We raised a little under $4,900 during our fundraiser and from donations during the past week! We would like to give a warm thank you to all of our supporters.
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| Sarah J playing at our Piranha Party Fundraiser, at Trackside Station Restaurant in Rockland, Maine |
This brings us to a little under $9,000 to fund next year's activities. The chief things on the horizon are:
- maintenance and improvements to the village dock and stairs
- the creation of a small yuca processing plant (our first major business venture with the Association of Fishers, Farmers, and Artisans of La Libertad)
- maintaining and upgrading our volunteer guesthouse (with the possibility of having solar-powered 24-hour food refrigeration)
- building a second community garden
- giving scholarships for up to eight village children to attend elementary school for a year
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| Our new emerald displays |
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| The lobster trap rocking chair |
With the raising of additional funds during the remainder of 2016 (our Giving Tuesday campaign will follow Black Friday and Cyber Monday) we may be able to start a small nursery for cacao clones. This will be the first major step towards chocolate production in the village!
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| Will we raise the funds to start a nursery in 2017? |
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteVery Goog job, Ben. Congratulations for your effort and commitment. Hope I can go back soon.
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