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Some Give Back More…

People come to San Felipe for many different reasons: the sun, the sand dunes, the races.  This last month one group of about 40 RVs arrived for a month long stay at Pete’s Camp.  They call themselves the Mexican Connection or Chapter 8 of the Escapees Club (sometimes referred to as SKPs … sounds the same as Escapees, yes?).  They come for fun in the sun and to experience new scenery, traditions, food, culture and folklore.  However, they also come with a commitment to give back more than they gain.  To accomplish this, they send scouts ahead to study the community and seek out genuine needs that they can fill during their trip.  They don’t take this task lightly.

We met Charlie and Dawn Boles last year at one of the craft shows.  He approached the VSL table and said that Volunteers Without Limits had been suggested as possibly one of their projects for 2013 and asked if we could get together when they returned in January.  Charlie said SKPs would be looking for several organizations that were doing good things here in San Felipe.  We gave him the address to our website and suggested he could find most of the other ACs listed at the bottom of our web page under “Other Ways to Help”.

True to his word, Charlie (the Wagonmaster for this trip) contacted us in January and we showed him around the facility and explained the work that VSL does.  He said the group would want to come back in February to see for themselves.  Fortunately, Irene Cogley was willing for meet with the group on that visit as Chuck and I had plans to visit family  in Tuscon at that time.  Irene must have done us well, as upon our return the following week, the MxConnection group returned with a truck load of goods for the store, some bulk food for distribution and a very nice check for future needs.

We are delighted and extremely thankful for their generous donation.  We were also thrilled to hear that that they were also contributing to Casa de Fe children’s home and another local family who do much to help others in need.   God bless them for their giving and loving hearts.

Desert Mothers

Give a man (or woman) a fish and you feed them for a day… teach them to fish and you feed them for a life time.

Donna Roberts has a vision of teaching the local women of San Felipe to turn their sometimes unknown talents into a profitable cottage industry that would provide a steady means of support for their families.

Donna describes Desert Mothers as a two phase project:

The first phase goal of Desert Mothers is to become a multi-level organization providing training in the many diverse art forms, then provide a local cooperative space from which to sell the work produced, while creating markets outside of San Felipe.

The second phase of Desert Mothers is to provide a safe and healthy environment for women and their children. This will be a community living space with support systems to help these women become productive citizens of San Felipe.

Desert Mother’s latest endeavor is to produced a set of hand-painted dishes styled after a popular 1930’s design.  Each item is hand sketched and painted so no two are exactly alike.

The articles posted under “Other Ways to Help” are about separate organizations or groups that function San Felipe.  They are not part of Volunteers Without Limits but we at Volunteers Without Limits wish to encourage people to contribute or help where ever their hearts and minds lead them to do so.  In that spirit, we hope to make this site a place that links those who want to do something with those who need help doing.

San Felipe Lions Club

One organization that helps many different worthy causes in San Felipe is the San Felipe Lions Club.  Here in their own words is a description of one of their fund raising events – The Annual Blues and Arts Festival which is coming up this weekend.

via http://www.sanfelipebclionsclub.org/index_files/Blues%20&%20Arts.html

The articles posted under “Other Ways to Help” are about separate organizations or groups that function San Felipe.  They are not part of Volunteers Without Limits but we at Volunteers Without Limits wish to encourage people to contribute or help where ever their hearts and minds lead them to do so.  In that spirit, we hope to make this site a place that links those who want to do something with those who need help doing.