We are looking for a truck to be donated and driven to Bacalar full of clothes for the people who lost a lot in Hurricane Dean.
It is the poorer people that have been hit with their not so well built homes that are now flattened.
Please , if you know anyone who can help to send clothing from the Vancouver or Toronto area contact me.....
mselainehunter@yahoo.ca
thanks
Monday, August 27, 2007
New pictures from Bacalar Mexico and hurricane Dean
MORE INFORMATION
http://www.bacalarmosaico.com/dean/dean_donations.html
NEW PAY PAL E MAIL ACCOUNT IN BACALAR Money and Checks to Bacalar
If you have not got a paypal account you can send a check to:-
Peggy Londahl
Hurricane Relief Fund Bacalar
175 White Road
Warwick, MA 01378
FOR BACALAR
NEW
paypal account payments sent to
plondahl@gmail.com
Thanks for all your donations and you can still email me for any further information that you may require...thanks
mselainehunter@yahoo.ca
http://www.bacalarmosaico.com
This link has new pictures from Bacalar Aug 27th 2007
http://www.bacalarmosaico.com/index.htm
Elaine
Sunday, August 26, 2007
pay pal donations .this is for the area but not specifically Bacalar
helpthechicas@lunabluehotel.com.
A quick update. As of 10 o'clock Playa time this evening there have been contributions of $7248.01 through Paypal in amounts ranging from $5 to $1000.00. Donations have come from TripAdvisor, playa.info and another half dozen websites which are watching what's happening here. Please keep up the good work! If you have already contributed, please e-mail your friends, family and fellow forum members to encourage them.
Tonite, our friend Heather joined us and we spent some of your money. We hope that was OK. We bought:
hundreds of bottles of water
milk
cereal
diapers of all sizes
toilet paper
sanitary napkins
baby wipes
soap
bags of rice
bags of beans
cans of corn
disinfectant
shovels
hammers
hand tools
machetes
50 dozen eggs
toothbrushes and toothpaste
cans of tuna
plastic tarps of all sizes
cookies
some soccer balls (we've got kids to occupy)
cooking pots and utensils
cooking oil
canned veggies
work gloves
medical supplies
drums of cooking oil
a big bag of dog food
and more
Other folks are buying other things. In addition people have been dropping off food and clothing all day.
YOU DID THIS! THE MONEY AND GOODS YOU DONATED WILL GIVE THE PEOPLE OF MAHAHUAL RELIEF TOMORROW! THANK YOU!!!!!
Tomorrow morning our Chevy Express van (with us and Heather on board) will join a convoy of other trucks driven by Jessica and Alex, Willem, The boys from Israel (sorry, forgot the names), Michael , Luis, two truckloads of goods donated and collected by La Tortuga Hotel, and possibly others along with Santa Claudia and people from Cruz Roja heading for Mahuahal. Claudia and the medical team will stay in Mahahual when the trucks return to Playa. In a few days she will have a new shoping list and we will load up the trucks for another convoy.
We are keeping a very specific spreadsheet for every penny received and spent with receipts for all goods purchased. When we get a chance we will put it online for every contributor to see if they wish.
You are all fantastic. Thank you!! These things will make such a difference. We will write another report and have more pictures when we get back.
Tony & Cheri
Luna Blue Hotel & Garden
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Shoresfine
Connecticut
Joined: Feb 2006
Forum posts: 350
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Posted on: 7:30 am, August 25, 2007 Save
Wow, that is fantastic!
Here is some more on the area: another e mail address to send money via paypal. You can still e mail me and ask for the email address that I have for paypal to send money direcly to Bacalar
new info......
Dear TripAdvisor Playa del Carmen fans:
Early tomorrow morning a convoy of Playa locals organized by local Cruz Roja rep Claudia (who often posts on this site) will be heading down to the Mahajual area to carry supplies for hurricane relief and to evaluate the situation for future aid. We will be carrying down not only donated clothing but anything that can be assembled today. This includes items such as utilitarian clothing, non perishable food, candles, flashlights, roofing material, plastic tarps, tents, etc., as well as the items mentioned by another poster: diapers, powdered milk, rice, beans, cooking oil, spaghetti, cookies/crackers, sanitary napkins, etc, and anything else we can collect. Generators are especially needed.
If you are already in Playa or know someone in Playa, such items can be dropped off at the Luna Blue Hotel & Garden, Calle 26 between 5th and 10th Avenue before 10 pm. Or, you can bring them to Cruz Roja (Red Cross) at the corner of Juarez and 25th Avenue at 8am tomorrow morning.
If anyone is interested in donating money, which will undoubtedly be put to very good use in this area, we will be accepting paypal donations (or cash at the hotel). One hundred percent of the money collected will go to help hurricane victims in the southern part of Quintana Roo, either directly or through Cruz Roja.
To donate money via paypal, go to www.paypal.com and click on the "Send Money" tab. The paypal email account to use is:
helpthechicas@lunabluehotel.com. (We are using the same paypal account we used for the Bloody Chicas' accident, since it's already set up).
If you want to help via check, Laura the "Map Chick" is accepting checks in the US which she will forward to Claudia down here. For more information, check out http://www.mapchick.com/Dean.html.
The Mexican goverment and international aid is attempting to help the people in this area. Unfortunately, Hurricane Dean caused destruction from one coast of Mexico to another and is still going. Relief resources are stretched pretty thin, and people along the Caribbean coast are trying to help those in our own backyard. It would be wonderful if you could help.
We'll do a blog report when we get back from our travels with Claudia tomorrow.
Many thanks to all of you,
Tony & Cheri
Luna Blue Hotel
A quick update. As of 10 o'clock Playa time this evening there have been contributions of $7248.01 through Paypal in amounts ranging from $5 to $1000.00. Donations have come from TripAdvisor, playa.info and another half dozen websites which are watching what's happening here. Please keep up the good work! If you have already contributed, please e-mail your friends, family and fellow forum members to encourage them.
Tonite, our friend Heather joined us and we spent some of your money. We hope that was OK. We bought:
hundreds of bottles of water
milk
cereal
diapers of all sizes
toilet paper
sanitary napkins
baby wipes
soap
bags of rice
bags of beans
cans of corn
disinfectant
shovels
hammers
hand tools
machetes
50 dozen eggs
toothbrushes and toothpaste
cans of tuna
plastic tarps of all sizes
cookies
some soccer balls (we've got kids to occupy)
cooking pots and utensils
cooking oil
canned veggies
work gloves
medical supplies
drums of cooking oil
a big bag of dog food
and more
Other folks are buying other things. In addition people have been dropping off food and clothing all day.
YOU DID THIS! THE MONEY AND GOODS YOU DONATED WILL GIVE THE PEOPLE OF MAHAHUAL RELIEF TOMORROW! THANK YOU!!!!!
Tomorrow morning our Chevy Express van (with us and Heather on board) will join a convoy of other trucks driven by Jessica and Alex, Willem, The boys from Israel (sorry, forgot the names), Michael , Luis, two truckloads of goods donated and collected by La Tortuga Hotel, and possibly others along with Santa Claudia and people from Cruz Roja heading for Mahuahal. Claudia and the medical team will stay in Mahahual when the trucks return to Playa. In a few days she will have a new shoping list and we will load up the trucks for another convoy.
We are keeping a very specific spreadsheet for every penny received and spent with receipts for all goods purchased. When we get a chance we will put it online for every contributor to see if they wish.
You are all fantastic. Thank you!! These things will make such a difference. We will write another report and have more pictures when we get back.
Tony & Cheri
Luna Blue Hotel & Garden
Report inappropriate post
Shoresfine
Connecticut
Joined: Feb 2006
Forum posts: 350
(8565247)
More about Shoresfine...
Posted on: 7:30 am, August 25, 2007 Save
Wow, that is fantastic!
Here is some more on the area: another e mail address to send money via paypal. You can still e mail me and ask for the email address that I have for paypal to send money direcly to Bacalar
new info......
Dear TripAdvisor Playa del Carmen fans:
Early tomorrow morning a convoy of Playa locals organized by local Cruz Roja rep Claudia (who often posts on this site) will be heading down to the Mahajual area to carry supplies for hurricane relief and to evaluate the situation for future aid. We will be carrying down not only donated clothing but anything that can be assembled today. This includes items such as utilitarian clothing, non perishable food, candles, flashlights, roofing material, plastic tarps, tents, etc., as well as the items mentioned by another poster: diapers, powdered milk, rice, beans, cooking oil, spaghetti, cookies/crackers, sanitary napkins, etc, and anything else we can collect. Generators are especially needed.
If you are already in Playa or know someone in Playa, such items can be dropped off at the Luna Blue Hotel & Garden, Calle 26 between 5th and 10th Avenue before 10 pm. Or, you can bring them to Cruz Roja (Red Cross) at the corner of Juarez and 25th Avenue at 8am tomorrow morning.
If anyone is interested in donating money, which will undoubtedly be put to very good use in this area, we will be accepting paypal donations (or cash at the hotel). One hundred percent of the money collected will go to help hurricane victims in the southern part of Quintana Roo, either directly or through Cruz Roja.
To donate money via paypal, go to www.paypal.com and click on the "Send Money" tab. The paypal email account to use is:
helpthechicas@lunabluehotel.com. (We are using the same paypal account we used for the Bloody Chicas' accident, since it's already set up).
If you want to help via check, Laura the "Map Chick" is accepting checks in the US which she will forward to Claudia down here. For more information, check out http://www.mapchick.com/Dean.html.
The Mexican goverment and international aid is attempting to help the people in this area. Unfortunately, Hurricane Dean caused destruction from one coast of Mexico to another and is still going. Relief resources are stretched pretty thin, and people along the Caribbean coast are trying to help those in our own backyard. It would be wonderful if you could help.
We'll do a blog report when we get back from our travels with Claudia tomorrow.
Many thanks to all of you,
Tony & Cheri
Luna Blue Hotel
donations via pay pal ...... or mail clothes
Thank you to all who have already helped, however , we still need help for these people. If you need an address to mail clothes and blankets to, please e mail me .
Alos, send me an e mail and I can send you a paypal address to donate to. Thanks to you all,
elaine hunter
mselainehunter@yahoo.ca
Alos, send me an e mail and I can send you a paypal address to donate to. Thanks to you all,
elaine hunter
mselainehunter@yahoo.ca
donations via paypal
The Bacalar website is putting a link for paypal donations today
http://www.bacalarmosaico.com/
thanks for anything you can spare
elaine hunter
http://www.bacalarmosaico.com/
thanks for anything you can spare
elaine hunter
Friday, August 24, 2007
a message from Bacalar
Hi Everyone,
I thought I'd give you a quick update after hurricane Dean. Please share this with any other family or friends you know may be concerned about our safety.
Bacalar took the brunt of the Category 5 hurricane early Tues. morning (1-7 a.m. was the most dramatic). It was a long night but our town survived 180 mile an hour winds and gusts somewhere around 200 mph. We lost no lives in any of the communities nearby and there was only 1 death related to the storm in Southern Quintana Roo.
We feel very fortunate to have a house, food and drinking water. Our town is devastated, there are 1,000 families without homes, and we are all pitching in to do what we can for our community of 10,000. In the surrounding towns there are many, many homeless people due to the lightweight construction of their houses - most had lamina or grass roofs and stick type walls (palapas). The beach town of Majahual was wiped out due to ocean tides, am waiting for reports from the beach area of Xcalack.
The Mexican govt. is wonderfully responsive in these situations. Although we may not have power for another 5 days, they are already rebuilding houses, bringing food and water to the neighborhoods, we have every bit of support they have at their disposal.
Well folks, there you have it. It was a WILD RIDE.....
Hugs,
This was a message from our friend in Bacalar, but she is also asking us to send clothing, blankets etc and MONEY to help re build. Many of the people do not have our advantages, help if you can please. thanks.
I thought I'd give you a quick update after hurricane Dean. Please share this with any other family or friends you know may be concerned about our safety.
Bacalar took the brunt of the Category 5 hurricane early Tues. morning (1-7 a.m. was the most dramatic). It was a long night but our town survived 180 mile an hour winds and gusts somewhere around 200 mph. We lost no lives in any of the communities nearby and there was only 1 death related to the storm in Southern Quintana Roo.
We feel very fortunate to have a house, food and drinking water. Our town is devastated, there are 1,000 families without homes, and we are all pitching in to do what we can for our community of 10,000. In the surrounding towns there are many, many homeless people due to the lightweight construction of their houses - most had lamina or grass roofs and stick type walls (palapas). The beach town of Majahual was wiped out due to ocean tides, am waiting for reports from the beach area of Xcalack.
The Mexican govt. is wonderfully responsive in these situations. Although we may not have power for another 5 days, they are already rebuilding houses, bringing food and water to the neighborhoods, we have every bit of support they have at their disposal.
Well folks, there you have it. It was a WILD RIDE.....
Hugs,
This was a message from our friend in Bacalar, but she is also asking us to send clothing, blankets etc and MONEY to help re build. Many of the people do not have our advantages, help if you can please. thanks.
Relief Bacalar, Mexico
You can send money directly to Bacalar, send me an e mail and I can let you have the email address in Bacalar to send the money to via paypal.....also we have an address to send clothing and blankets etc
The area was hit very hard . 1000 homes were flattened.
PLEASE HELP
mselainehunter@yahoo.ca
Elaine Hunter
co ordinator ..
Relief Bacalar
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