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DATES TO SAVE 

Benefit Concert at Monkey Business Cafe
February 15th
5-8pm
(For Details and to Reserve, see last story on right)
Volunteer Carol and Crew
BE THE CHANGE  on an upcoming Xela AID service trip to Guatemala

2014 Trip Schedule* 
Dignified Housing
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
 
Literacy Project
August 1-10/13
(late-night departure)
"Literacy, Art Therapy, & Special Projects at Las Nubes." Contact
*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!
   
WSS Students Are Excited to Receive 
Their Scholarship Funds! 
Xela AID's Work Study Scholarship Program (WSS) makes it possible for nearly 100 children to be in school who otherwise, would not have the opportunity. This is made possible by our generous sponsors! Older WSS-sponsored children receive monthly distributions to be in technical school and college. Two times a year, funds are distributed to children in grade school, like the one pictured above. Children and their parents sign agreements in which they promise to attend school and maintain a 60% average in order to continue to receive their help. Distribution time is an exciting time, since with monies, children will register for school and purchase books, paper and other essentials so that they can have an opportunity that in many cases their parents did not: to learn to read and write and begin to explore the secrets of our wonderful world!

Want to make a child's dreams come true? Visit our Children Awaiting Sponsors page, then write to us at amy@xelaaid.org.
 
Summer Trip Deadlines February 1 and 15 
This year marks another exciting season of Xela AID Service Trips. This is a reminder that trip applications are coming due for our two trips with availability: 

 

JUNE 13-22: Dignified Housing: A Home for Julia With Intensive Spanish Study Option

 

For more information: 
June Trip FLYER. Deadline: Saturday, February 1st, 2014

 

  

 
AUGUST 1-10: Literacy, Art Therapy, & Special Projects at Las Nubes 
 
For more information: August Trip FLYER.
Deadline: Saturday,
February 15th, 2014
 
 
APPLICATION LINK - For your convenience, we have included a link to the application HERE. (Trips shown here are the two with availability.)
 
You will send this completed application with your deposit check and a color copy of your passport (if you currently have one, or you can provide that upon receipt of your passport) to: Xela AID, 111 W. Ocean Blvd. 4th Floor, Long Beach, CA 90802. 
 
If you wish to confirm space, please reply immediately so that space may be held for you, to amy@xelaaid.org. We hope you will be traveling with us this summer! 
 

Xela AID Benefit Concert and Dinner 
at Monkey Business Cafe
On February 15th, 2014, grab your sweetheart and support both Xela AID and Hart Community Homes' non-profit cafe that serves delicious fare! Featured will be Gary Robertson who will thrill with his eclectic blend of fingerstyle jazz, standards, pop, folk, rock, and blues. Donation will be $25 when you reserve below or at the door which will fund education and work experience opportunities for youth both here and in Guatemala. Dinner will be available for $6-$20. 

Reserve your spot HERE! 

If you can't make it to the concert but still wish to donate to the cause, you can do so through the "HERE" link above. 

Warmly,
Leslie Baer Dinkel Signature
Leslie Baer Dinkel
Executive Director

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."

--Mother Teresa


Thank you... for your ongoing interest and support!
Children at Xela AID's San Martín Tots Preschool