Join Vanderbilt University and the Inter-American Health Alliance this Friday, February 12th, 2010 from

5:00-7:00pm in the Vanderbilt

University Student Life Center (ballroom C) for their Spring Benefit for Primeros Pasos!

Big changes have been happening at Primeros Pasos in the past few months!

As we said goodbye to Antonette in September, we welcomed Gaby- our new Clinic Director, Anna-our Grant Writer, Maggie-our Children's Education Director, and Ariana-our Development Director. We are working hard to start the new year with fresh determination and innovative ideas about how to improve services to the children and adults of the Palajunoj Valley.

      (Gaby, Anna, Maggie and Ariana)

We are hosting our first annual holiday give campaign! 

This year, you can donated to Primeros Pasos in the name of someone special on your holiday list.  That special person will then receive a certificate in the mail acknowledging their role in improving the health and well-being of the communities served by Primeros Pasos.  If you are interested in giving the meaningful gift of health this year, visit our Give Health For the Holidays Campaign and learn how to give to individual programs in the name of someone on your holiday list.

We have a new online donation provider!  Unlike our previous provider, Razoo.com does not charge a fee for each donation made by our wonderful supporters.  Instead, they guarantee that 100% of your donations will go right where they belong- serving the health care and educational needs of the children and families of the Palajunoj Valley.  Using our new system, you can designate where your donation will go and you can schedule automatic donation payments weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually.  We encourage you to sign up as a 5X500 sustaining member through this new provider!   Thank you for your continued support!

Pedal 4 Pasos is a Bike Trip which will stretch across an entire continent from Edmonton, Alberta to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

Four Canadian cyclists, Matthew “Gus” Gusul, Cody McNalley, Genevieve Perreault-Murphy, and Anne-Marie Jamin will cover over 5,000 km and the trip will take place June - August 2009.  

The inspiration

behind the adventure was created by Anne-Marie Jamin, former volunteer and long time supporter, to raise funds for Primeros Pasos.

Pedal 4 Pasos works with Change for Children, an Edmonton based organization, who partners with communities in developing countries that are struggling against poverty and hardships to improve access to basic human needs, healthcare and education.

With their partnership and support of Primeros Pasos, the local community in Guatemala can be linked to our Canadian community here in Edmonton.

Good Luck Anne-Marie, Gus, Cody, and Genevieve and See you all soon!