Operation Feed
serving the villagers of San Juan Cosala
for over 30 years
for over 30 years
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During the time of the CoronaVirus, families are receiving:
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A full despensas at this time include:
Families with 2 or fewer people receive 1/2 kilos of the items above, as well as the rest of the items. |
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What a way to welcome the new President of Operation Feed!
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Carol Curtis stepped down from the presidency after 6 years and turned this wonderful organization over to Janine Kirkland as of March 1st, 2020. Janine has been a very active member for many years, serving as a leader of the mini-businesses and a despensa organizer. It was expected that the transition would be easy. Then the whole world went into crisis mode, and Janine had to manage twice as many needy villagers while trying to raise the money to feed them and have the process done in a very safe manner. We all congratulate her for surviving the first month with grace, humor, and ability.
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We will need additional funds to continue to feed those who have no way of earning a daily living until the CoronaVirus is over for this season. Please help by donating to the food needed each week by our most desperate villagers.
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The team of Janine and Al are awesome. Their hearts are with our villagers and ensuring their well-being. We are so fortunate to have them both working for the people of San Juan Cosala.
Here is Janine's most recent letter to the volunteers ...
Hola - hope this finds everyone in good health.
Operation Feed served over 240 families this week. Thanks to you and all of our wonderful donors every family received rice, beans, oats, oil, pasta, 1/2 doz eggs, 2 cans tuna, a voucher for 1/2 kilo of tortillas and a voucher for fruits and vegetables. They also received a bag of dog or cat food if they had a dog or cat. This week 95% of the people waiting in line for despensa were wearing a mask. If they had a mask at home and forgot it, Agustin made them go home and get it before they could get their despensa. We gave masks to the few who did not have one. Cheryl Kennedy gave each group a talk on the Coronavirus. What the symptoms are and what to do if they think they may have it. We now call her Dr. Kennedy. LOL
The despensa this week was put together and run by Agustin's family and employees. They did an awesome job. They all put in a lot of work. Everything seems to be running smoothly. Cheryl and I were there to oversee and help if needed. We both feel that next week they can handle it by themselves.
We had several new families this week. They all have to be screened by Agustin. Today we had someone from Ajijic. She was referred to the two organizations in Ajijic that are setting up food banks. If you know of someone that needs our help please refer them to myself or Agustin. We will not turn anyone away that needs help.
The sewing team and sewing groups are way over the 1,500 mask mark. They have done an awesome job. The crochet ladies have started making animal masks. They are 100 pesos each. They are for those of you who want to be different. They are very cute. The sewing team has their own website now www.sewgoodstore.com/ (please visit it) They are up and running and taking orders. Hopefully in the next few days the crochet team will also have a website that will be up and running and also taking orders. Carol and I have talked about doing this for the past year or more.
As you can see below, there is a bear, a pig, a cat, a dog and a fox. Let me know if you are interested in ordering one.
Once again I thank all of you for giving your heart to Operation Feed and the people of San Juan Cosala. We would not have been able to feed all of those families without all of you.
Take care and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Janine
Operation Feed served over 240 families this week. Thanks to you and all of our wonderful donors every family received rice, beans, oats, oil, pasta, 1/2 doz eggs, 2 cans tuna, a voucher for 1/2 kilo of tortillas and a voucher for fruits and vegetables. They also received a bag of dog or cat food if they had a dog or cat. This week 95% of the people waiting in line for despensa were wearing a mask. If they had a mask at home and forgot it, Agustin made them go home and get it before they could get their despensa. We gave masks to the few who did not have one. Cheryl Kennedy gave each group a talk on the Coronavirus. What the symptoms are and what to do if they think they may have it. We now call her Dr. Kennedy. LOL
The despensa this week was put together and run by Agustin's family and employees. They did an awesome job. They all put in a lot of work. Everything seems to be running smoothly. Cheryl and I were there to oversee and help if needed. We both feel that next week they can handle it by themselves.
We had several new families this week. They all have to be screened by Agustin. Today we had someone from Ajijic. She was referred to the two organizations in Ajijic that are setting up food banks. If you know of someone that needs our help please refer them to myself or Agustin. We will not turn anyone away that needs help.
The sewing team and sewing groups are way over the 1,500 mask mark. They have done an awesome job. The crochet ladies have started making animal masks. They are 100 pesos each. They are for those of you who want to be different. They are very cute. The sewing team has their own website now www.sewgoodstore.com/ (please visit it) They are up and running and taking orders. Hopefully in the next few days the crochet team will also have a website that will be up and running and also taking orders. Carol and I have talked about doing this for the past year or more.
As you can see below, there is a bear, a pig, a cat, a dog and a fox. Let me know if you are interested in ordering one.
Once again I thank all of you for giving your heart to Operation Feed and the people of San Juan Cosala. We would not have been able to feed all of those families without all of you.
Take care and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Janine
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