New Child at
Sunflower Home:
Seems like all the children at the Sunflower home are sweethearts, and Elizabeth is no exception. She is 9 years old, was born in Urabamba and has two younger siblings. Her mother, and a social worker, brought 'Lisabeth to El Girasol because her mom could no longer take care of her. We are fortunate to have her.
Lisabeth has adjusted well to the Sunflower, she loves to help with laundry and loves being around so many other children. Please consider being a sponsor for Elizabeth. For more information go to Sponsor-a-child on our website.
Many Children Need Sponsors!!
There are children at the Sunflower home and in our Drop-in Centers that need your help. Your monthly sponsorship money
provides shelter, hygiene, food, education, skill training, psychological care - a future.
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Spotlight:
The Life of Maria
(Dictated to & translated by 2007-08 Summer School Teacher Colleen Burns)
The Sunflower
By Maria Churata Puma
Who am I?
My name is Maria. I like dolls a lot. They are my favorite. My birthday is November 23. This year I want to eat chocolate cake. I am twelve years old, and I like cookies with cream. My favorite foods are turkey and rice with chicken. I like to help my Aunt Colleen a lot because it is good, and I also like to help other adults. I want to be a good, friendly, and smart person.
Before The Sunflower
I was born in Wakawasi. I lived with my mom and dad and my brothers and sisters. When I grow up I want my family to be a mom, dad, and brothers and sisters. I came here because there was no money to take care of me. I feel happy here with my friends.
Now
I live in the home of The Sunflower. I have everything there is. I have a bed, a wardrobe, and also a teacher Colleen who is a good teacher. I always love my Aunt Colleen a lot. When my room wins being the most clean, she takes us to eat ice cream with the others who won. She is very kind and she always shares love and helps this home After she left to Ecuador and the United States, she returned here with the group to help us a lot and teach English. She is always a good friend to me.
What is The Sunflower?
This home, The Sunflower, has many poor children without mothers and fathers. Good people from the United States help us in this home of The Sunflower.
My Future
When I'm finished with school, I want my Aunt Colleen and Mami Laura to come visit. I also want to go to the United States when I am done with high school. I want to study to become a doctor and cure the children and teenagers.
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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 Chabries-President
Jared Bryson -Vice President/Ex.Director
website: www.sxhu.org
email: laura@sxhu.org
Office: 1492 South 800 West, Suite A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087 (801)-397-5578
For copies of newsletter, you can go to www.sxhu.org. All past issues are archived.
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Here is How 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 big difference!
All you need to do is email your name, address, phone# & Preferred Card#, to Ken@sxhu.org or complete the 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.
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
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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 and secure!
TO DONATE BY CHECK:
Mail to: Southern Cross Humanitarian
1492 South 800 West, Suite A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087 |
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"Because I met you, I have been changed for good." (Musical Wicked) Joy, who visited the Sunflower this summer , has a blog that captures it beautifully. Just enter the following url directly into your browser: http://blog.abitofjoy.com
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Southern Cross Annual Banquet - Funding Futures!
This year's banquet is all about Funding Futures! Yosimar, featured here in our banquet announcement, recently had a much needed ear operation thanks to his sponsors, the Highlands Presbyterian Church in New Jersey, Nicki a summer intern, and the expertise and guidance of Eunice Guavancho. His future is now a
symphony of possibilities because of people like you. Thank you.
Updates on this year's successes, auction homeruns, musical entertainment, and more, are sure to make this night playful, purposeful and bring the promise of bright futures to hundreds of children.
To ensure your spot is reserved, please send in the registration form you received in the mail, use paypal and register from our website or email Laura@sxhu.org for the registration form today. See you there!
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Expeditions - Time of Your Life!
August Expedition
- Participants are having the time of their lives, and are working hard, so they have let us know!  At the Sunflower Home expeditioneers planted trees and flowers, worked on the farm, put the roof on the watch- tower and built adobes for it as well. At the nearby village of Tuscan, hygiene and new-born kits were distributed during training and the floor of the schoolhouse was finished!
December Expedition Experience!
A number of people have already signed up for our early bird special! Those who send in applications 60 days in advance of the departure date receive a discount on their expedition fee. New Years at the Sunflower home is a sweet way to welcome in the new year with friends and family. Take the opportunity and create memories, friends and change talked about for a lifetime.
For more information on upcoming expeditions see our website www.sxhu.org, and or contact either elena@sxhu.org or cameron@sxhu.org.
For photos of past expedition check out our alumni page at: www.Easysite.com/SouthernCrossHumanitarian
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Request: Medical Contact List
If any of you would like to be on our "medical/ dental contact list", please email your name, email address, phone number and area of specialty to our Board Member Natalie Mano at: nmano@yahoo.com. From time to time, we have medical or dental needs and we may need to ask medical advice on a certain condition or we may need medical supplies. This may include those who are not nurses, doctors, dentists, etc, but work in the medical field in any capacity. Thanks!
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Our Girls' Futures!
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Katherine and Ron Alcatraz, of San Jose, CA, are raising money to vaccinate the girls at Girasol
with
the HPV vaccine to reduce their risk of getting cervical cancer.
The International Cervical Cancer Foundation,
INCCA, works with a Peruvian registered non profit called CerviCusco to
vaccinate children. Dr. Daron Ferris, a Professor in the Department of
Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Medical College of
Georgia in Augusta, said the college would coordinate the 3 shots for
the HPV vaccination for $450 per child.
For
those of you who'd like more information regarding these efforts, you can email Ron and Katherine directly at us@alcatrazfamily.com. THANKS !
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Adoption Miracle at the Sunflower:
Greg and Christy Anderson bumped
into Jhon 16 months ago while at the Sunflower Home.(Actually, Christy might have
accidentally hit Jhon with a shovel while they were working!) That day the Andersons, and Jhon, made a permanent connection which lead to where they are today: family!
After a long and determined adoption process, last week the Andersons had one of those days they will never forget - they finally were able to see Jhon and tell him the wait was over - the adoption process had been approved and after spending a few weeks together in Peru, they would all be heading back to Chicago to his new home.
Jhon is a remarkable 13 year old boy. He is always one of the first children to work alongside folks on the expeditions. He is kind to everyone and is a good student. One of his dreams is to travel and see the world - it's exciting to know this dream is coming true.
We're all thrilled for the Andersons even though we'll all miss seeing Jhon when we go to the Sunflower. Guess we'll have to make sure they all come to the banquets!
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Heartbeats!
"When people donate their time, they are giving of their valuable heartbeats."
· Big thanks to summer interns Sampson and Brittany for their work on the farm, help with the medical records, and sharing themselves with all our children.
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Congratulations to Jenny Torgerson and all the performers at this
year's cabaret in Delaware. Their efforts brought in over $5000! Spectacular!!!
Thank you!
· Summer interns Nicki, Sampson and Brittany had just finished performing Snellens (letters on the familiar eye chart used to measure how well you see at various distances) on all the
children when they found out an eye doctor was with the AYS group and
had brought tons of glasses!! He did evaluations on the kids and five
of our kids needed glasses. Thanks AYS group!
· Thanks to Natalie Mano, & again our summer interns, the kids are
finally consistently drinking clean water! The children were given
individual water bottles and they are filling them up with water being
brought in for the expedition jug. They love it!
· Did you know chocolate milk is the new "Gatorade?" We greatly appreciate Karen Aukema for this idea because our kids are drinking it up! Many expedition folks this summer have hauled down powdered
chocolate milk in their luggage. It seems to be one of the big summer hits with our kids.
Thanks everyone!
· Mandy Gulbrandsen, of Draper, UT., wants to share the cool news: It's Spanish lessons via Skype! Check out: http://www.1on1spanish.net/howitworks.shtml
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Thank you all for your support and for communicating your desires and efforts in helping Southern Cross Humanitarian. THANKS! laura@sxhu.org.
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It costs you nothing, yet each time you search they pay Southern Cross Humanitarian a penny. Bookmarking and using
GoodSearch, an internet search engine powered by Yahoo, is a great no
cost way to help SXHU! Just enter Southern Cross Humanitarian for your
donation in the messages field and you're ready to search.
Email everyone in your address book and ask them to use goodsearch to benefit the orphans in Peru. 200 searches a day will help us earn enough to support a child at the Sunflower each year.
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