La Vida Buena

Well, life is good her in Lima. We are very busy right now trying to get ready for two major events that we have coming up. Next Friday, the 29th of May we are having a fiesta/dance to raise money for 80 needy children in a city called Huaycan. All the proceeds from the dance will go towards redoing two floors of the building where they meet for school. It will greatly improve the environment of their school and give them a nice place to study and learn. The funds will also assist in the construction of a cafeteria where the children can choose from a variety of menu items for one sol, which is the eqivalent of about 33 cents. We are trying to get permission from the directors of various colleges here in Lima to let us make announcements and pass out flyers about the dance in all of the classes. The fiesta/dance isn't going to be a boring party in a cultural hall, it is going to be in the Pub Voluntarios, which would be the equivalent of Area 51 or another club in Salt Lake.
We are also preparing for a Gala that we are going to have the 23 of July. This gala is one of the main fundraising opportunities for the year so we are really trying to sell all available seats for the night. We are currently trying to make appointments with large businesses here in Lima so we can present our purpose and explain what Ascend's mission is here in Peru. We still need to sell quite a few so we have out work cut out for us.