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September 2004

Community Service:
Hogar Clinica "San Francisco de Asis"

Nestled in a house close to a park in Chaclacayo near the Central highway is a house that serves temporarily as home to a group of special children. There, American pediatrician Dr. Anthony Lazarra - who founded Hogar Clinica “San Francisco de Asis” twenty years ago - harbors an average of 40 sick children of all ages who need constant specialized help and cannot be at their parents' homes while they are recovering from one of a series of medical disorders.

They always need support in the way of toys, clothing, food, sheets, blankets and anything you could imagine. Volunteers are also in demand to hold babies and feed them. Presently there are at least 11 babies, who need tender loving care. At times, blood donations are needed for children about to have surgery.

Some children need complex heart surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery, corneal transplants, and some are there for such things as malnutrition. Hogar San Francisco also cares for children on an out-patient basis. When the interred children are recovered enough they return to their families.

Much of the donated money comes from the Tampa area of Florida, where Tony was raised. The ACAP also provides assistance to Hogar San Francisco, and a group of our members have formed a support group known as “Tony's Kids.”

For more information, call Connie Estrada at 467-1033 in the evening after 6PM. The website for the home is www.villalapazfoundation.org. Dr. Lazarra´s telephone number is 497-1868. This organization is well worthy of all the support you are able to give. Thank you.

“Swing Into Spring" is a benefit dinner/dance at the Miraflores Park Hotel on Friday, September 24th. Come and get "In the Mood" and "Volare" with your "Sweet Georgia Brown" or "Bill Baily" with music from the 30's, 40's and 50's.

Live entertainment featuring Big Band Swing tunes performed by Bonnie Ludwick and Broadway favorites performed by Judy Estrada and other surprise performers. A night filled with fun, good food, and wonderful music. Don´t miss it!

Proceeds from the event will go toward a badly needed hydrotherapy unit for Clinica Hogar "San Francisco de Asis" in Chaclacayo run by Dr. Anthony Lazarra, an American pediatrician, who dedicates his life to an average of 40 of Peru's most needy children.

Event	:	"Swing Into Spring”	Date	:	Friday night, September 24th
Place	:	Miraflores Park Hotel	Time	:	8:00 P.M.
Cost	:	$25 U.S. donation	Dress	:	Dress like the good old times, or come as you please. Prizes for the most originally dressed.

Organized by Tony’s Kids support group.

More Upcoming Charity Events

Roosevelt parent and well-known fashion designer Ani Alvarez Calderón will present her latest designs on Friday, September 3rd as part of the annual El Rastrillo Charity Market. The event kicks off September 1st with a fashion show by Carolina Herrera. El Rastrillo features several antiques stands, Embassy stands, a tombola, children's games, special offers and many shows. It all takes place at Casa Moreyra, Paz Soldán 290, San Isidro.

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Operation Smile is a charity that raises money for operations to correct facial malformations in children. One of the major annual fund raising events for this organization is "Art for a Smile" - held this year on October 2 at the Marriott Hotel in

Miraflores - in which children from the community sign up to paint aside a local artist. The painting is then auctioned. If the painting is not purchased at auction, parents can buy the work for a minimum of $500, though typically donors pay at least $750 for each art work, as that is the cost of one operation. For more information call: Wiri Beale de Villanueva Meyer at 9859434 / 4471833 or e-mail: famwym@terra.com.pe.

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