Dia de la Tierra

April 29th, 2010 by Sarah Henderson

Wow what a day Dia de la Tierra turned out to be!

For what was going to be a small celebration in the park, I think the day was very successful! We worked really hard on this event to try to make it educational and fun and I truly think it was. The support we recieved from the loval community was inspiring as volunteers came from Club de Leones, The Handicap Foundation, ReAL Boquete, Rotary, the Alcaldera and friends.

We started with mass centered around the earth in which the priest was actually quite funny (although I’m not 100% sure this was his original intention) and then marched down the main street to the Mayor’s offices and central park. There were some speeches quickly and we set about having fun! From Cake to Bowling with recycled materials to volunteers playing musical chairs much to the amusement of anybody watching it was a fantastic day. I personally enjoyed seeing all the organisining coming together and it was a testiment to the day that despite needing to co-ordinate games and people along with Kaytee I really truly enjoyed the day! It was just a blast!

The clean-up was quick with some of the local school children being more than helpful when they could have just been sitting with their friends – hopefully that means some of our message got through!!! A massive thanks goes to the Mayor’s office who set about making the day much bigger, the volunteers who gave up their free time, the people who sent us photos of the day and of course to the people who participated and made it what it was. I believe we have provided a good base for Dia de la Tierra to be an annual event, it can only get better from here so good luck to the volunteers who will be here this time next year – maybe I will come back for it! haha

I also promise to update those inquiring about my very eventful weekend in Costa Rica and Bocas del Toro sometime over the weekend – until then Adios!

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This entry was posted on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 9:44 am and is filed under Panama.

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