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New Children at Sunflower Home
We have 3 new darling children at our Sunflower home who need sponsors: Wini, Sila and Gabriel. They were delivered by the Fiscalia (government agency) just last week.
Little Gabriel, shown above, was photographed shortly after arriving at the Sunflower home and being fed. As you can tell, he is going to love the dental group going down in June!
All these children are from the valley of Ccosñipata Country, near the Manu jungle, but were found in terrible condition begging and sleeping in the streets of Cusco. Police collected the children then sent them to the public Prosecutor who in turn gave legal custody to Southern Cross.
For more information about each child please go to www.sxhu.org and look under Sponsor-A-Child.
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Thank you for being part of the Southern Cross Humanitarian Family. Bridging cultures, awakening hopes and dreams-one child at a time- we will make the world a better place.
Sincerely,
Laura Mabbott-President
Van Evans-Chairman
website: www.sxhu.org
email: laura@sxhu.org
Office:
2607 E. Casto Lane,
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
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Tax Information
(If you have a tax advisor, its best to check with them regarding your personal tax situation)
Expedition:
· If over half the time is spent at the orphange (which our expeditions do), the entire airfare is deductible.
· Cost of side trips should be deducted from the expedition total, since only expenses related to the voluntary portion are deductible.
. For Machu Pichu & the jungle, the cost is about $400.
. For Machu Pichu & Lake Titicaca, the cost is about $300.
General Donations:
· For donations to Southern Cross Humanitarian, you can use your thank you letters or cancelled checks for your tax files. If you have not received a thank you letter for your donation, we apologize, and will gladly send us one if you just let us know."
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Greetings,
Spring is a time of abundance, rejuvenation and joy. As we reach out to lift, serve and relieve the distress of others, we will come to know happiness as never before. In this global community, everyone is our neighbor.
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 Benefit Concert in Utah!
Dreaming of a free expedition to Peru? Enjoy amazing music from well trained choirs? Would you like to a free book signing by Richard Paul Evans? Then join Southern Cross Humanitarian for an eventful evening at Kearn's High School on April 25th at 7:00 p.m.
We are counting on all you Southern Cross Utahns to bring a caravan of cars filled with friends and family to this event. Those out of state are welcome to buy tickets to give to friends! We'd love and need to fill the house (remodeled hall seats 2300) to raise enough money to construct the 3rd dorm this summer.
Tickets are only $5 on-line pre-sale, buy 10 and
get a chance for a Free Expedition. (Does not include international airfare. Need not be present to win.)
For those of you who can't attend but still want to show your support, click here and go to the Donations Tab.
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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. This is a fundraiser where small amounts by many people can truly make a big difference.
All we need is name, address, phone# & Preferred Card#, please email to Ken@sxhu.org.
We'll also soon have a registration form on our website and you can ask friends, neighbors, relatives and co-workers to support Southern Cross by registering their Albertson's cards at no cost to them. One nice benefit is: this will give you an opportunity to talk to others about Southern Cross.
We have set an initial goal of 500 supporters, please help us get there. This is also a great service project for high school and church youth groups: to register people in front of a local Albertsons store - for more information contact Ken@sxhu.org.
 United Methodist Church in Champlain, NY have donated their time and talents toward making this lovely sunflower quilt. For every $10.00 a person donates to SXHU, their name goes in the a "thank you" drawing for The Sunflower Quilt.
· Gary and Kaylene Chambers of Las Vegas Nevada have organized a Humanitarian focused fireside for May 6th. Van Evans will be speaking on why we serve and our Sunflower home. Those of you in the Las Vegas area who would like to help spread the word, please contact kaylene@chambersmania.com.
· "A Night for the Children", fundraising dinner in Los Gatos, CA, is on May 18th. Everyone is invited for a BBQ, bingo with amazing raffle, entertainment, and our famous dessert fountain! All those in the Bay Area who want more information please contact laura@sxhu.org.
· GoodSearch is free for you to use and gives Southern Cross Humanitarian a penny a search. It truly adds up. If each person reading this newsletter did two searches a day we could sponsor a child. See directions below.
If you are interested in doing some sort of fundraising event in your area, or having a fireside or presentation to create awareness, please contact Laura@sxhu.org. We have a fundraising packet and will be happy to assist you in any way possible.
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2007 Expeditions Need You!
Whether it is helping create homes for children living on the street, exploring Machu Picchu, dancing with the children at our Sunflower home, doing dental work at a jungle village, or having a giving heart, you are needed and wanted on this summer's expeditions.
Every person has unique talents and skills that come into play during expeditions. To accomplish our goal of finishing the Sunflower home this summer, we can use everyone!
To find out more or to sign up for a LIFE CHANGING Experience -- go to:
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 Triathlon for the Sunflower Home!
An Ironman Triathlon is one of the most grueling events in the world of sport, and also one of the most inspiring. Jon Harris, of Murray, Utah, is entering the Ironman Coeur'd Alene for the Sunflower home to raise money for his upcoming expedition. You can read all about Jon, his race and help him with donations by going to: http://triperu.org/.
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Heartbeats!
"When people donate their time, they are giving of their valuable heartbeats"
· Club Yahoo, a volleyball club for girls in the San Jose, California area was just recently featured in the Prep Volleyball national newsletter, as a volleyball club that cares. The team sponsors a child at the Sunflower and sent school kits with the December Expedition as well as Club Yahoo uniforms for the kids. Some of the families are now considering an expedition to the Sunflower.
· Rick Wilson, President of Mediatechnics Systems, Inc., has generously donated his time and equipment to provide Southern Cross with new DVD's. Anyone needing a DVD of the Sunflower home including what SXHU is all about, please contact us. Thank you Rick!
· Quinn Brady, of Cupertino, CA, might be driving past you someday with his new SXHU.org license plate! If you see him, HONK! He went to the DMV just last week to pick up his customized plates. Thanks Quinn!
· Gene Greggerson and his daughter Zoe from Boston, MA, read about the Chavez family at the Sunflower home. As a result, Zoe told her dad she wanted to donate money for her birthday to help. Thank you to this father and daughter team!
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WE'RE AT $96 AND CLIMBING!
Goodsearch is an internet search engine powered by Yahoo.
It costs you nothing, but for each search they pay a penny. It may not seem like much, but 200 searches a day will help us earn enough to support a child at the Sunflower.
Email everyone in your address book and ask them to use goodsearch to benefit the orphans in Peru. Enter "Southern Cross Humanitarian" as your charity of choice.
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Use PayPal for your donation !!
You can make a donation TODAY through PayPal, using your Visa, MC, Amex or Discover Credit Cards --
PayPal is an easy, safe, secure method of making donations.
After clicking the PayPal button, there are two ways to donate:
1) If you don't have a PayPal account (SKIP this section)
2) Using your CREDIT CARD
(Visa, MC, Amex, Discover)
Scroll down till you see the Credit Card images...
3) Please enter detail information for your donation in the messages field).
TO DONATE BY CHECK:
Mail to: Southern Cross Humanitarian
2607 Casto Lane,
Salt Lake City, UT 84117-6302
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