Monday, December 04, 2006
Con Todo el Corazon
Chile has an annual event called the "Teletón." This years theme was, "Con Todo el Corazon," and I was very impressed by the heart that the whole country showed. This telethon has been hyped for months, and it is to raise money for the disabled. Everyone came together to raise money on December 1 & 2 with many large events, and many small events too. I was taking a bus on Saturday, and there were people collecting money out on the highway where I didn´t think anybody lived, there was a performance in the small beach town I went to, and there was a huge celebration in Santiago that I saw on TV. They are very proud of their event, and it is nice to see something that really unites the country. They raised over 11 trillion pesos, or around 21 million dollars
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To the kids that work with Ethan
I am Ethan's grade school art teacher in Boulder, CO and wanted to let you know that Ethan is a very creative person. You should ask him to draw something...like a monkey. Ethan and my son were good friends growing up and played a lot of sports like basketball, baseball, running track and riding bikes. If you have a chance let him show you how to bunny hop on a bicycle.
We'll be excited to hear about Ethan's Santiago adventures when he gets back to Boulder in a few weeks.
Jan Shively
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