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!!!