Sponsor-a-Child for 2010 and Create a Future for Years to Come
 Maria Clara is the youngest child under the Southern Cross sponsorship umbrella. She was born on June 15, 2009 and was named in honor of one of the Aldea volunteers. Her favorite activities are sleeping and eating. She also likes to open her eyes and take a good look at the world. She is the daughter of Estanli.
If you'd like to sponsor Maria Clara and help all the children who are sponsored by Southern Cross, please click here: Sponsor-a-Child
Southern Cross believes it is important to keep families together whenever possible. To read more about the children under our care, their needs and their lives, please scroll through the stories on our children's blog!
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Appreciation to Aldea Intern!
Brian Pulsipher interned at the Aldea for over 3 months working with the children and community. Among his many accomplishments were getting individual help for some of the handicapped children at the home and doing a community clothes drive! (The first of it's kind!) Thank you Brian for all the love and goodness you shared!
If you are interested in being an intern for Southern Cross, please contact laura@sxhu.org.
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Sponsor a Child Each Month Just by Shopping On-line!
Use the Goodshop Toolbar
and Help Children!
(Goodsearch Instructions)
Designate Southern Cross as your charity of choice and your searches and shopping could sponsor a child each month!
Put a GoodSearch logo and Search Box on your Toolbar today! Just click here!
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Tax Information
(Please check your tax adviser regarding your personal tax situation)
Expeditions:
Your 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 ( Machu Picchu cost is about $150.)
General Donations:
Donations to Southern Cross Humanitarian are tax deductible. You can use your thank you letters or canceled checks for your tax files. If you would like a separate letter, please contact laura@sxhu.org
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Southern
Cross Humanitarian:
Change for Good
Helping children-at-risk in South America access opportunities to rise from poverty, create self worth, and cultivate positive futures for a brighter tomorrow.
Laura Chabries - President
Cameron Smyres - Project Director
Wayne Merrill - Chairman of the Board
Contact Information:
website: www.sxhu.org
phone: (801) 397-5578
fax: (801) 397-5579
email: laura@sxhu.org
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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First Expedition of 2010 Makes a Difference!
People
going on Expeditions are looking to make a difference now and into the
future. Those on our Dec/Jan expedition did just that. This is an
excerpt from a volunteer on the trip:
Dina,
Carmen, Israel, Eva, Lazaro, Marta, Madai and their mother moved to
Puylucana because they heard of El Bichito. The children show signs of
being severely malnourished. The family had no way of supporting
themselves. The mother doesn't make enough money to pay rent, so the
landlord lets them live in a one-room mud hut with a gaping hole in the
tin roof. Three small beds take up most of the room where all eight
sleep. This family has only what is in two large sacks. They share a
"kitchen" with the landlord in an adjoining mud hut you wouldn't feed
your animals in. Often these children have no food other than what they
get at El Bichito. Their mother makes whatever she can by doing laundry
and cleaning which is usually 3 soles = $1, a day. She can't even
afford to put clothes and shoes on her own children. The oldest child,
Dina, who is fifteen, has not been able to go to school because the
family cannot afford the school fees and school uniform required for
secondary school. She is the primary caretaker of the family while her
mother works. We committed to help the family as long as the mother
sends the children to school.
Big
thanks for all those who participated! Walls downstairs were scrubbed and repaired while upstairs electricity was installed in each room! Then the walls began to be plastered and two were even painted! As you can see here, one of the rooms was ready to go for the New Year's party! We're ready to start furnishing the rooms and finish the bathroom!
 
If you'd like to donate to help the children under our care and complete the 2nd story, please go to our
website at: www.sxhu.org.
For additional information on Expeditions click here: Expeditions We'd love to see you all in 2010!
Free Expedition fundraising ideas. We can help you help others.
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Heartbeats
"When people donate their time, they are giving of their valuable heartbeats."· FUND RAISING FROM CANADA! Could the Canadian Chapter please take a bow! Al and Debbie Plumbly, with their neighbor Eve Carr, hosted a garage sale and raised $1200! With the on-line sales, the total came to $1600! Another $1000 was raised to provide hens! FRED AND JANET thanks again for your commitment to bring self-reliance to the homes and children under our care. By the way, we love your nickname! (Southern Cross Humanitarian of the North)
· Doug Brian, of Layton, UT, went
the extra mile with his Eagle Project! Not only did he make awesome
kits, he took them down personally to Peru on the December Expedition!
· Thank you to David Utrilla for inviting Southern Cross to the Peruvian Consulate Reception. We appreciate your desire to unite so many causes for good!
· Big thanks to teachers from The British School of Colombia who brought refreshments to all the children in Alegria de Vivir! Your kindness was welcomed by all!
· Congratulations to Carrie Van Dusen, a former intern for Southern Cross, who has been nominated for the National Truman scholarship competition for her amazing work at the Aldea in Trujillo. Way to go Carrie!
· Warmest holiday thanks to the Libby Family, in Kaysville, UT for having a family service party and putting together over 150 school kits!
· Thanks goes out to the DUP (Daughters of Utah Pioneers) in Boise, ID for their annual Southern Cross fundraiser. We so appreciate your love and support!
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Check Out These Sites & Products Supporting Southern Cross!
Zazzle Zazzle has created a line of products that benefit Southern Cross. When you buy products from their SoLoveTheWorld line, 100% of the profits are donated to Southern Cross! SoLoveTheWorld
Formally Making a Difference has beautiful modest prom, bridal and sacred occasion dresses online. Half of their proceeds benefit children in South America. You'll love looking through the selections at: DressesforChange.
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Warm Welcome to New Partners, Board Members, Chapter Presidents, and Volunteers!
Newest Partner! HeART Exchange: Southern
Cross has been invited to participate with HeART Exchange during our
expeditions. The intent is to bridge the gap of language, culture and geography -
to open up a world to children they may have not known. If we can help
a child in Uganda
tell a story to a child in Nepal, who will then tell
their story to a child in Peru, and so on... we give them a chance to
understand and relate to other children and cultures. They essentially
travel the world through the drawings of their international peers.
Art exchanges will take place on our Peru trip in June, & on the
Ecuador and Colombia expeditions in August. To find more information on HeArt click on HeART!
Christina Clark - Board Member
Jason Ratliff - Advisory Board & Career Advisor at BYU
New Chapter Presidents:
Angela Tejada - Lima, Peru
Ivonne Diaz - Cajamarca, Peru
Leila Handa - Trujillo, Peru
Christie Monson - Hawaii
Chapter Presidents represent Southern Cross and coordinate activities to benefit children-at-risk in their local
areas through and on behalf of Southern Cross Humanitarian.
For information on ways to volunteer for Southern Cross email Info.
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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 easy, safe and secure!
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TO DONATE BY CHECK:
Mail to: Southern Cross Humanitarian
1492 South 800 West, Suite A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087
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