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

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