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fdt
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Thank you so much Woody.
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fdt
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If someone is interested in contributing in a monetary manner, we don't have a Paypal account but we have something similar and that is a Green Dot
card. How this works is that you can purchase at almost every CVS /pharmacy, RiteAid, Wallgreens, 7 Eleven or Kmart a Green Dot Money Pack for any
ammount from $20 and up.
Once purchased, just scratch off at the back and you can U2U me the numbers and that will really help us to make this event succesfull.
Gracias
Fernando
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fdt
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Wrapping, wrapping, wrapping and then more wrapping. 
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fdt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
Just heard from fdt - we're meeting at 9am at the Mexicoach station in Tijuana on Av. Revolucion between 6th & 7th - and going straight from there
to pick up the kids.
Is there anyone else going that would want to meet up before crossing? Thought we might drive or walk across, but am now thinking to just take the
Mexicoach from San Ysidro back and forth. Uncertain of their morning schedule right now - haven't looked it up yet. |
This is our bus
It would really be great if more Nomads would attend this event. It would be a very memorable, entertaining and just plain great experience. And the
tamales are delicious, It's the best part.
Here is Danielle, Doug and myself having the best time eating.
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David K
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YUMMY!
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fdt
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Just got back from the final contrabando hormiga run (toy smuggling run) and it's back to wrapping.
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woody with a view
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the kids are worth it, no?
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
the kids are worth it, no? |
I think fdt's actions speak much louder than words here.
Lots of good thoughts for us at the event tomorrow! Thank you to all for your support.
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Doug
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woody with a view
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definate Nomad of the year status!
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fdt
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Still wrapping.
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fdt
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Done wrapping! 
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
Done wrapping! |
Nice. See you in a few hours.
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fdt
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At last count we gift wrapped 179 toys and will have an aditional 18 accounted for at Mexicoach (adding what Geoff and Scot are bringing) and we have
about 50 -60 extra of the small dollar store type unwrapped to use, just in case. Aditional to the children and adults attending today, we also
adopted a group of 60 disabled children that will not be attending personaly because of the special needs they have but we have already wrapped and
assigned for them 60 toys deppending on their individual capabilities. So about 317 toys will be given away today. Bajabound Insurance sponsored 300
tamales. BBBait & Tackle sposored all the additional food, drink and disposable plates, cups, forks, napkins and more items. We also received a
$100 gift card for Toys R Us and a $25 e-gift cert from Toys R Us that we used for the additional toys. We also received 3 Green Dot Card donations
that were used to purchase wrapping paper, tape, gas for the people that helped with the smuggling campaign.
It has been a bit less donors but those have been more substantial so we accomplished our goal and then some.
Thank you all, without you this could not happen.
Thanks also to our faithful bike donor Mark.
Saludos and off we go. Stay tuned for pics.
Fernando
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Have a great day making kids happy!
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fdt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ELINVESTIG8R
Have a great day making kids happy! |
Gracias David. it was great. Stay tuned for reports.
fdt (fernadetijuana)
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David K
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Looking forward to it Fernando!
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Fernando....thanks for the nice post you made my day! My kids are so proud when they see pics of one of their gifts being given to someone with a
huge smile!!!!
Really makes you wonder when you do a little something to help someone...........who benefits more the giver or the receiver?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
At last count we gift wrapped 179 toys and will have an aditional 18 accounted for at Mexicoach (adding what Geoff and Scot are bringing) and we have
about 50 -60 extra of the small dollar store type unwrapped to use, just in case. |
Ferna....just curious. What was it like bringing all those toys through the border? Did you have to make prior arrangements?
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fdt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Ferna....just curious. What was it like bringing all those toys through the border? Did you have to make prior arrangements?
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The toys have always gone thru the "Contrabando Hormiga" process. in other words we make numerous trips back and fourth M้xico / US and walk back with
small bags as if it was groceries (we received a good donation of used Albertsons bags from Bajabound) and it took about 25 trips to accomplish this.
Jen from bajabound did quite a bit getting the bigger toys down on a daily basis. Gracias
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Per the plan noted earlier in the thread, many of us started the day by taking the Mexicoach from the Border Station parking lot. This is at the end
of the off-ramp for the last USA exit, Camino de la Plaza. $7 for parking for the day (must be out by 10am the following morning), or $6 if you
pre-pay.
Mexicoach round-trip to Tijuana station on Av. Revolucion from here, for age 7 and older, is $6 per person. I didn't "study" the Mexicoach schedule,
but it seems this Sunday their schedule was a departure on the hour, every hour until about 5p or 6p. Was told the last departure from TJ to San
Ysidro was 6p.
Those making it by bus departure were myself, Michelle, Ryland, Scot (sd), Sara, Jesse, George (Don Jorge) and Leah (sp?).
We were expecting Baja Geoff and his wife, and thought they must've had a different plan for transportation as they weren't there to ride the 8am
Mexicoach.
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