Soles2Sarchi

15/03/2015

So excited to announce another campaign for Soles2Sarchi!
This year when you begin your Spring Cleaning consider donated used items like shoes, hair accessories, hats, gloves, jewellery. All items donated will be brought down to Sarchi, Costa Rica by the Duke of Ed Volunteer group this August.

15/03/2015

So excited to announce another campaign for Soles2Sarchi!
This year when you begin your Spring Cleaning consider donated used items like shoes, hair accessories, hats, gloves, jewellery. All items donated will be brought down to Sarchi, Costa Rica by the Duke of Ed Volunteer group this August.

15/01/2015

http://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=530796&binId=1.1142313&playlistPageNum=1
Beautiful story about the Duke of Edinburgh`s international program in Sarchi, Costa Rica.

A teacher from Costa Rica was in North Bay today to thank local students for their work and for changing lives in his country.

04/01/2015

Thank you again to everyone who helped our group provide students of Sabanilla with Christmas presents. The boxes got to Costa Rica just before December 24th, and we were able to put smiles on the faces of all 75 students!
Remember guys, ``Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.`` Margaret Mead
And a special thank you to the hardest working teacher I know, Mauricio Perez, the man responsible for playing Santa this year in Sarchi.

19/11/2014

Huge thank you to everyone who came out today to give us a hand wrapping presents!
Here are some pictures of the soles2sarchi elves getting presents ready.

15/11/2014

On Wednesday November 19th, in the basement of the student union, the shoe boxes donated by students will need to be wrapped. If you enjoy wrapping presents come down from 1-4, any help is greatly appreciated!

10/11/2014

Remember guys, this is the week to hand in your shoe boxes to the dean of students office in the Student Center

07/11/2014

Got Empty Bottles or Cans?
We can take those of your hands!!
And you get entered in a draw for a $25 LCBO gift card

06/11/2014

To demonstrate our tremendous appreciation for all the help we've received, soles2sarchi will be giving out these colourful Pura Vida bracelets with any monetary donation made towards our cause of providing children in Sarchi, Costa Rica with shoes and various school supplies.
What is Pura Vida?
Pura vida is a Costa Rican phrase. It literally means pure life, however, the real meaning is closer to "plenty of life", "full of life", "this is living!", "going great", or "real living. The phrase can be used both as a greeting or a farewell, as an answer expressing contentment or as a way of saying Thank You.
Contact us for further information!

06/11/2014

Huge thank you to the talented Melissa Weaver for the wonderful article in The Sputnik about soles2sarchi.
http://www.thesputnik.ca

01/11/2014

I cannot express how happy I am with the incredible response from the Laurier Brantford community. Special thank you to the Dean of Students, Adam Lawrence, for all his help.
Due to the incredible response of the Laurier Brantford community all the students at Escuela Sabanilla have already been matched up. However, as I am sure most of you can imagine, there are an insurmountable number of children living in equal or worse poverty. I am requesting that those still interested create a generic "boy" or "girl" box, that way these can be given to students at other impoverished school's an institutions I have worked and volunteered at. On that note, shoe boxes for "babies" are also graciously accepted. Again generic boy or girl baby clothing, bottles, bibs, etc. even from the Dollarstore are such a rare commodity in some of the households I have visited in Costa Rica's remote mountain villages, where 10 or more people live in a windowless, one room shack.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Thanks again guys

23/10/2014

So Happy to announce that there are officially less than 10 Sabbanilla students who are not matched with a Laurier Brantford student for the soles2sarchi initiative!
Remember the shoeboxes must be brought to the Dean of Student's office by mid-November!
Thank you for the enthusiastic participation LB