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New Children
at Sunflower Home
Sometimes Southern Cross Humanitarian faces difficult choices regarding spending money.
Almendra, has been with us our 30 probationary days and we now have official legal custody! Almendra is the product of an abusive situation. She does not know her father, and her mother does not have the mental capacity to recognize or care for her daughter. Both were being cared for by a kindly woman living along the Inca Trail, who came to us asking for help.
Southern Cross Humanitarian is committed to rescuing children. Often a child will arrive at our Sunflower Home while we are still in the process of obtaining legal guardianship. After being granted legal guardianship, we place a photo of the new child on our website and ask for sponsorships. This means we often spend money to feed and take care of children you may never see, or not see for a few months after they've been in our care.
We would like to thank all of you for understanding that a portion of general or sponsorship donations may go towards our "emergency rescue efforts". These efforts help pay for the costs of literally getting a chlid off the streets, through the court system and into our orphanage. If there is a child in need, we do everything we can to help. It is who we are and what we are about.
For more information about each child please go to www.sxhu.org and look under Sponsor-A-Child.
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Spotlight:
El Girasol (The Sunflower)
by Noemi
(Dictated to & translated by 2007 Summer School Teacher Colleen Burns)
Who am I?
I am Noemi. I am five years old. I like to draw houses, watch the moon, and talk on the telephone. I like to cook. I love vegetables!
Before El Girasol
I was born in Cusco. I lived with my two older sisters and my mom and dad. My sisters are Hijidia and Dina. I also had a brother named Carlos. I came to El Girasol in December. I left my house with Hijidia. The police found me and brought me here.
Now
Now, I live at El Girasol. Here, I have clothes, a wardrobe, and a beautiful bed. Every morning, I clean my room with my sister. Afterwards, we eat breakfast. I have class. I learn wonderful things. Also, I work with my Papi Juan. Every day, I eat lunch with Mami Delia and the rest. After lunch, I read. Sometimes I play after reading. At last, I eat dinner and sleep. I feel good here. I like this place.
What is El Girasol?
El Girasol is an orphanage with many children. We are well here because we have Mami Delia, Papi Juan, Mami Eunice, and Papi Leonidas. I like El Girasol becaue we are good here.
My future
After high school, I want to work in a kitchen. I want to be a chef because I like to help Mami Delia. I also want to do laundry for my family. I also want to be a mom and live in Cusco.
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New Faces at
Southern Cross Humanitarian:
We are honored and excited to announce 3 new Southern Cross Humanitarian Board Members: Natalie Mano, Jared Bryson and Sharie Bryson. We thank them for their time, dedication and myriad of skills they bring to our oraganization.
Pamela Bos, of Farmington, UT, contributes to SXHU with her cooking skills. As head chef at Sur La Table, Pamela shares her culinary skills at important SXHU meetings, making them special events for those who come distances and give so much to the organization.
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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
For copies of newsletter, you can go to www.sxhu.org. All past issues are archived.
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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 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,
May is a month for memories. Southern Cross invites you to make some new meaningful ones with us as well as remembering moments in our not so distant past. All newsletters are now archived on our website for your convenience.
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." Pericles
" When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not". Mark Twain
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Two Ways to 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 a big difference!
All you need to do is email your name, address, phone# & Preferred Card#, to Ken@sxhu.org. We also have a registration form on our website on our "How Can I Help" page. Registering Albertson's cards of friends, neighbors, relatives and co-workers is an easy, no cost way to support Southern Cross and spread the word.
We have set an initial goal of 500 supporters, please help us get there. This is also a great service opportunity for high school & church youth groups as well as a qualifying Eagle Scout project: register people in front of a local Albertsons store - for more information contact Ken@sxhu.org.
Albertson stores in CA have been sold to Savemart. We'll be registering for that program soon.
It truly adds up. If each person reading this newsletter did two searches a day those searches would sponsor a child. Just add it to your toolbar, and when you start the day, make your first searches count!
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High Honors for Leo & Van:
Congratulations goes to Leo Guavancho, our Latin American field director, and Van Evans, the Founder of Southern Cross Humanitarian, for their recent academic achievements.
Our own Leo Guavancho scored at the top of Peru's first mandated teacher testing. We are fortunate and blessed he is still with Southern Cross as his scores were so high he was asked to lead up the country's new educational reform team. Everyone who knows Leo, loves him, and there is no one better to work with our children in Peru than him. Thank you Leo!
Van recently graduated with a Master of Social Work degree with an International Social Work certificate. At an awards banquet last month, Van received the MSW Faculty Award for "Outstanding Scholarship and Promise," the highest award given to MSW students in the college. The day prior to graduation he accepted an offer as an Adjunct Professor of Social Work at Salt Lake Community College to teach Latin American studies. He will teach one class each semester beginning in the fall.
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Expeditions: Extraordinary Memories!
See those smiles? Each holds life long expedition memories. Spencer brought his Eagle Scout project to Peru outfitting a school in a 2005, and the following year raised money to outfit the orphanage kitchen. (The question still remains whether or not the locals carried him on their shoulders!) Nickki gave medical attention, and hugs to numerous village children two years in a row! Christina painted sunflowers to brighten the second dorms and let Yeri sit in her lap for countless hours. Preston came on two summer expeditions, and each child could not help but love the boy who would swing them round and round until dizzy spells overtook them all.
Join us and create your own lifelong memories... not only for you, but for those on your expedition and those you serve.
Every person has unique talents and skills that come into play during expeditions. To accomplish our goal of finishing the Sunflower home this summer, yours could make all the difference.
To find out more or to sign up for a LIFE CHANGING Experience -- go to: "EXPEDITION WEBPAGE" |
 Coast to Coast
SXHU Happenings!
· Everyone is invited to the 2nd annual Los Gatos, California fundraising dinner on May 18th! Meet Van Evans,the founder of SXHU, enjoy watching the Peruvian Dance Company of San Fran (www.perudance.com) and join in our raffle & bingo games with over $1000 worth of gift certificates and donations! For more information email laura@sxhu.org. (Click poster for lgr view.)
· Stacie Perkins, of Arlington, VA, is throwing quite the bash on May 11th at The Grove Clubhouse. Featured artists James Dewey and Spencer Clark and among those performing to raise funds for Southern Cross. To learn more go to: http://web.mac.com/staciep
· Greg and Christy Anderson, of Chicago, IL, are hosting a dinner-fundraiser on June 1st. Anyone in that area who would like more information, please contact Laura@sxhu.org.
· Looking for just the right thing to wear for your next fundraiser and/or sponsored run for Southern Cross Humanitarian? Let us know and we'll be happy to send you one of our t-shirts (shown below in Heartbeats), or help you order a runner's top seen here designed by July Expedition member Jon Harris of SLC, UT. Great article about you and SXHU in the Life Section of Deseret News on May 4th. Thanks Jon!
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Heartbeats!
"When people donate
their time, they are
giving of their valuable heartbeats"
· Voices were raised, hearts were touched, and children were rescued. Thank you to all who sang, danced, spoke and attended to make the Benefit Concert in Kearns, Ut. such a magical evening. Special thanks to Jared Bryson for the inspiration, initiation, and implementation.
· Spring FEVER! Laura Kelly heard about Southern Cross from her friend Gerry Yamashita, both employees of the city of Newark, California. Laura wanted to do something to help, so she organized a garage sale. It must have been contagious because Trent Mano of Provo, UT organized a community weekend garage sale and donated the funds to SXHU as well! Thanks to Laura, Gerry and Trent!
· Thank you to Allstate Corporate Relations for your $500 grant. We also want to thank the anonymous employee of Allstate who applied for the corporate grant as well. Matching grants are a great way to help!
· Congratulations to Eaglecrest Elementary School who won the Utah State PTA Reading Incentive Program contest with their "Reading For Alpacas", helping raise funds for Southern Cross.
· Advantage Promotions in Idaho Falls, ID rock! We want to thank them for their t-shirt designs and fantastic service! If you'd like to order a T-shirt ($10), contact Laura@sxhu.org. (back & front as shown)
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WE'RE AT $120 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.
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Mail to: Southern Cross Humanitarian
2607 Casto Lane,
Salt Lake City, UT 84117-6302
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