Judith's March notes

Greetings,

March used to seem like the longest month, maybe that's a teacher thing, but here it is the 25th and it has flown by. The board got together and sent out the annual donation request. If you didn't get a mailing with our latest info, drop us an email with your address, and I'll be glad to put one in the mail. (mujeres@olypen.com)

We are excited about our summer trip to Chiapas. I am taking a small group to San Cristobal in July. We will expand our culture horizons, learn about the current political situation and visit one of the towns of the women in the cooperative. When the group goes home, Linda and Carol will join me to attend the women's bi-monthly workshop and go to Guatemala to co-sponsor a workshop with Adopt a Village. More on that later.

The planning stage of the trip affords me lots of opportunities to connect with folks in Chiapas..both people who were born there and people who have chosen it for there home. I look forward to meeting some of these contacts on the trip. Without their help and support planning would be much more difficult.

We have been donated a lot of fabric which we are attempting to sell at less than bargain basement prices. If you need partial or full bolts of tencel blends, various weights and patterns, at $1 per yard, let us know.

We plan to offer eye exams and glasses to women in the cooperative. We are still working on the laptop issue, but our plan is to take 3 this time. We hope to attend a class at the school where our first scholarship recipient is attending, and we plan to award 2-3 more scholarships, this time for girls to continue education at the secondary level.

Onward and upward!!

Peace, Judith