Volunteers!

We love it when volunteers come to Costa Rica!

Thank you Brendan and Sarai McCastle from Michigan for helping out this summer at our youth camp!

And a big thanks to Juliana and Alison from California, and Amy from New York for all of their help!

Anyone else for a tropical vacation? :)

Free Infant Care Classes

Volunteers from Clinica Biblica Hospital in San Jose, Costa Rica gave free infant massage classes to women in the community of Los Triangulos this summer.

We love giving away free things...like knowledge and skills!

A trip to the dentist

This summer the Jane Jones Beca students took a trip to see the dentist. Not just any dentist, but one of the premier dentists in San Jose, Costa Rica.

They learned about the dental arts as a vocation and also about proper dental care. All of our scholarship students are also getting their teeth cleaned for free by the staff at Meza Dental!

(I like going to this dentist just for the view while sitting in the office--3 stories above the rainforest canopy!) It relaxes me instantaneously...

Anyway, check out these photos and the Meza Dental website...I gotta go floss!

Christmas in Costa Rica

New photos are here! See them below and in our slideshow at right! Thank you to everyone who donated time, money or both to help make it happen!

Christmas Shopping!

The Christmas countdown in Costa Rica has begun! That means a flurry of activity...parties to attend (to give away gifts, play and bring JOY!) and presents to deliver.

Some of the presents are already pre-bought...patrons of stores like Cemaco in Costa Rica and also patrons of local small businesses like Leon Chiropractica in Moravia, Costa Rica had trees with children's names on the branches. Then patrons picked a name and could donate a toy to that child for Christmas.

Other presents came from the states, like the ones that came from California and from Georgia in suitcases!

Other presents are bought there in Costa Rica and wrapped and delivered....

over 1500 presents are this years goal, and it takes a small army of volunteers! Thanks donors, and thanks volunteers!