Sister’s and Brother’s
by Heart
is a communal effort through
the
Tres Isle Orphanage Fund and
Laura M of Saratoga, WY and
friends around the United States.
It all began with a simple idea to celebrate a
birthday,
little did we know it was the birth of a new
adventure.
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Laura M and Donnelle Manton have been friends
since the age of 11 where they met as angels in a
church play, “The Christmas Story.” They have been
friends for life. Last May 2004 a group of 9
people-Laura’s dearest friends-ventured down to
Mazaltan, Mexico to celebrate their 50the birthdays
by volunteering to paint and repair the kitchen and
one bathroom n a boys Orphanage known as Hogar San
Pablo. The impact of the orphanage touched our
lives forever. We began our “labors of love” at 8
am and worked non stop until 6pm. What we were able
to accomplish in one day was amazing. Cleaning,
scrubbing, painting, re-grouting and repairs. We
raised enough money to buy a new refrigerator and
hot water heater for the kitchen, later we were able
to raise enough for a stainless steel sink.
2005 was unbelievable
on how so many people from all over the USA can pull
together to give our boys a new home.
With the joint efforts
of all the sister's brothers we were able to achieve
more than we could hope for. A special thank you to
the town of Saratoga, WY, Dora Valdez, Brion Null,
Gary Seymore, Al and Marta Grunsky, and two of the
most important people Lenda and John McKay, and all
of there friends who helped.
Thank you and God
Bless,
Laura M and Donnelle Manton.
www.orphangefunds.org
You may download a
donation form at this site. Please mark on it toward
the Sister’s and Brother’s by Heart Project 2005.
If you have any
questions please contact me at 1-800-251-3505 or
email at
lmorrow@union-tel.com
I would know
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Donnelle is holding the youngest girl at he girls orphanage we visited
while in Mazatlan, Al and Marta raises around $2300 with the help of
their friends in Florida |
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| Say Hi to Marta
and Al, They were god sent Donnelle was the only
one who knew Marta and when the arrived it was
like we all had known each other for years. |
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| Dora recruited Gary and Brion to
help us in this years projects. It was so nice
to have all the guys helping us with all the
projects we had to do. |
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| Father Tovar was glad to see all
of us when we arrived. I could not believe the
changes that were made from the help of all of
you. Thank you Laura M |
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John and Lenda McKay live in Mazatlan. Lenda over sees
the projects with all 4 of the Orphanages that Tres
Isles sponsors. They are angel to the kids and have made
such a difference in their lives as well as ours. Thank
you for all you do. |
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| We could not believe the new
kitchen, Top of the notch equipment, stainless
steal work area, sink, counter tops.
I said I could move down here and start a
burrito factory in this. Words can not explain
how the boys and father felt when seeing the
completed project.
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When Donnelle and I arrived on Sunday we had a chance to see the boys.
When we went into the recreation room that were going to redo the boys
were watching a DVD and sitting on the floor. |
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Gary and Al jumped on the
roofing project and finished 3 roofs that day. It was so
hot they were champs. |
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And it was off to Wal-Mart
and Sam's club for shopping for the kids new recreation
room.
It was so much fun to coordinate
all the items for the room.
Thanks to all of you.
Wish you could of been there. |
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The boys were eager to help
and dug right in. They were so cute as we painted and
painted and painted some more. |
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We were able to complete
the recreation room in 2 days as well as work on the
computer room. |
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| The boys laughed and worked so
hard and took so much pride in what they did. |
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Working side by side with
all of us can not be measured with words. |
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The Love we all felt for the boys, Father Tovar
and the sisters can only be measured by the
smiles on our faces. |
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| After the boys made sure I
cleaned up all of the paint splashes off the
floor, Christian took my hand and lead me into
the boys locker room and pointed upward and said
"paint" They were so proud of what we had done
and what they helped us to do they wanted
everything to be nice. This will be one of our
next projects to redo the lockers and walls and
tile the floor. |
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Gary and Dora had brought a
computer from the states and then purchased a new desk
for it. The boys helped to finish the project. |
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After we had finished the
room we had a party to present it to the boys. The
floor was retiled after we left and will share it with
you upon completion. |
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| Father ToVar was delighted with
all the work and love put in for his boys.
Father has been at Hogar San Pablo since he was
29 years old.
Thank you Father for doing such wonderful job
with all the boys you have raised.
Laura M |
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