Tropical Adventures donates its proceeds after operating expenses to it’s own non-profit projects, as well as to their partner nonprofits. Tropical Adventures relies on the generosity and kindness of many people in order to continue providing support.

Here below is our “Wish List” of materials and supplies we would love to have in order to keep supporting all our projects. Thank you in advance for your contributions and generosity of either cash to purchase these materials locally, or supplies you purchase and donate. If you have any questions about how to get these supplies to us, please contact us at info@tropadvent.org, or by calling +1 218-506-8426.

Safety items:

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  • Reflectors for bicycles
  • Flashing light for back of bikes
  • Safety vest
  • Reflector vests for bikes and motorcycles
  • Flashlights
  • Reflector tape
  • Helmets for kids
  • Life Jackets

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Orphanage needs

We get very little government funding for our orphanage and would appreciate any extra help we can get!

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  • Milk
  • Towels (paper and regular)
  • Diapers
  • Shampoo
  • Fruits
  • Pasta
  • Rice and beans (of course!)
  • Blankets
  • They only have two PC’s, the kids use them a lot so they would like to have more
  • Individual beds
  • Mattresses

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Painting projects:

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  • Painting brushes
  • Rollers
  • Wire brushes for cleaning surfaces

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Education projects:

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  • School Uniforms
  • Notebooks
  •  Kids picture books in English or Spanish
  • Pencils/Pens
  • Art supplies
  • Computers or computer components (mouse, keyboard, etc)
  • Color pencils
  • Chalk
  • Dry Erase markers with refillable cartridges
  • Educational Toys
  • Sports equipment
  • Rules Metric
  • All kinds of schools supplies for the teachers as well and the students

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Computers and Equipment:

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  • Working desktop and laptop computers
  • RAM to upgrade old machines
  • Printers & ink
  • Digital Cameras (for our volunteers to use with kids/ school projects)
  • Photocopy machine
  • Data cards for working on computers when wifi isn’t available

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Art Projects

We do lots of arts & crafts not only in the elementary school and daycare center, but also in our retirement home to help the residents with their dexterity:

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  • Carving tools (we do gourd carving here)
  • Paints
  • Artistic paint brushes
  • Paper – (colored and white)
  • Coloring books
  • Colored pencils
  • Crayons
  • Play Doh
  •  Glue sticks and liquid glue
  • Books—In Spanish preferably – especially easy to read, for children and educational one’s
  • Dictionaries -Spanish English

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Any Kind of Resource Book on:

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  • Ecology or Wildlife
  • Kids Picture Books
  • Conservation
  • Climate Change
  • Education
  • Sustainable Development
  • Tropical gardening
  • Story books—Spanish or English
  • Construction
  • Latin American history
  • Sex Education

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Clothing:

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  • Rubber boots
  • Shoes
  • Kids Clothes
  • Clean used clothes
  • Umbrellas
  • Socks and Underwear

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Sports:

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  • Life jackets
  • Surf Boards
  • Skate Boards (there’s a new non-profit skate park)
  • Skate Boarding equipment
  • Soccer balls and equipment
  • Baseball equipment (it’s the national sport of Nicaragua, we have lots of Nica friends)
  • Binoculars

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Medicinal:

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  • First aid kits: They are expensive and hard to find here.  We can get them here, but people really need regular treatments for flu, cold, cough, headache, body ache, toothache, body-aches, fever, diarrhea, cuts, infections, eye or ear infections, cramps, yeast infections, funguses, intestinal parasites, leishmaniasis.
  •  Band-Aids, thermometers, blood pressure tester, cotton balls, vitamins, aspirins, etc.

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Other:

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  • Bicycles
  • Rechargeable batteries and chargers
  • MONEY!  For emergency situations (food, water, transportation)
  • MONEY! For buying trees to reforest
  • MONEY! To buy construction materials for schools, NGO’s
  • MONEY! To sponsor the educational costs for students from low income families

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Your time:

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  • If you have time to volunteer from home, let us know. We can always use extra help!

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If you are  interested in supporting a child by buying or paying for some school supplies, here is an example of what a child needs to go to school for one year in Costa Rica:

Mandatory School Supplies:

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  • 5 100 page notebooks $10.00
  • 9 80 page notebooks $13.50
  • 1 Notebook lined for Handwriting $1.00
  • 2 100 Sheet Packs-printer paper $3.40
  • 2 100 Sheet Packs-lined paper $3.20
  • 1 Pack of Construction Paper $2.40
  • 12 Letter sized folders $1.44
  • 5 Black pens $2.50
  • 5 Blue Pens $2.50
  • 5 Red Pens $2.50
  • 1 Box Color penciles (12) $2.60
  • 1 Box penciles–black lead pencil $2.20
  • 1 Plastic pencil sharpener $0.60
  • 1 Eraser $0.20
  • 1 White glue (size 120 grams)
  • $1.30 1 Geometry set
  • $1.00 1 Compass
  • $1.00 1 Scissors
  • $1.00 1 Map of Costa Rica
  • $0.30 1 Spanish Dictionary
  • $5.00 1 Backpack

Total for School Supplies: $30.00

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Uniform:

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  • 2 Blouses/Shirts $4.00
  • 2 Socks $2.00
  • 1 Pants $10.00
  • 1 Shoes $14.00

Total for uniforms: $30.00

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Total for Supplies & Uniforms: $101.64

Thank you for your consideration!