June...anticipation

It's June. I booked my first Guatemala ticket for July 16-October 2 (since I will need to leave after the 90 day visa anyway and October is a slow month for CasaSito, I plan to return for November and December).

Thanks to Brad, I have begun to set some personal goals as well as goals that I have for Health in Action, Samox San Lucas, and CasaSito. This has gotten me pretty excited for the trip and led me to focus on fundraising.

A brief summary:

• personal: learn about and partake in alternative methods of volunteerism and community development, learn about the way a non-profit organization is managed, share my own knowledge and time to make a lasting impact on people who seek help
• Samox San Lucas: provide a source of continuity mid-year between Samox and HiA so that they may gain confidence in our programs and intentions, help them carry out a more thorough needs assessment to make goals to reach all of the community's needs (not only those that can be addressed by HiA)
  
• HiA: continue to develop a relationship with CasaSito and Samox San Lucas, find answers to any questions that arise in the development of future programs
• CasaSito: serve as an additional helping hand in projects where coordinators and volunteers are essential including a music festival and English teaching programs, act as a liason between CasaSito and UM for both HiA and EGL (with whom I will be traveling in August to construct a radio station)
  

Today I drafted a letter to send to family and friends. CasaSito has posed a campaign to get 1000 people to donate $20. All of the money I raise will help CasaSito fund an anticipated 70 middle and high school students in their 2010 scholarship program.