About 350 people attended a luncheon Friday at Salem Conference Center to celebrate Friends of Pimpollo and raise money for the nonprofit organization.
Friends of Pimpollo helps develop and support projects and programs focused on poor children and their families in Oaxaca, Mexico. It has an education scholarship program and a home for children, and has sent 51 teams to Mexico during the past 12 years to work on projects and visit schools.
Paige Pena, a member of Team 50, shared her experience of handing out school supplies to the children. She said each child was given a single pencil and a sharpener.
“They were so excited and appreciative to receive them,” Pena said. “They literally treated them like gold.”
During one part of the luncheon program, third-graders from Queen of Peace school, who have raised $2,395 for Friends of Pimpollo, held up photographs of children who have been served.
For information about Friends of Pimpollo, call (971) 244-5000 , email info@friendsofpimpollo.org or go towww.friendsofpimpollo.org .
— Capi Lynn
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