DATES TO SAVE

SOCIODRAMA

LEADERSHIP

TRAINING

January 24-26, 2014 Catalina Island

Cost: $280*

RSVP here!

For more information, contact:

leslie@xelaaid.org

*10 person minimum. Boat transportation ($65 RT) and lodging not included; Shared lodging will be available.

BE THE CHANGE on an upcoming Xela AID service trip to Guatemala

2014 Trip Schedule*

More details to come soon!

March 14-23

(late-night departure)

"10-Days, 3-Volcanos"

CLIMB the progressively tougher volcanoes of Antigua, Xela, and Lago de Attitlan to benefit Xela AID. This trip is for the especially fit and their cheering section!

Contact trip leader Cliff Hague at cliffrider@mac.com

June 13-22

(late-night departure)

"Dignified Housing & Other Projects TBD with Intensive Spanish Study Option." Includes Attitlan, Antigua and Tikal option. Contact leslie@xelaaid.org

June 27-July 6

(late-night departure)

"Education Programs with Intensive Spanish Study Option." Includes Attitlan and Antigua. Contact trip leader Sue Rikalo at:

sue@rikalo.com

July 31-August 9

(late-night departure)

"Literacy, Art Therapy, & Special Projects at Las Nubes." Contact

sherryrobin@cox.net

*A 12-person minimum applies to all trips which otherwise may be canceled or combined. Thank you for your understanding.

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LIVE.LEARN.THRIVE!

SWEET PROFITS -- Women from Xela AID's Tesoros del Corazon Fair Trade Weaving Cooperative are learning to make chocolate - another source of income they'll use to invest in buying thread to make their artful weavings. Their challenge, according to Coop Coordinator Yaneth Gramajo: "To keep from eating all the profits!"

Dear Friends,

Thanks to the generosity or our supporters who recognize that education is key to overcoming poverty, Xela AID's Work Study Scholarship program (WSS, formerly PEX) is growing in leaps and bounds.

We are grateful to the following people who during summer trips or in the past month have sponsored children so that they may be able to follow their dreams, support themselves and their families, and live more informed and fulfilled lives.

Xela AID would like to thank these sponsors for making it possible for the following children to pursue their dream of getting an education:

* Susan McCaw sponsored Bren da Leticia Mendez Marinda

* Kathy Logan sponsored Ingrid Magralia Argueta Lopez, Xiomara Andrea Lopez, Glendy Leticia Lopez Vasquez

(below, left), and Carlos Alejandro Garcia Ramirez Aida Baquiax Robles

* Sheryl Fontaine & Debi Esquivel sponsored Estrella Vasquez

* Cinde
MacGugan-Cassidy
sponsored J ulia Azucena Baquiax Robles

* Geraldine (Jahnava) Baldassarre sponsored

Aida Baquiax Robles

* Isaura and John Capell sponsored Edilson Cristofer Vasquez Romero

* Jordan Klarenbeck

"I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something..."

--Edward Everett Hale, American Clergyman and Writer

Seeking...

COSTUMES STILL NEEDED

As part of their Alquifiestas microbusiness, Xela AID's Leaders in Action group is appearing in costume and being photographed with party goers. Donations of costumes in adult sizes would be greatly appreciated (used are fine), including princesses, superheros, vampires and other recognizable characters. Donate a costume and receive a gift-in-kind receipt for your tax deductible donation. To donate, contact Sue Rikalo at sue@xelaaid.org.

GOT STUFF?

Are you upgrading your technology? Cleaning out drawers? laptop Or just want to go out and buy a little something to help someone meet their needs? Consider a tax deductible gift-in-kind that we can put to extremely good use in the highlands of Guatemala this summer. Needed are: