Eagle Scout Project Update
Harrison Marsh was able to take his eagle scout project to Peru. The following is an excerpt from an email sent to Southern Cross about his experience:
"Harrison started his Eagle project in January by collecting fleece materials from members of the community in Spring Texas. People opened their hearts and generously donated. Scouts and neighbors in the area helped make the blankets and on his visit to the orphanage about 30 full sized fleece blankets were delivered. During his visit Harrison was able to sing songs with the children, help clean some of the buildings and play a short soccer match with the children.
Thank you for your help. Again it was a great experience."
For information on how you can help the children in Peru please visit: www.sxhu.org
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WAYS TO EARN A FREE EXPEDITION!
1 - Sign up 10 friends for an expedition of your choice.
2 - Each Albertsons preferred card you sponsor is worth $5 off your expedition.
(We've already had two girls this summer pay over half their expeditions this way!)
3 - Sign up 10 people for a 1 year child sponsorship.
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Heartbeats
"When people donate their time, they are giving of their valuable heartbeats."
· Big Success! Thanks goes to our friends from the June Expedition (Steeles, Douvilles) who organized a garage sale last week in Holladay, Ut. Their gathered goods, along with the bake sale, raised a little over $900 for El Bichito!
· Fred and Janet McCullough, from BC Canada, are at it again! Their on-line auctions are raising money to help Southern Cross and currently to build the El Bichito. Check out how they are helping by clicking here!
· Big thanks to the Albiston Family! At their family reunion last week they designated part of their family funds go toward sponsoring a child with Southern Cross for a year.
· We would like to thank Alberto Puertas, a Board member for Southern Cross, for donating 3 calves, on our behalf, for the Aldea Infantil.
· Congratulations to our own Ken Mano for recently receiving a Community Service Award for his efforts in the Pleasanton, CA area. Ken has spent countless hours over many years contributing as a volunteer and leader to his church and community. Southern Cross would like to thank him for his hours as treasurer and for the many thank you letters he writes on our behalf.
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Southern
Cross Humanitarian:
Helping street children in Latin America through
sustainable homes providing food, medical & psychological care,
education and opportunities for positive futures.
Laura Chabries - President
Cameron Smyres - V.P. & Project Director
website: www.sxhu.org
email: laura@sxhu.org
phone: (801) 397-5578
fax: (801) 397-5579
Address:
1492 South 800 West
Suite A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087
For copies of past newsletters,
you can go to www.sxhu.org.
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Ecuador Expedition!
by
Cameron Smyres - Expedition Leader
Arriving in Otavalo, we worked alongside Charity Anywhere and helped serve 1200 people providing medical and dental services. Many people from surrounding communities came to have teeth pulled, have their teeth treated with fluoride and have surgical removal of various skin disorders.
Our group distributed donated items during dental clinics on teeth care, emphasizing the proper use of multivitamins and the basic hygiene kits we brought. We also had many donations of clothing and other basic items we were able to provide.
Another facet of the initial service was to help build a home for an elderly woman in a nearby community and work in an orphanage in Quito run by the Davis Foundation which takes care of over 130 children. We scraped and painted two buildings that truly need it!
While in Quito, we visited the Equator and tried our hands at balancing raw eggs on a nail. Interesting the things you can do on the center line at the middle of the world. Also, we watched the water drain different directions in buckets set on each side of the center line.
When we headed out to the Galapagos we were set for a treat. On the island of Santa Cruz the group spent time enjoying the great climate and atmosphere of the Galapagos Islands. The first day was spent at Tortuga Bay hiking around to see the volcano and swim at the beach. The next day was the Tour to the Floreana where the group hiked and viewed caves and turtles. That afternoon was snorkeling with the sharks in the area where the sharks rest. The next day, on the Bay Tour the group visited the Sea Lion area and swam within feet of the playful groups of sea lions and swam into the center of large schools of fish.
Our whole expedition fell in love with the beauty of Ecuador - the land and especially the people.
I'm now looking forward to the August expedition at El Bichito. For those who'd like to help build this orphanage, Please go to donations to help create this permanent home for hundreds of children now and into the future!
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One Summer Expedition Left!
It's not too late!
Peru:
July 22-Aug 1
Currently at the Sunflower Home
August 5-15
Working at our new orphanage, El Bichito (Little Bug), & Projects in the Sacred Valley.
Dec 26-Jan 3
New Years in Peru is a perfect way to begin a year of giving. Now is the best time to reserve your flights for this amazing experience!
For more information visit our expedition page or email Cameron.
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Southern Cross Intern Updates
Southern Cross interns are in three locations: Trujillo,
Porcon (Cajamarca region) and the Sacred
Valley in Peru. We are truly grateful for all the time and effort that they put into serving and helping children in all these regions. Southern Cross interns focus on literacy & skill development and finding areas of talent to enhance each child's future. Granja Porcon (Cajamarca Region) by Joanna Maltbeak:
"At the school in Porcon, we assist in the English classes everyday and also teach Physics to the older students twice a week. The best way we could help with English is with pronunciation. We play lots of games with the kids to get them excited and more involved in the lessons, which covers everything from family relationships to colors and numbers. In the physics classes, we cover basic laws and do lots of practice with vectors. It is a very rewarding experience." Aldea Infantil (Trujillo) by Carrie Van Dusen:
I'm convinced tias are angels. They work 5 days on
(working, sleeping, eating, living in the Aldea) and then 2 days off so they literally spend more time with the Aldea children than with their own. What's amazing is they don't do it with resentment; instead they take these children in as if they were their own. How noble to be
a mother to 67 children! Angels, exactly.
Mami Olga in casa 10 (girls ranging from 8-16) is one of those busy, angelic tias. The only time tias get to rest (even a little) is after dinner while children are cleaning up and getting ready for bed, but even then Mami Olga is spending time with the children, helping with homework, or teaching trades. This week while eating in her house
I got to see her teach Peruvian traditional dances to the girls, one from the jungle and one from the plains, to perform at a birthday party. Even in her possible downtime she is working to help these children to grow to well-rounded adults.
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