February/March 2019 FORUM
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COMMUNITYACTIONCOMMITTEE<br />
<strong>February</strong>/<strong>March</strong><strong>2019</strong><br />
whichbathroomwasforboysandwhich<br />
for girls, remind volunteers to not post<br />
photos on social media, and of course<br />
have a thank you banner.The new signs<br />
madeahugedifference!<br />
We received many bags of candy from<br />
Fini, and of course the kids dashed from<br />
place to place to make sure they played<br />
the right game to get that sweet prize.<br />
We’reverygrateful!<br />
Those kids eat! Thank goodness Habib’s<br />
donated 100 pizzas, which the kids, the<br />
helpers, and our volunteers enjoyed all<br />
afternoon. Thank you again, after all<br />
theseyears.<br />
Häagen-Dazs ice cream!What more do I<br />
need to say? It was refreshing, delicious,<br />
andatruegifttokidsforwhomicecream<br />
isararetreat.Thankyouverymuch.<br />
Thank you to Pioneer Balloons! The red<br />
and green balloon columns made every<br />
part of the Graded Student Center feel<br />
likeapartyandwelovedit!<br />
Apparatus donated several boxes of<br />
makeupbagsandpurses,whichweused<br />
for prizes. This donation makes the<br />
children, particularly the girls, extremely<br />
happy.Thankyou!<br />
Every child also received a bag of<br />
chocolatefromBarryCallebaut.We’reso<br />
grateful to be able to sweeten their day<br />
even more and the donation is always<br />
amazing.Thankyou!<br />
Gol and Delta Airlines not only brought<br />
a large team of happy volunteers, but<br />
donatedbackpacksforkidstostoretheir<br />
goodies in as the day progressed. (And<br />
re-organizedourcheckinsystem!)Thank<br />
yousomuch!<br />
enough for making everything look so<br />
festiveandbeautiful.<br />
Sanrio do Brasil gave yet another<br />
generousdonationofgirlsclothes,shoes,<br />
andtoys.Thechildrenwhoreceivethese<br />
thingsarealwaysoverjoyed!<br />
Of course, we had two Santas and two<br />
Santa Helpers! Thank you Ricardo<br />
Rubeiz, Antonio Rodriguez, Mariana<br />
Faria,andAnaCamilaSanches!Youfour<br />
arereadyforthebigleagues!<br />
We have received over a thousand<br />
fabulous pictures and we’re truly<br />
grateful to our photographers, both<br />
professional (with phone numbers) and<br />
hobbyist: Camila Ovalles (98574-4260),<br />
Christiane Rossetto (99617-5914),<br />
Rochelle Saylor, Luciana Barbosa, and<br />
Wagner Barros. To see more of their<br />
amazing pictures, check out the Angel<br />
Party’sFacebookpage.(TheAngelParty<br />
–TheAmericanSocietyofSãoPaulo).<br />
Our favorite part of the day is seeing<br />
Santa give out his gifts, bought with<br />
loveandcareforeachchild.Thereareno<br />
wordsforthe238giftbagsponsorsand<br />
cash donors who gave so much in the<br />
way of clothes, shoes, toys, candy,<br />
wrapping paper, labeling, plastic bags<br />
andmostimportantly…love.<br />
There were over 250 volunteers who<br />
worked all day to make the day fun for<br />
these children. We cannot do this party<br />
without you. To participate, some<br />
volunteers came from as far away as the<br />
United States, and the Brazilian states of<br />
ParanáandRiodeJaneiro!<br />
Finally, thank you to the Angel Party<br />
Planning Team. You are the best. Each<br />
year it gets easier and we hope you’re<br />
ready for the 20 th Angel Party in<br />
Novemberof<strong>2019</strong>!§<br />
Cipolatti set up a huge penguininspired<br />
Christmas tree and the thrones<br />
for our Santas. We can’t thank you<br />
TheAmericanSocietyofSãoPaulo<strong>FORUM</strong>Newsletter 7
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