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Charities 2007-2008 Bill's Kitchen The Evangelical School for the Deaf San Juan Community Library Asociación Educativa Pro Desarrollo Humano de Culebra Jane Stern Community Library
The following 5 Charities are the Newcomers Club of San Juan chosen ones for 2007-2008, these will benefit from our fund raising efforts throughout the year.
Each year The Newcomers Club of San Juan sponsors several local charities and last year the club gave in excess of $45,000 to the nominated charities. The Club is grateful to all those members and associates who help support events and hope that everyone will continue to support our fund raising efforts in the future. The charitable, non-profit organizations who intend to apply for funds with Newcomers next year (2008-2009) need to get their applications in by December 31, 2007.
Bill's Kitchen
Bill's Kitchen provides meals and nutritional counseling for people living with HIV/AIDS. Newcomer Sara Bawa founded the kitchen after her son, Bill died of AIDS. After helping him and others through their illness in a similar organization in Seattle, she came to Puerto Rico determined to do something about the great need she saw in the streets of San Juan. Each week, the organization serves almost 320 clients in San Juan and 120 in Fajardo, depending on the services of 20 permanent staff members, including professionals and support personnel as well as over 150 volunteers. Most of their clients have either poor or non-existing family support systems. Currently Newcomers funding provides the fresh fruits and vegetables on the carryout plates delivered daily to shut-ins. Also through hard work and determination, the club raised enough money for the kitchen to purchase a van. The support of Newcomers group and others, has made possible that we could initiate new services to the Bayamón area during the month of May. Thanks for being part of all of these achievements. The Evangelical School for the Deaf
The Evangelical School for the Deaf In 1957, missionaries who were ministering to the deaf in Jamaica answered God's call to bring the Gospel to the deaf in Puerto Rico. These new missionaries quickly learned that most of the deaf were illiterate. Without a language, how could these deaf understand the Gospel? The first step for the missionaries was to establish a school. They opened a school in a farm house in Luquillo. Later, a two story building was erected to house three classrooms, a library and audio/visual room downstairs and a boys' dorm with dorm counselors' residence upstairs. Since these modest beginnings, the school has grown steadily, and hundreds of students have passed through it. The Evangelical School for the Deaf is a Non Profit Organization under the United States tax code. In the 70s, the missionaries at ESD desired to change to a different home mission board and now serve under World Mission to the Deaf based in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. We save Campbell's soup labels. The majority of the
school's equipment has always come from the Campbell's 'Labels for
Education' Program. Only US products are accepted. If you live in the
States, please send us your labels (front section only). We collected
76,000+ labels this school year (thanks to your efforts) and 'banked' them
with the Campbell's Labels for Education program towards a future purchase
of educational equipment. Check the contact section for our address.
More information can be found at:
Campbell's Labels
for Education Click here to see a Photo Gallery of how the school has spent the Newcomers Funds
A Community Lending Library for Adults and Children
These smiling faces belong to our Summer Reading Program winners! The theme "Open New Doors" was a great adventure offering reading by themes: biography, poetry, adventure/survival, informational, science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, animal, mystery, and traditional literature. From left to right, Congratulations to Virginina Fernandez, Victoria Davidjohn, and Wesley Viera on an outstanding job!
We are grateful to the Newcomers Club of San Juan for including us among their charities. In addition to their most appreciated and steadfast support over many years, they have been a tremendous source for informing the community about our library's presence, mission, and services. Throughout the years many people learn of us and become members of our library as a result of the Newcomers Club of San Juan. Thank you!
Our library started
with the dream to create a lending library that truly supports our unique
bilingual community. Our doors are open to everyone. It is our endeavor to
reach and encourage every age group at any
Our staff is comprised of volunteers and we welcome and
appreciate new volunteers. Our growing inventory Recent acquisitions to the library with the Newcomer's support include the remodeling of our Conference Room, the vital software update of our Catalog/Circulation system, the creation of our executive director’s office, books and reference materials, and improvements to the library proper lighting and fans. Pending projects include the remodeling of our kitchen, computers for our public network, and a music/language laboratory. Again, we extend our gratitude to you for partnering with us in offering needed community services.
We have a variety of classes and special events for both children and adults. We invite you to join our upcoming fall and winter programs, which include:
For the most current information on dates and times and
modest membership fees, please check our listings Our library remains
committed to providing free access to the information available in books
and computers. We are eager to serve our community. Let us know if there
is an activity which you would like to offer or ...A room without books is like a body without a soul. Cicero
Asociación Educativa Pro Desarrollo Humano de Culebra
La Asociación Educativa pro Desarrollo Humano de Culebra, Inc., is a small not-for-profit social services agency that has tried to fill the gaps in services available to Culebra’s children and families with special needs for more than 20 years. Supported by Newcomer’s Club, United Way, the Municipality of Culebra, and the state school lunch program, la Asociación offers a variety of unique services depending on the needs we identify. At present, we have an early stimulation program for children from 2 to 5 years old that promotes participants' development through structured and supervised educational activities and field trips. Children up to age 13 participate in field trips to enhance their cultural experiences and also come to our Center after school or on days when teachers are absent to help with the preschoolers and participate in educational activities themselves. In June and July, children through age 8 are welcome to participate in a day camp that focuses on environmental education and water safety. We serve the community at large through cultural excursions, workshops, and seminars on topics of interest to Culebrense. We also assist families with medical needs in a variety of ways. For some, we act as case managers, identifying providers on the Big Island (Puerto Rico), making appointments, and advocating on patients behalf to insurance companies or the Department of Health. For others, we accompany them to their appointments and act as advocates to ensure that patients understand their care. For others the assistance is primarily financial, helping to cover the costs of a procedure or medicine that is necessary but outside of the families reach. Still others come to us when they need specialized medical equipment and don’t know where to go to get it, or can’t afford it through traditional retail outlets. These services are unique in Culebra and are delivered with love and dedication by our small staff. We appreciate the help of Newcomers and all of our supporters. In addition to our grant funding we also accept gently used toys and books (preferably in Spanish), gently worn children’s clothes (to distribute to families in need), and individual and corporate donations. Thank you for your ongoing support!
Dorado
Mission: "To serve as a private bilingual and bicultural library by providing information, ideas and educational programs for the enlightenment of all people of the town of Dorado and its outlying areas; and to support the establishment of community libraries throughout Puerto Rico."
Centro de Gobierno 331 Mendez Vigo St. Dorado, PR 00646 Phone: 787-796-3675 Website: www.jsdcl.org
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