Bridget's Angels

Bridget Murphy will be off to Guatemala again this July (on her own dime I might add) to view the construction of her second school in Guatemala, in El Rumor de los Encantos.  She has raised more than $45,000 since 2006 to assist people in the mountainous region of that beautiful, but starkly poor country.  The area called Centro Chactelá has been the happy beneficiary of her many fundraising efforts. The building of their school depends not only on donations of money from outside, but just as importantly, on the many hours of free labour donated by local people.

We attended a dinner last Saturday which raised around $3000 to support the projects of Bridget’s non-profit organization, Guatemala - Children First Inc. which provides school supplies and scholarships to children who want to pursue schooling beyond Grade 6.  When we compare all we have in the classrooms of our country with the great need that exists in the areas surrounding Playa Grande in Guatemala, we have to count our blessings. 

Similarly, Bridget counts her blessings in the form of an ad hoc organizing committee whose tireless efforts has helped her enormously in this pursuit.  Janet Paine, Philomena Abbass, Pauline Edwards and Mary Abbass – all retired teachers like Bridget - are Bridget’s Angels… hands-on, hardworking, good-hearted angels who unreservedly put in the hours to make a dream come true in a far-away land.

If you would like to be an angel too and contribute to this worthwhile cause, go to www.futureswithschools.com. Everyone should have the chance to have an education.