To Participate or Donate: THE 2014 SHOE BOX PROJECT District 6630 Rotarians, Youth and friends of Rotary make this project possible. A small gift like the shoe box can change a child's life forever. The children living in and around the dump in Chinnendega thank you!

To Participate or Donate: Volunteers worked tirelessly to ensure the shoe boxes were distributed to all of the children based on age and gender. ~~~ These boxes pictured are from District 6630.

To Participate or Donate: The children said “thank you Rotarians”

To Participate or Donate: PDG Jack Young presents English - Spanish Dictionaries to Cassondra, Director of the Betania Trade School to be used by the children. The Rotary Club of Hillcrest sent 550 Dictionaries with the shoe boxes to be used by the children. Pictured L-R PDG Jack Young and Board member; Cassondra, Director of the Betania Trade School and Frank Huezo, Rotarian from Houston, Texas who is responsible for beginning the efforts to support Father Marcos in supporting the Children of the Dump and related projects.

To Participate or Donate: Four brand new welding mask obtained by Rotarian Beth Mlady and her husband were being tired out by one of the students at Betania trade school. The masks were donated by Lincoln Electric in District 6630 and will be used by the welding school to train young people to learn a trade in welding. In the past very little eye protection was used during training. Now they can learn to weld safely protecting their eyes. Thanks again to Beth and her husband for obtaining these new masks.

To Participate or Donate: Ohio PDG's Jack Young and Stew Buchanan took a moment before leaving to visit a farm owned by an American friend living in Nicaragua. Lake Managua is in the far background.

To Participate or Donate: Rotarians who care give their time and talents to help the children living in and around the dump in Chinnendega. Thank you for your support and help throughout the eight years we have been involved with this project. If you want your club, youth group, your children, church or friends involved next year, please contact PDG Jack Young or ) Marsha Pappalardo or ). There are two ways in which you can help: Shoe Boxes or the Layettes for the House of Unwed mothers. Please contact Marsha or Jack by January 31, 2015 for further information. IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN JOINING NEXT YEARS MISSION TRIP TO NICARAGUA PLEASE CONTACT PDG Jack Young. Rotarians who care give their time and talents to help the children living in and around the dump in Chinnendega. Thank you for your support and help throughout the eight years we have been involved with this project. If you want your club, youth group, your children, church or friends involved next year, please contact PDG Jack Young or ) Marsha Pappalardo or ). There are two ways in which you can help: Shoe Boxes or the Layettes for the House of Unwed mothers. Please contact Marsha or Jack by January 31, 2015 for further information. IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN JOINING NEXT YEARS MISSION TRIP TO NICARAGUA PLEASE CONTACT PDG Jack Young.