THANK YOU!!!

Pinguelas is formed by a handful of people convinced that by joining forces and with solidarity it’s possible to do beautiful things.

Children’s Day party at Puerto Azara shows it is possible.
Thanks to a lot of good-hearted people we did it, and we did it our way, giving the kids the best.
In Pinguelas the work is voluntary. Pinguelas IS because of its volunteers.
To all of them…

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

BALL PITS!!!

The kids loved them!!
They couldn’t be missing at the party.
Thanks to donations made by Mercedes, from Buenos Aires, and Bárbara and Alejandro, from Posadas, we could hire “Bianca Inflables”.
Bianca and her team travelled to Puerto Azara and offered us an excellent service!
The kids enjoyed themselves very much.
Thanks, Mechi, Barabara and Ale!!!

SNEAKERS!!!

The “Mujeres Mercosureñas” Association, via Itatí Juañuk,wanted to be part of the party and they did it by donating 50 pairs of sneakers we raffled among the kids during the whole afternoon.
Thank you very much!!!

CANDY!!!

Thanks to Dalina, Matías, Tomás, Carolina, Melisa and Celeste for the delicious sweets they send all the way from Buenos Aires for the kids!!!!
We divided them among the gift packs and left some for the clowns to give to the kids during the games.

DELICIOUS HOT CHOCOLATE!!!

Thanks to Raúl for donating the chocolate, milk and sugar for the kids.
Thanks to Alicia and María for preparing it too.
It was pleasant-tasting and everyone could drink as much as they wanted to!

PRESENTS FOR EVERYBODY!!!

We wanted to give the kids new and nice toys, one for each… but they were too many! 150! That turned out to be 157. How could we get the money to do it??

Thanks to “Puentes” Civil Association of Buenos Aires, each kid could have his present!

Beautiful toys, chosen one by one by Carolina and Sara, according to ages, for boys and girls that arrived from Buenos Aires in 16 boxes Alejandro took to Puerto Azara on Saturday and wouldn’t let Malvina, Marías daughter, sleep. “What’s inside? Are they toys, mom?”, she said.

The following day, Pinguelas volunteers wrapped and named each one of them. At dusk we gave them out together with the gift packs. The kid’s anxiety to hear their names called out and to recieve their present is something we won’t forget that easily. Their little faces of joy as they saw their toys are indelible memories.
We are sure that 157 pieces of love have reached that generous heart that made it possible.


“Puentes” Association
“… it’s a NGO of public welfare, a non-profit organization, apolitic and lay created in 1996 in Argentina. Our headquarters are located in Buenos Aires but our influence zone is Gran Buenos Aires and the interior of the country. We are united by the mission of improving the opportunities of development of the kids and young people of low resources, facilitating the access to education and crating the bases for a better community.”

http://puentes.com.ar

Tank you SO much!!!

These are some of the pictures of that day, as we receive more, we will upload them:

CAKES, CLOWNS, BALOONS, GAMES

Bárbara Sciangula and her students from “Alma Nativa” Dance School.

They helped prepare the gift packs for the candy and the delicious cakes. They were the clowns that organized all the games and the ones who made us laugh from the morning until we came back to Posadas, late at night.

A beautiful group of people, very supportive, that know about grief but are always with a smile on their faces, a joke at hand, a gesture of friendship…

They played, singed and danced with the kids, with the grown-ups, among them…
They are incredible!!!

Their names?
Bárbara Sciangula, the director, María Belèn Marmelik, Magdalena Marmelik, Ester Isasa, Patricia Temoinko, Adolfo Carísimo Leublain, Héctor Stuker, Diego Benítez Colman, Diego Oviedo, Fernando Del Valle.

Congratulations to all of you!!!
And thank you very very much!!!

THE CIRCUS

The kids from “Opó Ibaté” Circus School are amazing!!!!

They were the first to say “we are going!” and the problem was where to hang the trapeze and silk. Some days before Sunday, Alejandro took us there so that Gonzalo Velasco, the school director, could decide which was the best place to do it… and he found it: the trees from the beautiful school park.

On Sunday, we travelled to Puerto Azara all squeezed inside Alejandro’s Traffic, they put up their scenography and the show was spectacular!

Their names?

Gonzalo Velasco, director, Norma Tolaba, Lorena Castrillo, Pamela Suárez, Micaela Morán, Constanza Yudar, Agustina Gunski y Lucas Gunski.

To all of them a huge THANK YOU!!!!

http://fotolog.com/oyere_ybate

As we receive more photos we will upload them… these are just a few of them:

THE MAGICIANS

When we decided to organize this party for the kids from Puerto Azara, we aimed to take them the best among our possibilities.
The “Red de Magos Solidarios de Argentina” it’s one of the organizations who helped us make it come true.

Next, we reproduce the words on their webpage, as it perfectly describes the beautiful work they make.

“The Red de Magos Solidarios or Red Maso is an enterprise that puts the art of magic at he service of the ones who need it most. Magic is illusion, for a kid or an adult the magician is something enchanted, and even more if we achieve with solidarity a double function, which is help and spread our beloved art while delighting the audience.”

“Today, the Red Maso, thanks to the effort of all the magicians that wholeheartedly helped to make it possible, it’s set up and working firmly to achieve it’s goals. The Net is composed by numerous members that day by day provide their time and talent to make our deed grow. The members come from diverse provinces of Argentina, as well as from different countries from arround the world.”

On Sunday, at two o’ clock sharp, magicians DIMAR and MAKENKE started their show, a beautiful spectacle!! It was an hour of laughs, joy, magic...
The faces of the kids say it all.

Congratulations to the Red Maso!!!
Thank you very much, Dimar and Makenke!!!
See you soon!

AND THE DAY HAS COMED...

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

To everyone that made this beautiful day possible!!
Magicians from “La Red De Magos Solidarios”, circus school “Opó Ibaté”, Dance School “Alma Nativa”, “Puentes” Civil Association from Buenos Aires, “Pinguelas” volunteers, “Mujeres Mercosureñas” Association, the friends who donated money, chocolate, milk, sugar, candy, cakes, cookies, the ones who fowared the e-mails to their contacts, Alejandro, who took us and brought us back in his Traffic, María and Alicia who prepared the chocolate for the kids and lunch for all the volunteers, “Bianca Inflables”... to everyone.

Today, this few photos. On the following days we will dedicate a post to each of the ones who made the party the kids from Puerto Azara deserved come true.

INVITATIONS DAY!!!

This morning we went to Puerto Azara to take the invitations we made for the kids.
There was one for each kid and seeing the joy in their little faces as we gave them out was a gift for us.
There is still a lot of work to be done before Sunday... but it’s worth it.