Teens On A Mission

Posted on behalf of Sonya Zumbiel

Hello all. I like to pass along opportunities to benefit non-profits in Guatemala. Well this one is somewhat unique.

Many of you know that the Cincinnati Friends Through Guatemalan Adoption group started a Moms on a Mission group that just completed our second year of moms going down to Guatemala for a week in the summer doing mission work as well as raising over $40,000 in donations (cash and in-kind) this year alone. Well, now we have Teens on a Mission.

The group is starting small and working to plan a mission trip for summer of 2007. I am so proud of this group of kids who really get the meaning of "giving back" at such a young age. They kicked off their first fundraiser of pens orders this spring and raised almost $1,000.

They are again offering personalized pens from Guatemala for sale. The cost is $2 per pen. Half the money goes right back to the weavers from MayaWorks who are making the pens (which is a fair trade price). You can learn more about MayaWorks at www.mayaworks.org which is a registered US non-profit.

The other $1 per pen will be donated to a non-profit chosen by the teens group! The teens have chosen five US registered non-profits to visit and receive the benefits of their fundraising:

Women's International Network for Guatemalan Solutions www.wingsguate.org
Open Windows www.openwindowsfoundation.org
Orphan Resources www.orphanresources.org
Behrhorst Partners for Development www.behrhorst.org
Cooperative for Education www.coeduc.org

The orders have to be received by September 15th. We will ship pens ordered, but read at the bottom of the order to add $3 for shipping costs. All pens will be shipped the last week of October.

Feel free to visit www.ftga.net and go to special offers for more information. I know several of you ordered last time, so please share your thoughts also and help keep this bumped!