Sponsor a Student or Re-Sponsor for 2014 with Mayan Families!

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It's that time of year again! Time to Sponsor a Student and provide the gift of education made possible by you, our amazing donors. We are genuinely grateful for your support throughout the year. With your help we have been able to carry on our projects, begin new ones, and provide scholarships for students that would otherwise have no access to education.    See some of their amazing stories below... Gladys Elizabeth (1031) and Keder Samuel (1962) are both moving onto the 2nd Grade in 2014.  We are so proud of them for this achievement as so many indigenous children fail the 1st grade due to a lack of language skills and understanding of the system. This is often made more difficult as most indigenous parents having very little education themselves. Both Gladys and Keder are seeking new sponsors for 2014. Luis Andres (2706) whose parents did not study beyond the 3rd Grade, is graduating from High School this year. He is interning in our health clinic to gain experience in the medical field before he starts Medical School next year.  Your generosity gives Luis thetools to lift himself and his family out of poverty while developing vital skills to continue to support his community.  Sandra (346) is finishing up Graduate School where she is studying Social Work.  She has been in our Student Sponsorship Program since she was five years old.  We are so proud of her perseverance throughout the years and her hard work as head of our Education Department.  Your commitment to the education of our students has given Sandra the ability to create sustainable change in her community.   As we prepare for the 2014 school year beginning in January, we ask that you join us in our efforts to affect the type of change that has lasting impacts and can make generational differences by sponsoring a student.   Help us continue to reach students like Luis and Sandra whose families have difficulties providing the basic necessities of life, such as education, which so many of us take for granted. Your gift of education will empower students like them to pursue a better life.  Please click here to see some of our students in need of sponsorship. There are many students in our program; eager to learn. They are waiting for your indispensable support. Your gift of education helps: Empower youth to eradicate illiteracy and lead their communities out of poverty by offering them the gift of education Bridge the gender gap in literacy by giving a young girl the opportunity to receive a quality education Combat chronic malnutrition that plagues indigenous children by sponsoring them to attend a Mayan Families Preschool Nutritional Center Sponsorship fees for the 2014 school year (January-October) are as follows: SCHOOL LEVEL  SPONSORSHIP TYPE COST PER MONTH  COST PER YEAR  PreK - 12th Grade Full Sponsorship $30 $360 PreK - 12th Grade Co-Sponsorship $15 $180 University Full Sponsorship $105 $1,260 University Co-Sponsorship $52.50 630 Co-sponsorship means that sponsorship is shared between individuals or groups. Mayan Families actively looks for a co-sponsor. You are not obligated to find another sponsor; however any assistance is always appreciated. If you know someone that would like to share sponsorship with you, please contact melanie@mayanfamilies.org.    IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PAYMENTS  Due to some launch issues through our new website we would ask that you make your payment using the old website method at www.mayanfamilies.net so that we can ensure that your payment goes through as quickly and effectively as possible.  Thank you for your patience and continual support during this transition time.  If you have trouble making a donation on our website, please call (619) 550-2608. We will be happy to assist you over the phone Monday through Friday 9-5 MST. You may also choose to send your Student Sponsorship donation in the form of a check. Please make it payable to "Mayan Families" and send to:                                                                                                                                   Mayan Families P.O. Box 52 Claremont, N.C. 28610   *Please be sure to include your student's number on the check We truly could not have done any of this without you.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!   Do you know someone that might want to sponsor a child? Please help spread the word by passing on this e-mail to friends and family. Feel free to also share on social media websites such as Facebook or Twitter. Thank you for your support...it is greatly appreciated!   If you have any questions, please e-mail melanie@mayanfamilies.org    www.mayanfamilies.org

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Christmas Tamale Food Basket time with Mayan Families 2013!

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¨If you can´t feed a hundred people, then just feed one¨ Mother Theresa, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, 1979 Greetings from Guatemala! A place where tradition can bring hope and joy, especially during the holiday season. The practice of "Tamales at Christmas" grew from the Mayan tradition of tamales as a special and festive symbol as early as 1200 BC. Sadly, many of our families cannot afford the ingredients for tamales so each year Mayan Families distributes Tamale Food Baskets to our impoverished families so they could celebrate the holidays...  Since 2006 we have distributed over 8,700 Tamale Baskets! With your support, you can help make this holiday season a time of joy for our families with the following gifts: A Traditional Tamale Basket to feed 10 people This includes:  a whole chicken oil & rice a block of drinking chocolate (it is traditional to drink hot chocolate with the tamales at midnight) vegetables & fruit sugar & fortified cereal black beans & pasta a packet of Christmas cookies.  Reusable plastic basket A Holiday Food Bag for an elderly person This includes:  rice oatmeal sugar a small block of chocolate a small packet of cookies beans and corn   A General Donation to our Christmas Fund Make a donation of your choosing to our General Christmas Fund.  This will allow is to supportmany more families during this important festive time withfood, gifts and support. Instructions for Donations: Go to Send a Gift Enter your student / family elderly person's number and click SUBMIT or simply leave blank if you would like it to go to a family with the greatest need Select Your Christmas Gift and click ADD TO CART Add any special instructions or designations (such as sending the gift in honour of someone) in the Notes section To pay by check please send your donation made out to Mayan Families to:  Mayan Families P.O. Box 52 Claremont, N.C. 28610  We thank you for all of your support in ensuring that these impoverished families will be able to have a happy holiday season. We truly could not have done any of this without you.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! www.mayanfamilies.org

Mayan Families | 619-550-2608 | melanie@mayanfamilies.org | http://www.mayanfamilies.org 2609 Hartford St. San Diego, CA 92110 Copyright © 2013. All Rights Reserved.

Feliz Dia de Acción de Gracias from Mayan Families!

Happy Thanksgiving, Feliz Dia de Acción de Gracias from Mayan Families!     You are amazing!   Thank you for what you have helped us to accomplish this year! Thank you for the food to feed the elderly, the children, the babies...the families who were hungry and had nothing to eat.   Thank you for the shoes that children now have to wear on their feet, warm clothes, blankets to keep them warm at this very chilly time of the year. Right now there is very cold weather in Guatemala...some of our families live in  flimsy, ramshackle houses...the wind is rushing through...but thanks to so many of you..there are also families who have strong, safe houses to live in. They have warm beds and blankets...where before they were sleeping on dirt floors.  Many of our students have graduated this year....this would have been an impossible dream for them without your help.  Others hope to go to school next year...and you are making this a reality.  There are people who owe their lives to the medical care you have provided...and there are many more who are living healthier lives because of their access to medical care, clean water and stoves that you have given.  Micro loans have helped many get a hand up this year...starting their own businesses or increasing an existing business..helping them to succeed a little more to support their families.  Thank you on behalf of all the newborn babies, children, women and men in Guatemala that you have helped ..thanks for all the joy, the hugs, the smiles, the gifts, the help and the hope you have given! Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays to you and your family from our all of us at Mayan Families. p.s. We now have a new website and it has been experiencing a few "glitches". If you would find it easier to donate through our old website...you can access the old website which is still functioning at www.mayanfamilies.net.  Please don't forget to get your orders in for Tamale baskets for your sponsored student or for any family in need to celebrate Navidad!  Just $40 to give a food basket that will feed a family of 10 or more. We are offering gifts for children from $5, $10 or $20 ...if you would like to Sponsor a Student or send a gift to your sponsored student and their family or to a child in need, we will be happy to make that happen. Click here to donate on the New Web Site  or  Click here to Donate on our Old Web Site, Thank you!   With your support, you can help make this holiday season a time of joy for our families with the following gifts: A Traditional Tamale Basket to feed 10 people This includes:  a whole chicken oil & rice a block of drinking chocolate (it is traditional to drink hot chocolate with the tamales at midnight) vegetables & fruit sugar & fortified cereal black beans & pasta a packet of Christmas cookies.  Reusable plastic basket A Holiday Food Bag for an elderly person This includes:  rice oatmeal sugar a small block of chocolate a small packet of cookies beans and corn   A General Donation to our Christmas Fund Make a donation of your choosing to our General Christmas Fund.  This will allow us to supportmany more families during this important festive time withfood, gifts and support. Instructions for Donations: Go to Send a Gift Enter your student / family elderly person's number and click SUBMIT or simply leave blank if you would like it to go to a family with the greatest need Select Your Christmas Gift and click ADD TO CART Add any special instructions or designations (such as sending the gift in honour of someone) in the Notes section To pay by check please send your donation made out to Mayan Families to:  Mayan Families P.O. Box 52 Claremont, N.C. 28610  We thank you for all of your support in ensuring that these impoverished families will be able to have a happy holiday season.     We truly could not have done any of this without you.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!     www.mayanfamilies.org

Mayan Families | 619-550-2608 | melanie@mayanfamilies.org | http://www.mayanfamilies.org 2609 Hartford St. San Diego, CA 92110 Copyright © 2013. All Rights Reserved.

This #GIVING TUESDAY Support our Well Mother Well Baby Program!

In Guatemala, up to 69.5% of indigenous children  are chronically malnourished (United Nations, World Food Programme)  This Tuesday, December 3 we are part of a call to action that will change the calendar and help make history. We are celebrating a day dedicated to giving with #GivingTuesday which creates a day of giving around the annual shopping and spending season. For this year´s #GivingTuesday we would like to invite friends of Mayan Families to support our Well Mother, Well Baby Program which has been relaunched to support and educate families who cannot afford to provide their children with the appropriate nutrition. This supports children during their early developmental years and empowers families to break the cycle of malnutrition. You can find out more about the program HERE. How can you support this incredibly important program on #GivingTuesday: A quick donation on the day will make a world of difference $50 will allow us to purchase education workshop materials $300 will allow us to include 10 children in the program for one month Organize a quick fundraiser in your office or among your friends $1,000 will allow us to operate the program for one month $20,000 will allow us to operate this program for at least two years while expanding the number of children and mothers we are able to admit into the program Look at our Fundraising Page  for quick and easy ideas Tuesday  is a perfect day to  talk about this program with your friends Share   the Program Page on your Facebook and Twitter feeds Talk   to friends & family about the issue of malnutrition  in Guatemala  To find out more about how you can support this very important program please contact amy@mayanfamilies.org To find out more about #Giving Tuesday check out their website HERE Instructions for Donations: Go to Support a Program Enter the amount you would like to donate to the Well Mothers Well Baby Program Click ADD TO CART Add any special instructions or designations (such as sending the gift in honour of someone) in the Notes section To pay by check please send your donation made out to Mayan Families to:  Mayan Families P.O. Box 52 Claremont, N.C. 28610    www.mayanfamilies.org

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