Busy Saturdays

Saturdays are BUSY at the Center! Throughout the day, we have Club with all of the kids! After the recent additions of some final children, we are at a grand total of 80 children that DOVE welcomes in the Clubs. For now, we are going to add just a few more kids off the wait list for waiting sponsors, and then we are going to stay at that number (around 85) as we work on raising support to grow the program to include more children; fundraising for things like rent payment, snacks for the kids, teachers, craft and educational materials, etc.

We have the kids split into five different groups by age and gender. Here are some photos! The Divas (girls aged 10-13) did not get a group photo, but there is one photo with some of them at work. The jefes (our older boys aged 14-17) also did not get a group picture, but you can check out some recent photos of them at their page.

Here are our dolphins. They are our girls aged 6-9. Top row in the top photo is: Mariely, Yani, Viviana, Camili, Meriledi, Claribel, and Heidy. Bottom row is: Lorani, Erica, Sindi, Stefany, Anamilka, Tania, Erica, Yamali, and Kathiana.



We also have divas, who are our girls aged 10-13. We didn't get a group photo on this particular Saturday, but here are some of the girls hard at work. Left to right is: Alani, Loraina, Vanessa, Patricia, and Yohani.


Here are our liones (lions). They are our boys aged 10-14. In this picture, you can see (left to right for top picture): Almondo, Franciel, Victor Manuel, Andy, Yordi, Leuri, Yeffri, Marcos, Richard, Marcos V., Eddie, Luis Manuel, and Oliver. Three of these boys (Oliver, Yordi, and Franciel) are actually in the jefe group but managed to sneak into this picture!



Here are the lobos (wolves). They are our boys aged 6-9. In this picture you can see (left to right for the top picture): Omar, Jose Antonio, Luis Daniel, Gustavo, Titi, Yoandi, Luis Gusatvo, Yesson, and Antonio.



And a group photo with all the kids (note that we did have several missing- all 80 are not in these photos).

Halloween Party

Saturday was a very special day at the Center. The original plan was to make Halloween masks and throw a party, as Halloween this year conveniently fell on Saturday, our busy day at the Center when we have all the kids come for Club. Just two days before Halloween, Cathy received a call from the Manager of First Choice/Signature. They had donations from one of their Kids Club programs that was ending. They made a generous donation to Dove, including backpacks, t-shirts, water bottles, hats, and.... 16 huge boxes of COSTUMES!! This was in perfect time for the Halloween party and the kids, most of whom had never worn a costume before, were ecstatic. A big thank you to First Choice/Signature from all our kids!




Raysa, the bear


Anamilka and Rosemary


Knights in shining armour


Tatiana, Sindi, and Rosi


The girls had a blast!


Two sets of princess sisters; Lorani and Alani, Loraina and Kathiana


Eddie the pirate

October In Pictures

The kids were excited to see Liz back after her 2 weeks in the States!


Adorable Camili


Alani making a puppet craft


Boys Club making music


Titi and Yoandi


Girls Club having fun


Andy and Yoandi with their mom, Sonia


Cathy working hard!


Vanessa and Marcos