Comments on: Serving Our Local Community

By: John Sweet

John Sweet — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:44:44 +0000

Excellent work guys! A bunch of us ol GI’s started out the same way in Northeastern Thailand and Laos 1997. We have done a lot and it just keeps getting better! Hope you will continue on and do the same in Mexico.

All The Best

John

By: Hell's Half Acre · Obamamos!

Hell's Half Acre · Obamamos! — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:12:07 +0000

[...] friend in Merida, Ellen, has either coined a cunning term, Obamamos, or heard it somewhere else, but it is absolutely [...]

By: laurie

laurie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:07:03 +0000

FANTASTIC. This project was so much in tune with what Obama believes about working together. I liked the fact that you sanded and painted, and that the computer will be repaired.

Congrats. I would love to participate in the future, in spite of being very involved in Merida Verde. Keep me on the mailing list.

By: Yucatan Living - Yucatan Inauguration Poster

Yucatan Living - Yucatan Inauguration Poster — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:55:52 +0000

[...] And all we ask is a donation. Send us a donation through Paypal of at least $3.00 (to cover postage and handling) and we will send you one of these commemorative posters while supplies last (be sure to include your address!). If you want to donate more, every penny over and above the stamp and the envelope will go to our next project, which you can learn about here in the pages of Yucatan Living, and which will probably again be related to children and reading here in Merida Centro. Here’s a link to the story about the first project we did, providing chairs, tables and books to a local grammar scho…. [...]

By: NWCreolelady

NWCreolelady — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:06:46 +0000

What a wonderful group of expats! I so enjoyed hearing about this community outreach project during this historic week of the inauguration of our 44th President Obama! The importance of education is and should be a priority for every child!