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Photos from the 2010 Cape CARES Annual Meeting
Cape CARES Video Selected for the LIGHTS. CAMERA. HELP. FILM FESTIVAL
Debi Lang’s film, Return To San Marcos, was chosen as an official selection of the Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival and was screened in Austin, TX, the weekend of July 30-31, 2010. An award-winning photojournalist, Debi is president and founder of Caring for the World Films (CFTWF). In addition to donating her time, energy, and resources to produce videos for Cape CARES, Debi helped the Cape CARES team wherever she was needed. Caring for the World Films board members, Mike Palliola and Sue Champagne, attended the film festival along with Cape CARES board member, Ben Inserra, CFTWF PR person, Jackie Smith, and CFTWF president, Debi Lang. Although Return to San Marcos did not win in its category, CFTWF was honored to have been selected for the festival. The event showcased Cape CARES and its good works, thanks to Debi’s tireless efforts and commitment to promote organizations that strive to bring health and human services to impoverished areas throughout the world.
 Cape CARES -- Invited to Washington, D.C. In 2010, The Global Health Task Force of the U.S. Summit and Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy selected Cape CARES, Central American Relief Efforts, as a Best Practice of global health. Ten non-government organizations had their proposals selected to be showcased at the U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy in Washington, D.C. The U. S. Summit, the first since a similar meeting was convened by President Eisenhower 54 years ago, launched an expansive multi-year Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy with the goal to expand opportunities for hundreds of thousands of Americans for involvement in citizen diplomacy programs and activities both at home and abroad. The Summit was being held as a partnership with the U.S. Department of State, Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. The overall goal of the Summit was to double the number of American volunteers of all ages involved in international activities at home or abroad by 2020. Photos from the U.S. Summit and Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy (see below)
NINE THOUSAND TOOTHBRUSHES!!!!! Actually 9,717, to be exact - that's how many toothbrushes the school children of Ridgefield, CT collected for the school children of Honduras. The annual toothbrush drive, which began in 2002, has grown from 700 toothbrushes in 2002 to 9,717 this year. All the public schools in Ridgefield, as well as three private schools, participated. Girl Scout and Brownie troops, Cub Scouts, Kids Care Clubs, Builders Clubs, and Student Councils in the coordinated the drive in the Ridgefield schools.
We brought as many toothbrushes as we could carry to San Marcos in March, and more toothbrushes will go to Los Encinitos and El Algodonal in future trips. The toothbrushes were distributed to school children as part of the oral health lesson, and topical fluoride was administered to help to prevent tooth decay. In addition, middle school students in Ridgefield made cards and letters in Spanish, explaining the importance of good dental health. The Honduran students were happy to receive these cards and many of them contained a piece of sugarless chewing gum!
Children helping other children - everyone wins!
Read here about sixteen-year-old Eden Wen's first trip as a volunteer for Cape CARES to San Marcos and how it's affected her life!
DISCOVERY SCHOOL AND CAPE CARES
Several Cape CARES teams have had the opportunity to have students from the Discovery School in Tegucigalpa join them, and serve as translators and general helpers. Students have participated in teams to Los Encinitos and San Marcos, and it has been a positive experience for the students and for the teams. The students are accompanied by a teacher and join the team for the week. Being bilingual, they are effective translators, familiar with the nuances of Honduran Spanish. They are objective in their translations, and have no preconceived notions about the patients or the medical conditions. Cape CARES and the Discovery School have had a relationship for the past five years, and this relationship has grown. The students and faculty are interested in projects, both on and off campus, to help us in our efforts to bring medical and dental care to the people of southern Honduras who have no access to health care. Parents of these students have also expressed a desire to help Cape CARES in procuring medicines and supplies, and in helping to provide contacts with Honduran physicians and dentists, for help and consultation.
2008 ANNUAL MEETING AND 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CAPE CARES The 2008 Cape CARES annual meeting was held on Friday, September 26, 2008, at the Woodbriar in Falmouth, Massachusetts. It was a special evening, as we also celebrated Cape CARES twentieth anniversary. Dr. and Mrs. Ted Keary, Mr. and Mrs. Einar Ruud, Dr. William Adams, Dr. Mitch Tishler, Mary Dubuc, and Dr. and Mrs. Grover Baxley were among the members of the first Cape CARES team to Honduras twenty years ago. We enjoyed hearing their stories about that first trip to Tela with a team of over seventy volunteers. Dr. Keary brought a machete which had been inscribed with the names of the members of that first Cape CARES team. It was fun to reminisce and learn about the early history of Cape CARES. Cape CARES has grown and over the past twenty years, over 100,000 people in Honduras have received medical and dental care from the Cape CARES volunteers. Cape CARES has over one hundred volunteers from all over the country, providing an ongoing commitment to care to El Algodonal, Los Encinitos, and San Marcos. One of the volunteers on a team to San Marcos last year was a professional videographer and she has produced a DVD entitled "The Road to San Marcos" which had its premiere at the annual meeting. We enjoyed a lovely dinner, shared stories and photos of our trips to Honduras, and the piñata and silent auction were great entertainment. Some candid photos of the evening follow:
CAPE COD LIFE MAGAZINE
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