Cruisers Helping Kids in Isolated Sea of Cortez Fishing Community

In the following three years we have had the opportunity to help the school with printers, basic supplies, books to begin a library, and a telescope. We have expanded, this year, to include the Jardin de Ninos preschool in San Evaristo and the, one, four year old girl on Coyote Island. We have been supplying educational and art supplies to these new schools and are looking forward to being able to bring in needed supplies for years to come..

Our project idea for last year came from our youngest child, Isabelle. She got the idea while walking through the Goodwill one day and we discovered a pile of new looking backpacks. She then came up with the idea of collecting backpacks and filling them with school supplies. We announced on the morning radio net our need for donations and what we were looking for. We had 30 backpacks donated plus enough supplies to FILL each one with age appropriate supplies for the school year. We delivered them in April at another of our, now famous, beach parties and we were able to hand out new backpacks to all the kids in town.

This year we hope to be able to bring a marine biologist and an artist to the schools for a week long project. We have found some great friends at the Whale Museum here in La Paz and are planning to use some of their resources to help enrich the schools we come in contact with. We look forward to working together on many different kinds of projects that include the environment, marine biology and art.

Our dream is to purchase a tradition sailing vessel and to offer instruction in traditional sailing, seamanship, and how to cruise with your family, all while learning about marine biology and interacting with the local culture. We will continue to deliver school supplies to secluded villages and water access only communities and bring teachers to the schools as an enrichment program focusing on Art and Science. Families, individuals, teachers, businesses can join us on the boat and, not only learn traditional sailing and the art of cruising, but can also can have hands on involvement in our educational programs.

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