Our latest fundraising effort - Webucator is matching donations!
by Karen Dunn | November 5, 2010
I just wanted to share with you all what Webucator (and Nat and I) are doing right now. We are helping Mayan Families raise money to create a sustainable soccer program here in Panajachel.
The content below is copied from Webucator's Facebook page.
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Training through Work and Play
Our CEO, Nat Dunn, is currently working from Panajachel, Guatemala. He discovered a way to help local kids through a soccer program. You can help, too!
Dunn (in back row wearing a red shirt) and his three sons with the Mayan Families Soccer Program
About the Program
Dear friends, fans, and clients,
Hi, I'm Nat Dunn, the founder and CEO of Webucator. This fall, my wife and I moved from Upstate NY down to Panajachel, Guatemala for a school year so that our three boys could experience Central America and learn Spanish. We also looked forward to a year filled with soccer as my two older boys are really into it. I played through high school myself and even into college a bit. Although I was never a superstar, it always meant a lot to me, and I still crave to play every year when the leaves start to change colors.
Shortly after arriving in Guatemala, I was lucky enough to meet Rovin, a former professional player with a great love and respect for kids. He runs a sports program under a non-profit group called Mayan Families that provides assistance and opportunities to the indigenous people of Guatemala. On Saturdays, I've been helping Rovin train these kids. It's very different from volunteer coaching in the States where we have 2 or 3 parents coaching teams of 8-10 kids with some of the other parents hanging around for the whole practice and almost all of them showing up at the games. Rovin is pretty much on his own with as many as 60 kids at a time, ranging in age from 4 to 14. But somehow, he's able to manage them 1 on 60 better than we do at home when we're 3 on 10.
Due to the high level of poverty and to some recent weather-related catastrophes here, it's hard to find funding for a sports program. But I think it's really important to provide these children with some fun and play in addition to food and clothing and shelter. I hope to raise enough money for the program so that we can find others to work with Rovin and make sports an ongoing, positive part of kids' lives here.
As such, my wife and I just donated $1,000 this month and Webucator is ready to put a lot more money into it - up to $10,000 in the next 12 months. To kick it off, we'll donate $1 for every new fan we get before the end of 2010. At the time of this writing, we have 860. We'll also match every $25, $50, or $100 donation made by a Webucator fan until we have hit our $10,000 goal.
Thanks for your interest and support!
To donate, go to http://www.mayanfamilies.org/DonateNow and fill out the fields as follows (enter 25, 50, or 100 as the dollar amount):
For updates and more information on this project, please visit http://goals.blogs.webucator.com.
Hi, I'm Nat Dunn, the founder and CEO of Webucator. This fall, my wife and I moved from Upstate NY down to Panajachel, Guatemala for a school year so that our three boys could experience Central America and learn Spanish. We also looked forward to a year filled with soccer as my two older boys are really into it. I played through high school myself and even into college a bit. Although I was never a superstar, it always meant a lot to me, and I still crave to play every year when the leaves start to change colors.
Shortly after arriving in Guatemala, I was lucky enough to meet Rovin, a former professional player with a great love and respect for kids. He runs a sports program under a non-profit group called Mayan Families that provides assistance and opportunities to the indigenous people of Guatemala. On Saturdays, I've been helping Rovin train these kids. It's very different from volunteer coaching in the States where we have 2 or 3 parents coaching teams of 8-10 kids with some of the other parents hanging around for the whole practice and almost all of them showing up at the games. Rovin is pretty much on his own with as many as 60 kids at a time, ranging in age from 4 to 14. But somehow, he's able to manage them 1 on 60 better than we do at home when we're 3 on 10.
Due to the high level of poverty and to some recent weather-related catastrophes here, it's hard to find funding for a sports program. But I think it's really important to provide these children with some fun and play in addition to food and clothing and shelter. I hope to raise enough money for the program so that we can find others to work with Rovin and make sports an ongoing, positive part of kids' lives here.
As such, my wife and I just donated $1,000 this month and Webucator is ready to put a lot more money into it - up to $10,000 in the next 12 months. To kick it off, we'll donate $1 for every new fan we get before the end of 2010. At the time of this writing, we have 860. We'll also match every $25, $50, or $100 donation made by a Webucator fan until we have hit our $10,000 goal.
Thanks for your interest and support!
To donate, go to http://www.mayanfamilies.org/DonateNow and fill out the fields as follows (enter 25, 50, or 100 as the dollar amount):
