Christmas in August! Sort of

Good afternoon everyone. It’s August, and yes, those are Christmas Bells you hear!

Every year - around Christmas time - I join a group of Peruvians to take a big Christmas Party to a group of kids in a really poor neighborhood about an hour and a half outside of Lima, Peru.

We show up and the kids get Cake, Candy, Chocolate Milk (it’s summer in December down there), a show, a wrapped present and each one receive a book to read as well. Everybody (grownups and kids) has a great time and we get lots (LOTS) of tiny little smiles. A ton of them. I am attaching photos from last year’s party. The party this year is Saturday, December 14.

How can you help, you ask? First (and best) would be to join me in Lima for the party. Hit me up if you want to know about travel or housing or restaurants or anything. If you can’t make it, well, we could use your money. Any amount of it. American dollars go a long way down there, and I will make sure that it gets used efficiently. You can paypal any donation to me at: bigrich5@sprintmail.com, or write me for my address for snail mail, or meet me on a street corner for the drop, or whatever. I will pick up the cost of any paypal fees, so 100% of your money will go to the kids.

There are many different ways that people give back; helping out these kids is no better or worse than any other. If you have any room in your budget – any amount of room – I assure you that you will be paid back ten times over in smiles. PLEASE write or call me with any questions or concerns.

I will be there in less than two weeks, and we want to buy the books when I am there this trip, so that’s why you’re seeing this request in August… I promise to only hit you guys up a couple of times before the holidays – Thanks!