LEON FOUNDATION THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY, PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD AND DINER at LEON FOUNDATION
It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you all to this Third Year Anniversary of the Leon Foundation, the Presidential Volunteer Award
Ceremony and the Dinner to mark the completion of this third year of supporting Peruvian children education. This third anniversary is a proof that we are in the right direction. Our third anniversary shows that we are different that we were before; we are creating new opportunities for Peruvian children, enjoying our work, innovating schools with new approaches and ideas, and dreaming that with our help more less fortunate children of Peru will have better opportunities in life.
We are developing investigation projects internationally with schools such us Juan Pablo II. Of course, to do all this, we are organizing events, fundraisers, activities, and educational programs such is the case of Peru and gathering many people to participate with their donations and volunteer support. Leon Foundation in these three years has been very proud of all its members with who I had and have the privilege to work with. As the head of the Leon Foundation I demand quality as standard and it’s a blessing to work with a group of people that want the same, they want to be different, they respect each other, they stand together and they believe in good, their expectation are very high and most of all their desire for service is what motivates them for participation and to make a difference in people’s life and without thinking they are making a difference in their own life.
Many thanks go to you from all of us, the ones that are here today and the ones supporting us on our path. Without you, we could not do what we have done so far. Without you we would not be as we are, always optimistic and ready to do our best, even when it is the hardest.
When I look deep into the eyes of every person that is working with me, I know why I can fall asleep in peace at night. Because what ones call work, we can call it creation. Leon Foundation is our creation, and working with people who understand what the values are and why a person needs to do good and to support others, and why Leon Foundation is much more than just an organization. It is a mission, which I hope will be passed form hands to hands of future generations. Leon Foundation together, we are helping, and connecting Peru with USA, building bridges between young generations that simply believe in a better future for all.
We will be releasing an annual Report at the end of the year to presents an objective statement of what we have achieved in the foundation over the year 2012.
I will be the first to say we need to do better. But let no one doubt that we have achieved much. I will highlight tonight some of our achievements in the past three years starting saying that from 2009 until today we have helped more than 900 Peruvian students.
The foundation was founded on October 06, 2009, we are a nonprofit organization established under the 503c1 in CA. In the year 2010 we made our first donation to the La Cena del Senor Church in a poor community in Peru called Santa Anita. We helped 320 students to enrich their education through technology.
In the year 2011 we started working with the Juan Pablo II School in a project that we called A dream come true, a two years project divided in two phases, During the first phase students at Juan Pablo participated in the investigation project Sponsored by Leon Foundation called Knowing my district. This investigation program opened the door to students to get deep information and to care more about the community where they are living. We rewarded participating students and also the teachers. On November 16, 2011 the school received the first 10 computers donation and all the necessary tools to implement their Computer lab that will help 520 students to improve their skills in technology. I personally traveled to Peru to make this donation and that year I created a volunteer Health Brigade formed by 13 students from Juan Pablo to work in the 2012 investigation project.
This 2012 we have been continue working with Juan Pablo School in another investigation project called “Health and Environment in my community” this investigation project involved 75 students from 4 and 5 grade of secondary starting on April 1 and ending on August 1st 2012. Students submitted their papers and Leon Foundation selected the best 7 from these 75 students. Also we sponsored the 3rd grade of secondary with another investigation project called Math in the History of Peru. Leon Foundation has selected five best papers to be awarded on November 28.
On November 28 , 2012 Juan Pablo II School will receive the second computer donation to complete the 20 computers the school needs to offer technological instruction to its 520 students. This project 2011-2012 was done with a lot of participation from the Peruvian students, teachers that guided them and supervise the 13 volunteers formed in the year 2011. This was a real team work between people in Peru and us in USA.
We accomplished all this in three years thanks to the valuable support on my staff, Board of Directors, sponsors, family, friends, neighbors, business from San Jose and Sacramento and supporters around the world and volunteers.
Very Sincerely,
Dr. Joyce Leon-Gomez
Founder-President Leon Foundation
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