Charity Anywhere Golf Tournament

Here are some highlights from the Charity Anywhere Golf Tournament in Bountiful Utah.

Great Memories of Ecuador

Great Ecuador Team

We were delighted to meet and see first hand what the Ecuador Team have been accomplishing. They are fun, hardworking, dedicated individuals who are making a HUGE difference in their country. We helped work in 2 of the clinics, one in Tena and one in Esmeraldes. When we arrived in each place the people were lined up to receive the free medical and dental work they CAF offered. The crew included doctors, dentists, surgeons, drivers, assistants and technicians. They worked hard hour after hour helping to relieve the pain and suffering of the people.
I was so excited to see the equipment that had been donated by the people in the US being used so well. I had only seen the supplies as we dug them out of storage units or lugged them up the stairs from the basement accumulation spot. They were dirty from not being used and some of them lacked this or that part to make them functional. But here they were, all clean and detailed and repaired. It made all the work of picking them up, transporting them and putting them on containers and dealing with customs, worthwhile. The experience there also brought firmly to our hearts and minds the NEED for help in this country.

Tijuana Project

Here are a couple of video's from some of our volunteers that have helped in construction projects in Tijuana Mexico.

Trip to Ecuador

Gordon and Susan sent me these pictures of their trip to Ecuador. They definitely had a blast while they were down there. Washington Zambrano has been doing an outstanding job with CAF in Ecuador.


Here they are at the beach at Esmeraldas Ecuador drinking my favorite Colombian beverage called Pony Malta.

Here is a picture of the Charity Anywhere Van in Ecuador and the Charity Anywhere Medical Center.


And, my personal favorite, the Charity Anywhere Medical Bus. It think they call it the Portable Medical Center.



I am sure Gordon and Susan will have a lot more to post when they get back.

Golf Tournament

We want to thank all of the golfers who came out and supported Charity Anywhere foundation during our first annual golf tournament at Bountiful Ridge Golf Course.  We did a 18 hole scramble and the winning foursome scored a 57, 15 under par.  Congratulations to Dave Palmer, Dan Palmer,  Brett Higgins, and Bart Purser. 

The most beautiful foursome, made up of three women and John Conover scored one under par.

Congratulations to Blake Carter and Bob Hughes for winning the i-pod shuffle and a new golf bag in the raffle.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to next year's 2nd Annual Golf Tournament.

Family serves in Tijuana

During Spring break our daughters and their families drove from Oregon and Idaho to give their children an opportunity to help a family in Tijuana. It was a long drive for them. I had been in TJ with a group from Utah State University. Susan flew in and we met Rachael and Melinda and Mike. We stayed at the hospital. We hammered and painted and sheetrocked and roofed. It was a great time.

Blake and Thomas are working together to complete the roof of the newly finished bathroom on Nora's house.

Samantha, Tara and Carrissa turned out to be roofing specialists. They laid the tar paper and got it ready for shingles.

The painting crew with even 3 year old Luke and 5 year old Megan. We painted out the ugly graffiti and made it beautiful.

Rosalva's mother fixed us the best Mexican lunches. Will said, "You don't get this quality of food in the United States. Mom, why don't you ever make meals like this?"
Of course you have to know we were served beans, rice, cactus, avacados and corn tortillas.

By Friday we had completed the little bedroom addition and tarred and finished the roofs to keep their houses dry. We had sheetrocked another house and put siding on the outside. I did the wiring for electricity and we worked to get the new bathroom to function. They were so happy and we all hugged and had a good cry before we left. I was surprised how hard the kids all worked and how happy they were. They didn't want to be sitting around when they realized there was so much that needed to be done.

I love this good work!
Be good and do good