NEVER UNDERSTIMATE WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED

The first batch (90 backpacks) has arrived – only 210 more to go!

Last August we had our largest distribution (~800 students) ever.  Distributing supplies to this many students over two days requires a lot of coordination and a LOT of volunteers.    Bob and Linda, a couple who helped us for the very first time with school distribution are committed to see this succeed in the future and told us they would be actively looking for school supplies for 2023.  

In November we received a call that they had purchased 300 backpacks at a very special price as a local Walmart store that wanted to clear out inventory after back-to-school sales.   Now, the only challenge was to find a way to get them to Cozumel.  We then reached out to another volunteer/donor couple who lived in a nearby state and would be visiting this winter.   Debi not only agreed to find people to bring these backpacks to Cozumel, but also found someone who was going to be traveling through the other state and could pick up the backpacks.  She also found people to donate luggage.   Debi and Randy brought the first group of 90 backpacks (and 50 dictionaries) the first week of January.   It just shows how you can never underestimate the creativity and power of a network of donors.

If you are visiting Cozumel in the coming months and would like to help us out, here is a list of our greatest needs.   If you don’t have room to bring supplies we gladly accept dollar donations that enable us to purchase paper products locally.

  • Blue Ink Pens
  • Correction Tape
  • Yellow Highlighters
  • Dry Erase Markers (Black preferred)
  • Scientific Calculators
  • 3-Ring Binders 1 ½ – 2”
  • Coloring books

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