Barbara: Deb and I thought
that today’s short post could be a little re-call of our amazing trip to Costa
Rica and our discovery of the wonderful charitable organization, Pack for a Purpose. We discovered Pack for a Purpose thanks to the organizers of our trip
(Costa Rica Gift of Happiness) and were just so impressed with the idea of
bringing useful gifts to your host country that we jumped at the chance to
participate. The Pack for a Purpose site easily outlines what might be most
needed in your destination country, whether it is school supplies or medical
essentials, and how to drop them off. You might remember that we decided to
bring soccer balls and school supplies and to donate them to the Maleku tribe.
Pack for a Purpose founder,
Rebecca Rothney, asked us to write a short piece about our experience, which we
happily did. Now we feel that linking to the story (it is the second on the
page) is a great reminder of a wonderful cause, as well as giving us all
another opportunity to talk about efforts like this and how we can best
share our resources with people around the world. If you have any thoughts or
ideas, we’d love to hear them.
