BajaBlanca - 5-9-2011 at 09:22 PM
today has to go down as one of the most fun days I have ever had .....
first we drove to el cruzero restaurant and had a delicious breakfast. talked to armida and her son felipe about the donations and were just astounded
to get 4 boxes of clothes and shoes and 4 fantastic brand new skateboards !!
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then i stayed there and cleaned up across the street while les went into vizcaino.
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I collected 2 full bags of trash and convinced 2 guys from punta abreojos to take the bags to abreojos for me ..
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then les picked me up and as soon as we got home, the kids started visiting. what we had agreed is that they would help me clean up around la bocana
in order to be able to choose their freebees ... I have never had such eager helpers ....can we go now ??!!!! and trust me, we made a huge difference
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and then the kids were ecstatic with all the goodies !!!! two angels helped out !!!! one a baja nomad and the other not !!
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as you can surmise, I am exhausted but extremely grateful and happy and blessed .....
tomorrow there will be more kids and the story will be continued !!
[Edited on 5-10-2011 by BajaBlanca]
BAJACAT - 5-9-2011 at 10:11 PM
like always Blanca,good job
Lauriboats - 5-10-2011 at 06:23 AM
I love those happy faces.
shari - 5-10-2011 at 07:21 AM
what a wonderful idea amiga to get the kids to clean up the village in exchange for goodies...they will think twice about tossing out that chip bag!!!
good on a girl...have a nice visit with Mulegena today.
bajafam - 5-10-2011 at 07:24 AM
great job Blanca!! and what a wonderful way to teach the kids about responsibility and taking action for their community!
805gregg - 5-10-2011 at 06:07 PM
You are easily entertained.
it's the teacher in me .....
BajaBlanca - 5-10-2011 at 06:16 PM
as we walk around cleaning, I talk to the kids about their future, I talk to them about doing homework and trying their best at school. I mostly talk
to them about college and what they want to be in the future ....
these are dirt poor kids, for the most part, and no one ever talks about living the dream. I do.
and my passion is a clean village so, of course we talk about pollution.
today we collected tons more trash and I am beat ... I can hardly move after going out with 2 different groups - one in the morning and one in the
afternoon !!
[Edited on 5-11-2011 by BajaBlanca]
woody with a view - 5-10-2011 at 06:36 PM
you're a good girl, Carla Cafe.....
my Peruvian wife says Charlie Brown is pronounced Carlos Cafe........
Bajamatic - 5-10-2011 at 06:47 PM
I think I recognize those decks!.... But Bigzaggin and I dropped them off in El Rosario in January!!! Glad they arrived, if a bit late - looks like
we'll need to bring some trucks next time!
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Iflyfish - 5-10-2011 at 08:16 PM
Way to go!!! Good one!! Thanks for the pics.
Iflyfish
Von - 5-10-2011 at 09:13 PM
Great job on the picking up trash. I wish more people were like you. thank you for being an awesome person and taking care of our Baja :-)
BajaBlanca - 5-11-2011 at 09:52 PM
yes !!! there are skateaboards from last jan drop off to Baja Cactus hotel as well as a new 4 just delivered a couple days ago by a wonderful nomad
who was in NORRA .... and which were donated by KEVIN SPANKY LONG, who is a close friend of another Baja Nomad.
We collected soooooooooooo much trash, it was just amazing.
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THANKS EVERYONE ..... this is one of the coolest clubs to be a part of 
Now we
need a skate park ....
[Edited on 5-12-2011 by BajaBlanca]