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 www.burnedchildren.org/
Coaniquem is a private non-profit institution founded
in 1979. During all these years of work, we have
assisted, totally free, in our rehabilitation centers,
more than 80,000 children from Chile and the Americas.
The objectives are: Integral rehabilitation of the
burned child. Burns prevention. Professional training.
The burns in the children require a long and expensive
treatment. Until the child is fully grown, the scars
threaten to contract and cause serious functional,
aesthetic and psychological scarring.
 Children
from other countries are sent to Coaniquem by doctors
in linked cities. Rotary clubs in the linked cities
often pay costs of transportation. Currently, burned
children are rehabilitated at Coaniquem in Santiago.
Since September of 2003, they are also being treated
in the new burn treatment center in Antofagasta,
Chile.
It costs only $700 per year per child to provide
the services needed for their rehabilitation. An
additional $300 per year provides educational and
social services. There are two ways you can participate.
You can attend the Fiesta of the Americas fundraiser
on October 4th or you or your club
can "adopt a child" to help.
Chairperson for 2008-09:
Ron Mazur, Dublin.
Request for Charitable Support
A Gala Fund-raising event,
Fiesta of the Americas, is being
held Saturday, Oct 4, 2008
, 4 - 7 PM, in Alameda, California, at the
Grand Pavilion. This event
will feature a concert of classical guitar and
vocalists, refreshments, and live and silent
auctions. Money raised from the event will help
fund the treatment of poor burned children from
throughout South and Central America. (See COANIQUEM
website at
www.burnedchildren.org)
We anticipate an attendance of about 250 people
at this event, representing many of the Latin
countries benefiting from the burn program,
as well as supporting members of Rotary International
Clubs in the Bay Area.
We invite your support for our event,
and thereby support for Coaniquem BCF, the American
Foundation that contributes to the treatment
center in Chile. Please consider any of the
following as your contributions:
*Sponsorship with
special recognition at the event
Gold- $2,000 (poster and program notice)
Silver -$1,000 (program notice)
Bronze -$500 (program notice)
*Items of value for
a charity drawing or silent auction
(for example, airline tickets, vacation properties,
art objects, your products or services, etc.)
*Financial sponsorship
of activities at the event -music food, entertainment
*Purchase of tickets
for the event @$75
*Support of a year's treatment for one child @$700
*Other creative contributions
Any contributions would be greatly appreciated.
Coaniquem BCF is a registered
501(c)3 charitable foundation, so contributions
would be tax- deductible in the U.S. The
Tax Identification number for Coaniquem
BCF is 51-0381285.
Sponsorships and Contributions will be acknowledged
in the event Program.
To respond to this request, or to obtain further
information, please contact Director
Carolyn Schuetz
29 Palm Beach Lane
Alameda CA 94502
Phone: 510/769-9661
FAX: 510/769-6531 II
Email: CSandLB@cs.com
Thank you for your consideration!
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