A Request

My brother is coming to visit me next week and we will be bringing some very special things to the community of La Lomita. Here is a copy of his e-mail.

Hello All,
Next week I will be heading to the Dominican Republic to visit my sister, spend a few days at the beach, and visit a village called La Lomita.  La Lomita is a small rural community where the non-profit I co-founded, Grace Cares, has done several projects.  In the past we have built a community center (used as the school), a water well, and a chicken coop to start a community owned egg business.  We have also provided for an elder care program.  I will be going to check-out some of the past projects and would like to bring supplies to set-up an art program for the children there.

I am buying classroom-sized boxes of crayons, colored pencils, watercolors, paint brushes, and pastels in the US and sister will purchase the bulkier items like paper, clay, and bottles of paint in Santo Domingo.  These are things that most of us had plenty of in school and probably at home growing up, not so much there.  This is a small project and as such even small donations would help out greatly.  If you can spare $5-10 dollars or would like to pass this email on to someone who can, it would be greatly appreciated.

Information about Grace Cares and more about our past projects in the Dominican and elsewhere is available at http://www.gracecares.com/.  Grace Cares is a 501(c)3.   As I will be bringing the goods along with me, 100% of the donations will be going towards purchasing the supplies.  Donations can be made by check to Grace Cares, Inc. 773 Guilford Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301; cash (send me an email); or online at http://gracecares.com/donate.html. 

Thank you,
Captain Ken

P.S. At the beginning of December our Annual Report will come out with info about our larger projects completed this year as well as those proposed for next.  If you are interested in finding out more, please let me know.



Teresa and the kids in La Lomita singing a song