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Checks can be mailed to Project Amigo, 936 B 7th St, Novato, CA 94945. Payments can also be made through your IRA, donor advise funds or brokerage accounts.
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Our New Initiative: Circle of Giving
Our Circles of Giving are named in honor of generous donors whose vision and dedication helped shape the very foundation of Project Amigo. These individuals played a pivotal role in our history, inspiring generations of supporters to join the mission. When you make an unrestricted gift at one of these levels, not only do you become a part of the Circle, but you carry forward their legacy, and you help write our next chapter.
Unrestricted gifts are the most powerful tool in our mission, allowing us to act quickly and strategically to meet the emerging and critical needs that could possibly derail our students from their education.
Velázquez de León GROWing Circle
$300 ($25 monthly)
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Stay up to date with our e-blast newsletter
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Receive our Annual Impact Report
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Get an in-depth report on a University student
The Velázquez de León family, founders and leaders of Organics Unlimited, a family-owned grower and wholesaler of organic bananas grown in Colima, Mexico, has demonstrated for more than two decades how business success and social responsibility can work together. As Mexican entrepreneurs and growers, Mayra and Manuel Velázquez de León’s love for the land, the people who cultivate it, and the communities connected to their farms inspired them to create the GROW Fund in 2005 and partner with Project Amigo to support children and families in the areas where their bananas are grown.
Mayra and Manuel founded Organics Unlimited in 2000, and today, Mayra, her daughter, Daniella Velázquez de León, General Manager, and son Manuel Velazquez de Leon, leading Business Development & Client Relations continue the company’s commitment to creating opportunities and improving the lives of those in the communities they serve. Together, GROW and Project Amigo established the GROW Educational Center in Cerro de Ortega, providing scholarships, tutoring, access to technology, healthcare, and a place for students to learn and grow.
Catherine Munson Hope Circle
$600 ($50 monthly)
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All above benefits, plus
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Twice a year, get an in-depth report on two of our University students.
Catherine Munson, a Founding Board Member of Project Amigo, was the driving force behind its legal formation in 1996 and served as Board President. Catherine was a trailblazer, a business owner, and a mom who led by example. She studied microbiology and biochemistry at the University of Nebraska, earning a master’s degree in both. Catherine was deeply committed to removing barriers to education for the students served by Project Amigo, especially the obstacles faced by our female Becarias.
As a dedicated Project Amigo volunteer herself, Catherine understood the importance of creating places where students and visitors felt at home. Her vision and determination were instrumental in funding and developing Casa Amiga, our university dormitory, and later Casa Mayhew, a place where visitors and students gather during Service Weeks. Catherine is remembered as kind, generous, and joyful, and she remains a role model and beacon of hope.
Ted Rose Leadership Circle
$1,000 ($84 monthly)
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All above benefits, plus
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Meet the Alumni of the Year via a Zoom presentation
Ted Rose, a California businessman, visited the state of Colima in 1984 looking to climb a volcano. He discovered he had taken the wrong bus, which brought him to an Albergue, a place that housed children during the week from surrounding communities that did not have a local school. Meeting these children and learning about the many challenges they faced simply to finish elementary school became a life-changing moment for Ted, a gifted salesperson and businessperson, and it set him on a new path to help the youth of Colima.
Ted’s heart was moved, and in time he and his wife Susan relocated to Colima. Together they led the organization from 1984 to 2013 and became the founders of Project Amigo, laying the strong foundation on which it continues to thrive today.
Susan Hill Compassion Circle
$5,000 ($417 monthly)
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All above benefits, plus
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Attend a Service Week of your choice
Susan Hill, business partner and cofounder of Project Amigo with her husband Ted Rose, was instrumental in determining what the children of Colima truly needed. While Ted’s journey began with the well known bus ride to the Colima volcano, Susan was in Eureka working as the office manager for their business and thinking carefully about how to turn their early volunteer efforts into meaningful change. After helping to host the third Christmas party for the children, she expressed that their role was not simply to give gifts but to teach and to provide the tools and guidance the children needed to succeed on their own.
Susan played a central role in building the organization’s structure and shaping its evolution from doing many different activities to concentrating on helping children learn and continue their education. She remains an unsung hero whose skills, insight, and dedication helped create the strong and effective Project Amigo that exists today.
Corazón de Amigo Circle (Heart of a Friend)
$10,000 ($835 monthly)
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All above benefits, plus
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Complimentary guest for the Service Week of your choice
An individual or corporation who gives at the Corazón de Amigo level has a generous spirit and a big heart of a friend! These amigos share their time, treasure, and talent to help Project Amigo fulfill its mission of giving students the education they need to improve their own lives and the well-being of their communities. Corazón de Amigo donors are at the heart of all we do to provide the support and opportunities our Becarios need to thrive. Without you, their success would not be possible.
Eligible charitable gifts support Project Amigo’s greatest needs and provide flexible support.
Excludes Becario sponsorships and Service Week participation contributions.
Service Week invites are transferable and must be redeemed within two calendar years of the contribution year
or, for monthly donors, within two calendar years from the first payment date of each annual giving cycle.
