Last night's Housing Relief Benefit at the Blue Moon was a huge success. We made $1350, $500 from the door and $850 in donations and Treasure purchases. K o D showed up with some great stuff to sell. I myself ended up with some carrot jelly. Hot carrot jelly. Who knew?
So, we raised enough to build a whole house. We were shooting for enough for two. Donations are still coming in from folks who couldn't make it last night. I'm going to wait a few weeks before I send the money to Kent Island UMC so there is still time to donate.
Local donations may be sent to Leigh Anne Sharp, 118 Teche Dr., Lafayette, LA 70503.
Donations can be made tax deductible by making checks payable to 'Kent Island UMC' For: 'Costa Rica Mission Fund'.
We will have info at the Blackpot Festival this weekend.
Funds raised will be delivered to Los Chiles in February, 2009.
Thanks Again Lafayette.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Benefit for Los Chiles Housing Relief or the House that DOOM built
The Krewe of DOOM is hosting a benefit to raise money to improve homes for extremely impoverished families living near Los Chiles, Costa Rica. The benefit will be Sunday, October 19th, 6:00 at the Blue Moon Saloon featuring the Lafayette Rhythm Devils and the ChinaBall Club. All proceeds go toward building materials for housing relief projects.
We will be accepting donations for specific project materials at the benefit. You can fund all or a portion of a roof ($600), concrete floor ($400), or water well ($200).
We will be accepting donations for specific project materials at the benefit. You can fund all or a portion of a roof ($600), concrete floor ($400), or water well ($200).
We'll also be selling original works and found treasure of the Krewe of DOOM at the benefit. We are accepting other treasure donations. Contact Leigh Anne Sharp, lasharp@gmail.com, 337-278-0830.
We are able to make donations tax deductible through checks sent to Kent Island United Methodist Church for the Los Chiles Housing Relief Project. Money raised at the benefit will be taken down to Los Chiles by a group of Methodists in February, 2009.
See you (and your checkbook) at the MOON!
We are able to make donations tax deductible through checks sent to Kent Island United Methodist Church for the Los Chiles Housing Relief Project. Money raised at the benefit will be taken down to Los Chiles by a group of Methodists in February, 2009.
See you (and your checkbook) at the MOON!
Los Chiles Housing Relief Project Background
I went down to Los Chiles, Costa Rica in February 2008 on a mission trip with a group from Kent Island United Methodist Church, Kent Island, MD. We were putting the finishing touches on a church the Methodist mission had been working on for a few years in Los Chiles. By the end of the trip, we had set up a way to directly fund housing relief projects for the people of Los Chiles. The community there will build each other's houses and the church will oversee the projects so all money raised goes to buy construction materials. You can build a small house with four walls, a zinc roof, a concrete floor, and a water well for about $1200 USD.
Los Chiles is in the northern lowlands of Alajuela Province, Costa Rica on the Nicaraguan frontier. The Methodist mission there serves mostly poor Nicaraguan immigrants living near the border. In fact, many of the men in the community fought on either side of the Contra/Sandanista conflict. The CIA launched operations into Nicaragua from Los Chiles back when it was a borderland war zone.
Before we left Costa Rica the community identified several housing relief projects and got detailed estimates for construction materials needed to complete them. The projects include roofs, concrete floors, water wells and walls. For the most part, the projects include repairing existing structures. A house can be rebuilt from the floor up for about $1200 USD. A fund was set up through Kent Island UMC so that any money raised in the US can be sent directly to the church on the frontier specifically for housing relief. The business end of contributions is handled by the Kent Island UMC.
The Krewe of DOOM would like to raise enough money to fund several projects. We have divided the projects into separate parts (floor, roof, walls, wells) and are accepting donations to pay for materials needed to complete them.
Los Chiles is in the northern lowlands of Alajuela Province, Costa Rica on the Nicaraguan frontier. The Methodist mission there serves mostly poor Nicaraguan immigrants living near the border. In fact, many of the men in the community fought on either side of the Contra/Sandanista conflict. The CIA launched operations into Nicaragua from Los Chiles back when it was a borderland war zone.
Before we left Costa Rica the community identified several housing relief projects and got detailed estimates for construction materials needed to complete them. The projects include roofs, concrete floors, water wells and walls. For the most part, the projects include repairing existing structures. A house can be rebuilt from the floor up for about $1200 USD. A fund was set up through Kent Island UMC so that any money raised in the US can be sent directly to the church on the frontier specifically for housing relief. The business end of contributions is handled by the Kent Island UMC.
The Krewe of DOOM would like to raise enough money to fund several projects. We have divided the projects into separate parts (floor, roof, walls, wells) and are accepting donations to pay for materials needed to complete them.
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