Helping Honduras Kids, La Ceiba | Eagle Scout Sam Burton donates to Helping Honduras Kids and Las Sonrisas!

Eagle Scout Sam Burton donates to Helping Honduras Kids and Las Sonrisas!

September 11th, 2007 in News |

Sam Burton, son of Mike Burton (of Amigos of Honduras), recently had an exciting visit to Honduras and an opportunity to see how his hard work in Utah is helping the children at the Helping Honduras Kids Jungle School & Hogar de Amor and Las Sonrisa's Daycare!

From: Dave Riley

Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:34 PM

To: 'David Ashby'; Karl Ralian'; 'Eve Horowitz'; 'Reid>FitzSimons'>

Subject: money

Great news! Sam Burton, Mike's son that was just down there is donating more money to Honduras. He was very impressed that the backpacks he put together for his Eagle Scout project were being used by the kids at the Jungle School!

He is donating:>>>> $200.00 to Reid Fitzsimmons for Las Sonrisa's child care/nutrition center, >>>> $200.00 for the HHK Jungle Sch, >>>> $250.00 for the HHK Hogar de Amor.

Thanks to Reid and David and Valerie and Carlos and Carol and Francisco and Franklin for letting him see your projects. This is quite a young man. He got the chance to see his money actually helping people.

From: "Karl Ralian"

To: "Dave Riley",'David Ashby','Eve Horowitz',"'Reid FitzSimons'

Subject: RE: money

Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:55:59>>

Dave,
What a great email to get. Not only will the money be very welcome to the recipients, but equally as important, another young person is orienting his life in the right direction. Being outward focused rather than being self involved as so many are these days.

Well done, Sam!

Karl Ralian

From: Eve Horowitz

Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:24 PM

To: Karl Ralian; Dave Riley; Dave Ashby;Reid Fitzsimmons Subject:

RE: money

Hi Dave,
That's great and many thanks to Sam and Mike!
Sam's got the right idea - - if each of us works on our "small part of the puzzle," together we start to create solutions to big problems.

Is it possible that I can get some more info about Sam's backpack project and how he organized it so that I can put it on the HHK website? Pix would be good too.

Sam, we truly appreciate your help!

Eve

From: Dave Riley

To: 'Eve Horowitz'

Cc: 'MICHAEL BURTON'

Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:40 PMSubject:

RE: money

He did it as his Eagle Scout project… I will get details from Mike and let him describe how Sam did it…great kid!!

From : MICHAEL BURTON

Sent : Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:27 AM

To : "'Eve Horowitz'" , "Dave Riley">

CC : "Sam Burton" , "Diane Burton"

Subject : Amigos donation money

Eve,

Sam set up a cookie selling event that covered the neighborhood where we live. He sold about 50 dozen cookies,….. When people heard what his motive was, as he assembled hygiene kits, and school backpacks and learning kits, that were to be sent to Honduras for use with various needy groups, he was given donations from many people. I'm very proud of him…..

Mike

From: Diane Burton
To: MICHAEL BURTON, Eve Horowitz
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 12:05 PM
Subject: RE: pics of Eagle Scout project

Hi Eve,

We do have some pictures of Sam's Eagle project in progress. He started out by making a flyer which he and his fellow scouts delivered to the homes in our neighborhood. The flyer explained the project and asked for donated supplies. A list of needed items was included, as well as the date the scouts would return to pick up the items. We were overwhelmed with the response and people's generosity. He sorted the items in our living room.

Sam thought it would be good to have backpacks and bags to put all the supplies in. Being 3 days before Valentines Day, he made another flyer that went something like this, "Don't forget your wife this Valentines Day! Sam Burton is making delicious gourmet cookies to raise money for . . ." and then explained the project. He took the flyer to our church, where he received many orders from husbands. Our family worked together to bake and deliver the cookies, barely finishing by Valentine's night. Again, we were overwhelmed by the response. He was able to buy 45 bags and backpacks and had cash donations of several hundred dollars as well. This was a really great experience for him, as was traveling to Honduras where he saw firsthand the fruits of his labors and the great example of people like yourselves, who do so much to help others.