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BajaBlanca
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Cleaning up Project in La Bocana Feb. 22- pics
FOR EVERY CLEAN UP, I WILL DO AN UPDATE WHICH WILL OBVIOUSLY APPEAR AFTER THE PREVIOUS WEEKS EVENT...SCROLL DOWN, IF YOU WOULD.
I thought I would take you on a little adventure today: some of my 7th graders came to clean up, with the bait of getting chocolate cake afterwards
(is bribing a bad thing ???? I AM GUILTY!!!!)
The Blanca BajaMobile ready for action:
Kids in Action:
Here we are, under the palapa in the back yard of the B&B, enjoying a rich double fudge chocolate cake. One girl ate 5 pieces! I sure hope she
does not get a stomachache....
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So, after we eat we talk a bit. Todays conversation focused on two topics.
1. what did we mostly pick up ? and they answered plastic bags. So, I told them that the cooperative is considering banning plastic bags and having
people bring their recycled cloth bags from home. New idea to them but it would literally do away with 80% of the trash we collect.
2. what do you want to study in college? answers varied from clothes designer, architect/interior designer to scientist. My goal is just to get them
thinking about it.
Clean up =one hour
Party =one hour
Lessons = hopefully a lifetime
We had 2 more kids than last week! Pretty impressive for a Saturday morning with 7th graders. I am not sure if my very own sons would have
participated at this age.
Have a great weekend all!
[Edited on 2-24-2014 by BajaBlanca]
[Edited on 4-30-2014 by BajaBlanca]
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DJL
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Great job !! I LOVE seeing civic pride in Kids !!
D.~
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ligui
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Good things do happen .... . Made me smile . I need to change places , looks like a great day .
Thanks for sharing , Ligui
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Ateo
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You are a good educator.
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shari
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way to go Blanca...once you get kids picking up garbage, they will always think twice about throwing it away and will also scold their family and
friends for littering...this is a huge shift in consciousness you are helping attain!
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BajaBlanca
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This past Saturday Feb. 8th,2014 brought out about 15 kids and we did a huge clean up!
This is the whole gang and I had two adult helpers this week as I had a feeling there would be more kids.
Yours truly at work:
Here they are at the party with two cakes: one chocolate and one pineapple. Next week they have been promised 3 cakes and brownies, If anyone is
coming south, PLEASE bring me some betty crocker fudge brownie mix!
the boys:
the girls, I guess they sit separately because of boy coodies?
and here is a picture of what a difference one hour can make:
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This week we talked about the importance of going to school and trying for the best grades. Some of them have a C average and I told them to go for
the Gold. I also told them the Les story (my husband for those who do not know us) since he is a self-made man and very inspirational for the kids.
Helps them to realize that we can all achieve our dreams with hard work.
And this week again, we took a tour of the B&B so they could see the things we have brought from all over the world. It was very satisfying
because those kids who had come the previous week were able to tell the others where different objects came from: there are salt and pepper shakers
from England, there is a Welsh flag, there is a Russian military cap, there are arts and crafts from almost every state in Mexico, there is a mask
from Venice, there is a golden straw bag from the Amazon ..... these 7th graders are traveling the world from a little village in Mexico!
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..NOICE!!!
...a bright new Baja,,,,one corner at a time!
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Little by little changes are made
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luv2fish
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Hi Blanca, first of all thank you for what you are doing with these kids. And secondly I have a question, having been born and raised in Los Angeles
where positive roll models are in short supply, do you find these kids wanting to "lean the other way"
if you would as far as taking what they think is the easy way out and maybe joining up with cartels or selling drugs on the corner there. Ive never
been that far south but I understand that the family unit is much stronger and the cloth of obedience and respect not just for one self but for ones
peers, is something that has not been dismantled as it has up north.
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Inspiring! Thanks for posting photos and discussion. Looks like a very successful event on all levels.
Pls remind me: For those of us driving on Hwy 1, can we still drop off supplies (brownie mix etc) at the restaurant at the turnoff?
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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I looked outside toward the south and saw a golden ray of KARMA BUENA shining down on La Bocana. Makes me smile amiga.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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BajaBlanca
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Thanks all for the comments (((:
whale-ista-YOU BETCHA, they will forward anything dropped of to me. Please write Blanca - LA BOCANA on the box.
luv2fish - there are drugs here but I have not seen a problem at the schools....the family unit is really strong for one and secondly, 95% of the
people are employed by the local fishing cooperative, so they are wealthy and these kids have a nice life - quads etc.
The kids I work with are a part of the 5% that are not with the coop and are at risk .... they always stay after the cleanups and I do a little extra
one on one pep talks with them.
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Did they learn that throwing out rubbish is bad or that more rubbish = choc cake
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what do you want to study in college? answers varied from clothes designer, architect/interior designer to scientist. My goal is just to get them
thinking about it.
Brilliant.
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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Great job, Blanca!
Everywhere I have been in Baja, I constantly see kids as well as adults throwing trash either out the window, or as they walk home from school.
I wish this example would be shown everywhere in Mexico.
The disrespect of the land with trashing everything, comes from the parents down.
Thanks for setting the example.
Udo
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BajaBlanca
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Thanks Udo, for tomorow, 2 batches of brownies and 2 chocolate cakes! Check!
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Blanca, that's very cool, What you got going! We will be coming that way, for
the first time in that area! mid March. We would love to bring some cake mix!
Do you need frosting also? I will bring some large trash bags also.
We are also looking for a place to stay for 1 night. I will u-2-u, For the invo.
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Coodies???? Haven't heard that one in -----well, in a REALLY long time. You should be proud of what your doing. Gold stars around. 
I yam what I yam and that\'s all what I yam.
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Great job!!
Years ago (1990?) I was camped at Agua Verde. I was stunned to see that the beach at the town shoreline was so filthy with litter one could not walk
on it. Mostly empty oil containers. pools of oil, and plastic bags. When I commented to my kayak guide I was told not to say anything because it was
not my business and it was culturally OK to litter that way. The towns folk would be very angry if I said anything about it. Someone got the message I
guess. Last year the beach looked clean.
I know first hand how Mexicans leave a campsite and it's not pretty.
When in SE Asia we would clear whatever filthy beach we landed on and build a huge bonfire. My pet peeve. I just don't get it how people can poop in
their own nest.
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It's nice to see the children getting pointed in the right direction, let's hope it sticks. Job well done young lady!
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