Greetings
family, friends and fellow travellers. Team Jbong, Annie Bananie, Zoe
(12), Owen(9) and now Tyler (17) are out on tour again giving it our best shot
to make the world a better place.
In
2013, our travels found us jetting setting across 12 time zones, to
Thailand. It was Zoe and Owen’s very first experience, on a plane and in
Asia. The experience was rich and brought us together as a family.
One of
our best memories of this adventure was collecting donations from our Canadian
friends, which went towards purchasing school supplies for Burmese refugee
children. With the generous donations of $1200 we bought soccer nets, school
supplies, school uniforms and shoes. The giving and receiving of
these gifts was an experience of pure joy. Zoe was amazed at how the
children seemed so happy even though they had so little. It was magical.
This year
our wings take us to Ecuador and as an offering of gratitude for all that we
have, we want to help Ecuadorian children. Ecuador is a third world country
and in great need. Our travels will bring us to Quitto, Banos, Puyo and
Playas. Playas is on the southern coast and where our Canadian friends
live. They have helped us identify a need for children’s books in their
community. This year, our goal for giving back is to raise funds and
purchase books and hand deliver them to these children, as well as whatever
other needs the kids identify ( like the soccer nets last year)
We invite
you to donate and come along for the journey. We will keep our blog updated
with our adventures and the unfolding of our Canadian spirit and generosity.
Your
donations are most welcome and can be given to Jay or myself before March 1rst
as we are leaving on march 5th, woohoo! Otherwise just send us an email and we
can front you the cash.
We are hoping
for donations of around $20, and hope to raise a bit over $1,000. We will do so
e cool stuff with the money.
We
look forward to sharing our adventure with you!
To have a look at this short video we created for Festival Promotions
who sponsored us last year, have a look here…
So
it's off to a corner of the world that we know nothing about and check out a
new culture. Everyone we have met from Equador has been friendly.
We know there's the beginning of the Amazon, lots of jungle, piraña
fishing, indigenous people, the Galapagos, a few beaches...
We
will make another video to show what we did with everyone's hard earned cash.
With
loads of love,
J, A, Z, & O
