Fiesta Primavera
March 1, 2008
6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Leon Harms Youth Hall, Expo New Mexico
$10.00 Entry Ticket
It is 2008 and our program currently has 35
volunteers headed to Latin America this summer.
In their honor we are hosting a grand celebration!
Please Join Us!
Raffle $750 Grand Prize
Cash Table – 50+ Gift Certificates – Great Prices!
Silent Auction Lots of auction Items, Total Value
Over $25,000
Live Auction, Dinner, Dancing.
It is their Despedida!
Come Wish These Young Adults a
Safe and Prosperous Journey!
For further information or donations please contact us at:
linda.higgins@peg.com or (505) 797-0725
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The AMIGOS Experience
Welcome to the Albuquerque chapter of Amigos de las
Americas (AMIGOS). AMIGOS is a non-profit youth-oriented
organization. Our mission is to build partnerships to empower
young leaders, advance community development and strengthen
multi-cultural understanding in the Americas.
Each
year a select group of volunteers spends four, six or eight weeks in
a host country working on different community health, community
development and youth-to-youth projects. Countries where
volunteers live and work for the summer include Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and
Paraguay.
Throughout the school-year, the Albuquerque Chapter
prepares its volunteers for their Latin American experience through
training in cross-cultural sensitivity, networking, technical
skills, personal health and safety, and the culture of Latin
America. In June, our chapter volunteers travel to their assigned countries.
Once in-country, volunteers join with volunteers from other chapters
throughout the United States. Volunteers are then placed, in
partnerships of two to four, in rural or semi-rural communities of
their host country to live for the summer.
Life-long friendships have been built between AMIGOS
volunteers and their adopted communities. Thousands of young
people have learned invaluable lessons about cultural differences,
community service, and their own ability to lead.
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