things". The photo is of children from our Colombia Drop-in Centers who wish to say "Feliz Navidad" to all who help them.
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Holiday Cheer Sunflower Style! 
Christopher would like to send a juicy holiday kiss to all those who have given time, talents, nickels and dimes to help the Children of Southern Cross Humanitarian and a special thanks to the Sorenson Foundation for their grant to put "Play In Their Day".
This year each child has made tremendous progress at school and with their personal journey. The children meet with Professor Maria and our interns each day after school to catch up in school and improve their skills. Each child has chores on the farm, in the kitchen and in their rooms. Cultural dancing and music lessons are also part of their week, as well as learning how to serve and give back to their communities.
All you December Expedition folks are going to get to celebrate New Years Sunflower Style! It will be a fiesta of a lifetime. Have fun! See more information about Expeditions.
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Holiday Giving with Southern Cross
Sponsorships: Give the gift of sponsoring a child, or Drop-in Center, for a month or a year!
Cards: 10 cards w/ pictures of children in our homes for $20.
Calendars: Sunflower children are highlighted in this year's calendar for $30 - includes photos & birthdays.
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.
Children's Wish List. Here is the children's
wish list. When you choose one of these items, we'll send you a fun
gift card with which to present your family.
· Soccer Goals $50
· Play Clothes/Sweat pants $15
· Story Books $5
· Library Reading Cushions $15
· Jeans $20
· Colored Underwear & socks /New Bras/$10
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 Southern Cross expedition!
If you are interested in holiday giving with Southern Cross please click holiday gifts to order. For any questions, please email laura@sxhu.org.
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Funding Futures Update! 
Exciting news for all of our children! Last month Southern Cross went to Peru and met with business, political, and educational leaders to create new and lasting partnerships to help all our children, now and into the future, thanks to Alberto Puertas, the International Advising Coordinator for BYU and member of the Southern Cross Advisory Board. Our four oldest boys, Adriel, Wilfredo, Hilario and Carlos (shown above) were interviewed and all have placements in summer workshops/internships before they begin their last year of school. Adriel wants to work helping to end poverty. Wilfredo is interested in being an electrician. Hilario and Carlos both have their hearts set on soccer and professional careers. (Carlos leads his class with particularly high scores in math.)
To find out how you can help our children's futures, please see Funding Futures or contact laura@sxhu.org. |
Heartbeats
"When people donate their time, they are giving of their valuable heartbeats"
· Thank you is simply not enough for the leader of Granja Porcon, Don Alejandro, and his gracious and generous offer of mentoring and internships in his community for our organization. View more on Porcon, one of two self-sustaining cooperatives in the world that really work!
· Regan Smith, from Atlanta Georgia, recently collected clothing to benefit the children of Southern Cross for his Eagle Scout Project. He also collected matching funds and checks totaling over $1,000. Regan, thank you for this holiday cheer!
· Warm thank you's go to Ariadna Hernandez de Tejeda
who invited Southern Cross to speak at Universidad Privada Del Norte in Trujillo. Our topic: "El servicio humanitario y sus ramificaciones globales en la dociedad. Un caso de estudio: Southern Cross Humanitarian".
· Thank you to LDS Woman Magazine for featuring The Sunflower in thier Holiday issue. Read this great article, starting on page 24!
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Special thanks to Joe Daily and ACR International for printing 1000 of
our new DVD's. Your help with editing, production and graphics was
invaluable.
· Farmington Jr. High and Kaysville Jr. High, in Davis County, UT, competed against each other for a Southern Cross fundraiser to help pay for basketball standards and soccer goals for our physical education program at sunflower. Their combined effort raised almost $2000! Heartfelt thanks to these schools for helping us!
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Thanks to Hailee, Ryan & Katlyn Fredrickson, of Shelley, ID., for
setting up a Southern Cross Booth at a Craft Fair in Idaho Falls, ID.
They sold calendars, cards and spread the word!
· Rachel Pennington, and friends in Northern Idaho, made 30 quilts for the village of Tucsan.
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Blog Contest!
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Discover the fun of reading about the Sunflower Children on our blogsite today by going to:
thesunflowerorphanage.blogspot.com
Every 25th person who puts a link to our blog on their blog will receive a Southern Cross gift (calendar, cards or t-shirt).
All you have to do is email your blog address to:
smartnatalie @hotmail.com.
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Order your next Cell Phone, Satellite TV or Phone Service from Southern Cross
We represent all of the Major Cell Phone services & can you can save money on your next cell phone... check it out at: www.southerncross.acnrep.com
Stay with your same service or switch, buy a broadband card... this is a good website to compare companies.
We also represent DIRECT TV, ordering your service from our website will provide a commission which benefits our children.
This is just one of many ways you can help Southern Cross without any "extra" expenditures from your budget, in fact, this may save you money.
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Holiday Donations
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Through PayPal, use your Visa, MC, Amex or Discover Credit Cards -- PayPal is an easy, safe and secure!
Paypal Southern Cross Donations Pg.
TO DONATE BY CHECK:
Mail to: Southern Cross Humanitarian
1492 S. 800 W. A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087
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