In: Fundraising
Camaronal Sea Turtle Project Testimonial by Cassandra Dawn.
July 31, 2008My name is Cassandra Dawn. I am 25 years old from Tucson, Arizona. I arrived to the project in Camaronal approximately…
Read MoreFundraising Ideas
January 6, 2008Many times volunteers really want to come to Costa Rica and participate in our programs, but they say they can’t afford it. Why not think about doing some good old fashioned fundraising to help pay for some — or all — of your costs?
Amanda Rose Kessner and her friends paid for 100% of the costs of their trip to volunteer in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, including their airfare. And she says it was easy! In this article, Amanda shares her tips with us on how to do it…
What a Year!
December 12, 2007Warm holiday greetings to you and your loved ones from all of us in Costa Rica at Tropical Adventures!
As we prepare for our year-end holiday activities and begin to implement our exciting new 2008 projects, I thought it only fitting to look back and share with you our accomplishments and learnings from the last couple of years and thank you for your generous support.
New Online Store
December 8, 2007We’re very excited to announce that we have our new online store up and ready in time for your holiday shopping! For a couple of years now our volunteers have asked us about buying t-shirts and other products with our Tropical Adventures logo that they could bring home to share with their family and to help support us as a non-profit foundation.
Read MoreThanks Campbell Family!
October 26, 2007One of the nicest parts of being a Costa Rica-based non-profit organization and being very small is that all of our volunteers become a significant part of our family. Each and every person who takes time out of their lives to share of their talents, resources and energy is valued tremendously by not only Tropical Adventures, but also by our host families, children, schools and communities.
Read MoreFundraiser Success!
September 7, 2007We are very happy to share with you that last night’s Helping Hands Costa Rica Beer and Burger Fundraiser was a success! All together we raised $1316 that HHCR has donated towards the Casa Milagro / Tropical Adventures Foundation drive to replace the Hone Creek Elementary School roof replacement. This is how it breaks down…
Read MoreHone Creek School Roof Fund Raiser
August 25, 2007As you probably know by now, our non-profit foundation, the Casa Milagro Foundation, has teamed up with Helping Hands Costa Rica to build a new roof for the Hone Creek Elementary School near Puerto Viejo here in Costa Rica. Teaching English in this school was actually our very first volunteer project when we began back in 2005.
Read MoreHone Creek Roof Project
July 21, 2007The Hone Creek Elementary School was our first project location way back when. So we have a soft spot in our hearts for this place. When they told us they needed a new roof (among many more urgent needs), we got to work on raising some awareness and money to help them out.
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