These are a portion of our 2018 activities in the Dominican Republic. We would like to thank all of our supporters for their help and donations which made this possible.

1. 2018 in Review

2. In 2018, we solidified our working relationship
with our USA partners and we now work
together on all our projects.
Pal Humanitarian Services is led by Pearl and
Lynn Giles from Layton, Utah.
Their American register charity number is
46-5344270.
By working together, all our contacts in USA
and Canada can be involved and receive
charitable tax receipts from their respective
countries.
Both our organizations are completely
volunteer. There is no paid staff, no expense
accounts or honorariums. All donations go
directly to our projects in the Dominican. Our
foundation staff in the Dominican are also
volunteer. Our construction workers receive a
minimum wage and are supported financially
by their employment.
THANKS TO ALL OUR CANADIAN AND USA
SUPPORTERS.

3. STARFISH CENTER
Our major accomplishment for 2018 was to finish our Starfish
Center in Javillar. This is how it looked going into January.
The workers pushed very hard to have it ready for our opening on
March 20. We set the date back in the fall and it was a challenge, but
it happened. Work continued after the 20th
to finish the final details.

4. In June several of us returned to the
Dominican Republic to help organize the new
center. We moved suitcases from Amarilis’
home for 3 days and spent several days organizing in our new Starfish Center.

6. LAND FOR PLAYGROUND IN JAVILLAR
In June, Louise took a group of people from the Villa next door down to Javillar
to do food packs and visit the community.
The group leader Tonya Greiner talked to Amarilis about what she could do to
help. Amarilis suggested the need for a playground. She had talked to
someone who owned land close to our center and he wanted $21000 for it.
Tonya left there determined to raise the money.
Her company does matching funds. She managed to raise $6000 to be
matched. Amarilis found a
smaller plot of land in a
different area and got the
owner to accept $12000 USD.
When Pearl and Lynn came in
November, the money hadn’t
arrived for the land yet from Tonya’s company.
It turned out to be a blessing. That week the
owners of the original land (the one we really
wanted) came to Amarilis and offered to reduce
the price for quick sale to $15000 USD. Pearl raised
an additional $1000 and we paid for the rest from
our auction proceeds.
Tonya Greiner

7. New Homes built in 2018
Because of building the center, there were no home starts until the very end of
March. Just before we left the Dominican, we demolished Valbina’s and
Bacillia’s homes in preparation for the new buildings.
We built 9 complete homes in 2018.
1. VALBINA
The original sponsor for Valbina’s home was Jared McMullin, a 15-year old
young man from Calgary, Alberta. He met Valbina in November of 2017 and as
soon as he walked into her home said that he wanted to help the family.
Sunni Stephan and Jenn Tynan, two sisters from Alberta also heard about
Valbina and threw their support behind the fundraising. Then in December
2017, we did the 12 Days of Christmas to raise funds. One of the dentists who
had visited the previous summer, Chris Giauque from Salt Lake joined the fun
and the money
was all raised by
Christmas 2017.
Here is her
beautiful new
home.
It was completed at the beginning of June.

8. 2. BACILLIA
We also met Bacillia in the fall of 2017. We took some guests to Javillar that
we met at the resort and they said they would like to sponsor Bacillia to have a
new home. Bacillia and her husband live with several children, some theirs and
some they are helping to raise. Their home was being eaten by termites.
Bacillia and Valbina are neighbors. We wanted to build the homes at the same
time and as it turned out, that happened for us. We also raised money for her
house for the 12 Days of Christmas, 2017. Chris and Lisa Giaugue from Salt
Lake City also helped raised funds for this home. Both homes were started in
April 2018 and finished the first part of June 2018.
These photos were taken June 6, 2018, the day we got back to the Dominican
to see our projects.

9. 3. MERCEDES
We didn’t meet Mercedes until the day we presented her with her new home.
She knew nothing about it.
At the end of March when we demolished Valbina’s and Bacillia’s homes,
Amarilis told us about a tiny piece of land with a shack that was behind
Valbina’s home. It was for sale for a discounted price. Some of the guests who
were with us at the demolition,
donated money for us to buy the
land. At that point, we weren’t sure
whether it would be used to make
the other houses bigger or
something else.
Amarilis ended up making it into a
small home/apartment attached to
the back of Valbina’s home. When
we went in June, we were able to present it to her. She has a grandson living
with her.
Her old “home” was one of the worst places I have seen. She was living in
about 150 sq ft of squalor.
She was so very
grateful to be given a
place to live.

10. 4. JUNIOR AND MARIANY
In January 2018 Curtis and Kayla Webster came to the Dominican Republic for
the first time. Elderly friends at home gifted them with the money to choose a
home for someone. In going to the community, they looked at only two homes
and their hearts broke, and they couldn’t look at any more. They chose to have
us build for Junior and Mariany and their three children. Both husband and
wife are in university. Their home was being eaten by termites. It had a leaky
asbestos roof.
We heard a touching story. The two oldest children ages 6 and 7 disappeared
one day. They “ran away”. When their parents found them, they were down
by the river with a little knapsack. When they asked why they had run away,
they said they didn’t want to live with the rats and cockroaches and termites
anymore. What a heart-wrenching story!
Junior and Mariany’s home was started while we were in the Dominican
Republic in June and finished in early August.

11. 5. TUTU AND JESENIA
During the fall of 2017, we found some land to purchase to build Tutu and
Jesenia and new home. Kind friends who were with us donated the money to
help them.
We raised much of the money for their family during our 12 Days of Christmas
campaign in 2017. Chris and Lisa Giauque also helped with this home. They
raised about $6000 each for Valbina’s, Bacillia’s and Tutu’s homes.
This home was started June while we were there. It was finished the first part
of August.

12. 6. ESPERANZA
The majority of the funds for Esperanza’s home was raised by the volunteer ILP
teachers. They chose to do this home after we had come home from the
Dominican Republic in June.
The entire
house was
made of tin.
The roof
leaked, and the
house was
sweltering hot.
The home was started the first part of August and finished only 4 weeks later in
September. They family are thrilled with their new place.

13. 7. ALI AND MANUELA
In early March we Sharon Jones and her friends with us at the villa. They were
supposed to be staying in another place but it didn’t work out so “by chance”
they were with us.
These ladies were all from Utah—Sharon Jones, Carolee Nielson, Debbie Smith,
and Robyn Evans. I (Louise) took them to Javillar to see some of our projects
there and to pass out food packs.
We went to visit Ali and Manuela, a young couple with three children. They
were renting a tiny apartment and had been evicted several times in the
middle of the night because they didn’t have money to pay their rent. They
didn’t own any property.
Sharon was overcome with compassion. She asked if she could cancel her trip
to Africa and give the $5000 to this family so that they could have land. What a
huge blessing!
The ladies then
went home and
started raising
money in Utah for
the family to have a
house. They raised
$8500 from a
charity golf tournament. There were some other donations as well and
Dominican Starfish Foundation put in the rest of what was needed. Their home
was started in September and finished in October.
Manuela cried a lot when she thanked us for their home.

14. 8. FLORES FAMILY
We met the Flores family in January. They were the other family that Curtis
and Kayla Webster had to choose from. It was so hard for them to choose one
and not the other. This family has five children. The father is a fisherman. The
house was in very terrible condition and flooded often.
We were very happy when Kevin and Melanie Keech asked if they could come
in November and if they could raise money for a home. We suggested the
Flores family. The Keeches raised a lot of the money. Pal Humanitarian
donated some from their auction funds and Dominican Starfish Foundation
donated the additional amount needed from our auction.
These photos were taken in June while we were there.
Their home was started in October and finished while we were there in
November. The Keeches and the Arnells helped paint the home and brought
many housewarming gifts. They also brought them a bed and stove. What a
blessing for this family.
Something
Melissa said will
touch my heart
forever. When
Amarilis asked
her how she felt,
she simply
answered:
“I feel human”

15. 9. KELVIN SILVERIO AND FAMILY
We met Kelvin Silverio with Ray and
Terry Arsenault from Calgary. They
are vacation club members like we
are and Kelvin was their pool boy.
We went to Maimon to see another
home and we stopped to see Kelvin’s
place. They were completely taken
aback by what they saw and told us
that they would like to sponsor
building a new home for Kelvin and
his family. Raising the funds was harder than they expected. They did a lot of
matching funds. Dominican Starfish Foundation helped at the end with money
from our auction.
This is how we
found the
home when we
visited earlier
this year.
Kelvin’s home
was started in
early
November and finished in December. He helped so much on his own home for
which we are grateful.

16. PURCHASED HOMES
We purchased 5 homes in 2018 for families on our list. Three of these homes
have been upgraded so far. The other 2 are on a waiting list for upgrades.
1. TOMMY AND FIOR PAULINO AND FAMILY
The Paulino family was sponsored by a
group that visited Puerto Plata in January
2017.
They returned to Canada and the US and
raised the money for building a home.
The Paulino family owned land but
wanted to purchase something different
and so the process was on hold. Then the distribution center got started and it put it back
even farther.
When we got to the Dominican early in 2018, we went to see the land owned by the
Paulino’s. It definitely wasn’t appropriate for building. It was near the river and a garbage
dump. We started looking for alternative land, but the cost was prohibitive and we only
had money for a house, not land. In March, Nick and
Adriana Laird came to visit. They were part of the
group that raised the money. We eventually found a
house that was for sale by someone we knew. It was
$6000 more than we had because it included the
land. Fortunately, we had someone with us who
helped with the money and we were able to
purchase the home for them.

17. 2. ESTIFANIA MARTINEZ AND FAMILY
On June 21, 2018 on Amarilis’s birthday, Estefania came
to Amarilis’ house to ask for help. They were living in a
small rented home from which they were being evicted.
They were 6 months behind on rent. We gave them the
money to pay rent and
then Amarilis went to
find the owner. She
bargained with him to
purchase the little home
for only $5000 which is
basically the price of the
land. Amarilis said that
this is what she wanted
for her birthday, so we were able to raise the money and
buy the little house for them as a gift for them and also for Amarilis.
3. PATRICIA AND KELVIN
Patricia and Kelvin live in Moca. They are a
little family that we know well. This is
about 2 hours from Puerto Plata. They
asked for help from the foundation many
times, but it would be impossible to help
build a home because of the distance. In
October, they found this little home for
$5000. It has
things that need
finished and
renovated, but it
is a starter home for them and their
family. The home was purchased for
them by Bonnie ZoBell. Now they can
use the money from paying rent to do
the finishing work that they need to do
on the house.

18. 4. LITTLE JOSE LUIS
On May 24, tragedy struck the home of
Little Jose Luis. He came home from
school and found his mother hanging. She
was still alive, so he ran to the school to
get his teacher but by the time they
returned, she had died. The volunteer ILP
teachers who knew and loved little Jose
Luis immediately started a fund to help
him and his grandparents who had now
become his caregivers.
At the suggestion of Amarilis, they started raising money to build a home for the
grandparents who owned nothing. Amarilis found a home that was for sale and
bargained to purchase it. In September we had collected enough to purchase this
home which we were able to do. Some of the funds from the auction went to complete
renovations.
The grandparents are so
very grateful.

19. 5. BIBI AND FAMILY
Bibi is one of our very best workers. He is very
honest and reliable so much so that he is the
only worker with keys to the Starfish Center. He
is Haitian. On this trip he asked for us to help
him get his passport and visa so that he has legal
papers to be in the Dominican Republic. We did
that, and he was very grateful.
So many times, Amarilis has expressed her desire
to help him, his wife and baby with a home. Just
before we left to come home in November, she
found a small home that was for sale for $6000.
That was basically the price of a piece of land.
Thanks to some very kind donors, we were able to purchase that little home
and surprise them.
With funds from our auction, we were able to
leave money to refinish the little home. We put
on a new roof,
new kitchen
counters, a new
porch and
paint. They
moved in on
December 18.

20. HOME ASSISTANCE
In 2018 we were able to help several families with major renovations and
repairs of their homes. Some we don’t even have photos of. I will include the
ones that we do.
1. ROSENDO AND FAMILY
Rosendo approached us in the summer of
2017 when we were hosting the dentists in
Puerto Plata. He was working at the resort as
a chef. He had been working on building a
home for 4 years and had come to a point
where he couldn’t do any more. He was also
having health problems.
I contacted some friends of his that have been
with us to the Dominican. One is Karen
Wojtowicz who serves on our board. Also, her cousin Jill from Nova Scotia had
met Rosendo on the resort and had become friends.
I sent out a request for help. Karen and Jill and their families raised much of
the money needed to get Rosendo into his new home. We were able to visit
and see the great results of this assistance.

21. 2. MAGNOLIA DIAS
Jack was asked by
Joseph who works
at Cofresi Beach if
we could help his
mother. Her roof
was destroyed in
hurricane Maria in
the fall of 2017.
We raised the money for this and she received a new roof.
3. FRANCESCA
We have helped
Francesca before with
a new floor, a wall and
a bathroom. One day
as we walked through
Javillar, her great-
granddaughter,
Brenda who lives with
her came and led me
by the hand into their
home. She asked if
we could help them in their kitchen.
The money for this was donated
by a kind donor who has helped
Francesca before—also a widow
and we thank her.

22. 4. Marcelena
In 2014 we built this home for Marcelena and have cared for her since. She
was then 88 years old. This year Pearl and Lynn Giles from Pal
Humanitarian along with their guests, repainted her home for her. We also
replaced her front window, but I didn’t get a photo of that because it
happened after we left.
5. DANIEL
For almost 3 years, a kind family from Lethbridge has been sending money
to feed Daniel 2 meals a day
This year for Christmas they paid to put a new roof
on the shack he lives
in. This is a great
blessing because he
was always getting
soaked whenever it
rained. They also
bought him a new
bed.

23. HOMES IN PROGRESS AND IN FUNDING
We have one home being built right now and one that we have raised the
funds for and two that are in the fundraising process.
1. JOSE TAXI
Jose is our beloved taxi driver. He has been with us for almost 8 years. He is
such an important part of the foundation. Earlier this year he told us that he
would be moving to Santo Domingo. We were devastated at the news. He
has very slow times during the year driving taxi. Last year he made only $24
in 3 months.
In March Nick and Adriana Laird visited. Nick is fluent in Spanish. He asked
Jose if we were to help him get a home, if he would stay in Puerto Plata. He
said “of course”.
We put out a plea for pledges to get
land. Thanks to some very generous
donors we were able to purchase a great
piece of property for way less than its
market value. We have then continued
to raise money to build the home.
Jose’s home will be bigger than our
normal Starfish homes. Because of the
zoning in the area where he will live, his home is also required to have a
cement roof, not a tin one. He will be having his mother live with them. He
took us out to the country to meet her. She lives in a home with a dirt floor.
It is about an hour away and Jose goes to visit her twice
each month.

24. Jose has been actively involved in his home building. He has worked with
other friends who have donated equipment and building supplies. Because
his home is bigger, he is trying to do everything he can to supplement the
building costs.
Construction started in December.
This photo was taken
December 21, 2018.

25. 2. RENE AND BALINA AND FAMILY
Each time we go to the Dominican we make a presentation to the current
group of ILP teachers just to give them an idea of the things we do as a
foundation. On November 17, after Pearl and I presented, 4 girls came up to
us and said that they had a family they would like to sponsor. We invited
them to take us to the home. We warned them that if they didn’t own land,
it could be impossible.
They took us to Rene and Balina’s home. Rene has done work for the
foundation for 6 years and they don’t own land. Amarilis told the girls that
she had bought a small plot of land and that they could raise money and
build there. All 4 burst into tears of joy.
The family of
10 that live in
the shack live
in extreme
poverty.
Pearl told the
girls that to
raise $12000 it
would just be
each for them
raising $3000.
The next day I made a fundraising page for them
and they sent it out to their families. By the time
they left to go home, they had raised $12500.
Amazing!
To their big surprise Amarilis took them and the
family to see a home that we had purchased in November. This was
intended for Tamara, but she was not excited about moving to that area and
so close to the river and she didn’t need that big spot. We have since
purchased another plot of land for her with the money raised.
Amarilis told them that to finish this very
large building would require more money.
She estimated another $2500. That
seemed a little overwhelming after raising
so much money so fast, so I told the girls
that we would pitch in to help raise funds
for the 12 Days of Christmas. Another ILP
girl raised $760 and Dominican Starfish
Foundation raised the rest. The building
will start in January.

26. 3. TAMARA AND FAMILY
We met Tamara in November. I had heard her story before and I had
personally helped her in trying to help her get her husband home. Her
husband went on a fishing expedition on a larger fishing vessel with about
50 people. They got out too close to the borders of another Island and they
were arrested by the coast guard and thrown in jail. The boat was seized.
Many of the men got home but Tamara’s husband is in jail for 4 years. She
has 5 children. Two teenagers live at home with her. They are 15. They are
the age when in desperation, they are looking to drugs and prostitution to
live.
A group of past ILP teachers and their families were there and heard the
story and wanted to help. This was the same time as we found the house
for sale and had just a week to raise $6000 for the house. I made a
fundraising site and that group raised about $5000 of the money. Later that
home was assigned to Rene and Balina, but we bought another plot of land
for Tamara and have about $4000 USD so far to start her home.
Right now, she lives in a rented shack. Many months she has not been able
to pay rent. She cares for a diabetic mother.
Because their
home is low
in the ground,
it floods
often.

27. 4. THE POLANCO FAMILY
The Polancos live in extreme poverty. Their home is literally falling down. 5
adults and 2 young children live in this two-room shack. They really need
help. They have been sponsored by Josh and Brandi Spears from Heber City
Utah. They plan to do another golf tournament to raise money for this family.
We made this family a focus
on the Light the World
Campaign and all on the 12
Days of Christmas on Facebook
posts. So far about $3000 USD
has been raised.

28. HEALTH AND WELLNESS
During the year we were able to help with several medical emergencies and
health related assistance.
1. Little Jose Luis
We saw little Jose Luis for
the first time in November
of 2017. Jack snapped a
picture at church which we
posted to try to find out
who he was. Several people
replied and offered to help.
One person connected us
with a plastic surgeon in the
US who connected us with
Operation Smile.
We have helped finance several trips to Santo Domingo
where he has had surgery. He will require several more. This is how he is
looking now.
2. WILIARY
We heard about Wiliary through our
housekeeper at the resort. Her
grandmother also works there as a
housekeeper. Wiliary has had kidney
cancer. She goes through an amazing
amount of diapers because of
chemotherapy and dialysis. They
asked for help with diapers. A diaper
drive was organized by Bonnie Jensen.
We were able to give her many
months’ worth.

29. 3. DOMINGO
We met Domingo on March
13 through a common friend.
They told us about the
conditions with his eye. He is
a former policeman who was
blown up by a bomb. He lost
his eye in the accident. He is
now a security guard on the
resort.
We were able to raise the money to help him. When we came
back in June, we took him the money and later we met him with
his new eye.
4. Angel
We went with the Laird family and donated over 1000 diapers to Angel who is a young,
special needs boy that we became aware of. We had a wonderful, humbling visit with
his mother.
We also helped with much needed medication.

30. 5. HOSPITAL DONATIONS
Each trip to Puerto Plata, we take donations
to the hospital. Most of the donations were
from Pearl Giles and her group.
There were also many donations of Tylenol from
various people. We also gave baby packs to the
new mothers.
6. JULIANY
Juliany is a young mother of two little boys.
We helped her with medication in February after she injured
her knee.
In March, she required a knee surgery. We raised and
donated the money for that to happen.
7. DOMINGA
During her pregnancy, Dominga
became very anemic. Here doctor
told her that she had to drink 2
Ensure a day for at least one
month. That cost her $4 a day
which is ½ of her salary. I heard
that the Andersons were coming
to the resort. I contacted them,
and they brought her a 2-month
supply.

31. 8. JULIEDY
We heard about Juliedy just before we left to come
home in June. I didn’t want to hear about one more
need and I told Leo to tell me in the fall. Jack told him
to send me a photo anyway.
On the way home on the plane, I got the idea to make
her $800 USD project one that children to do. I talked
to my grandchildren about it and some of them helped.
I also sent the information to a little girl, Ady, in
Oklahoma. She raised $100
selling magnets that she
made.
The majority of the
money was raised by
Taylor Webster, my
great-niece in Las
Vegas. Jack and I
were invited to her
birthday part. We
took the long drive to Vegas.
She raised $600 at her party.
September 19, we got the
picture of Juliedy with her new
eye. What an amazing thing
these great young people did so selflessly.

32. 9. JENIFER
The day we left Vegas we got another request of help. It is
unending. I got a Facebook message from Jeffrey Martinez
who works at the entrance to the tower. He is Fernando’s
cousin. He asked for help for a girl named Jennifer in his
community. She needs a wheelchair and diapers.
This I posted on the Chairman’s Circle website and almost
immediately we got people offering to bring donations of
diapers and wheelchairs. We had 4 wheelchairs donated
through this request. On woman, Rhonda Murphy from
Magrath, saw this request and it touched her heart so much that she came
with us in November—the start of a lasting friendship and another staunch
supporter of Dominican Starfish Foundation.
10. JUAN PABLO
Juan Pablo came to Amarilis for help in July. He was in a
serious accident 5 months ago and can’t walk or work. He
has a wife and 4 children. We helped him get food and
put out a plea for help. Though we haven’t helped his
medical condition directly, we found a sponsor for the
family to pay the
rent and supply
some food for the
family. We also
gave him a small
donation in
November to try to start a small
business of some kind.
We want to help the family have some
kind of independence despite the
medically disabled condition he finds himself in.

33. 11. LINAURY
On August 20 we got a request to help
Linaury. She was in a serious accident
and her foot was destroyed. She is 21
with a baby. She lost her mom 2
months before her accident. She is
from a very poor family in the
Dominican with no medical insurance.
Though we didn’t post this photo on
social media we raised money to help
pay for her amputation.
We just received word that a foundation in Santo Domingo provide a prosthesis.
12. BABY CAROLINE
In November we were asked by a security guard to help
pay for a surgery for his baby
granddaughter, Caroline. She is four
months old and has hydrocephalus
(water on the brain). She has had 3
surgeries and was scheduled for another
one two lays later.
I posted on the Chairman’s Circle and
Shareholder’s websites on the resort. Within 18 hours we had the money and
delivered it to her grandfather Francesco. He was so grateful. She is doing
well.
13. PATRICIA
We helped pay for expenses for Patricia
to go to Florida where a foundation
there donated a new prosthesis and did
therapy to help her walk again.

34. FOOD, CLOTHING AND HYGIENE
1. FOOD PACKS
The first time we did
food packs was in
2011. Since then, we
have made it our
practice to do food
packs with every
group that comes to
stay with us in the Dominican Republic. It is an
inexpensive way for them to help and a perfect way for them to see the
community. We also do food packs with people who we meet at the resort
who want to come and see our projects. In 2018 we delivered over 500 food
packs to people suffering in poverty in local communities.
2. FOOD FOR THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
In June, Abi ZoBell (16)
purchased the first food to
leave in our center for
distribution.
3. FOOD FOR SCHOOLS
Paula Lythgoe from Petawaw, Ontario
has brought dehydrated food from a
foundation in Ontario to several
schools in the area who feed the
children on a regular basis. She has
also left food with Amarilis to pass out
at the Starfish Center. Others have
also purchased food while there and
taken donations to the schools.

35. 4. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
I need to include this story as it is so poignant.
Feb 27: Through Fernando we were able to help a mother desperate for food.
Fernando told us a sad story. When he was working in town, he met a little
family and became friends. It turns out the man in the family had several
women around the city and his wife left because she didn’t want to contract a
disease for one thing. Then her mother passed away. Because she missed time
at the death and because many times, she had no one to care for her child, she
lost her job at a clinic. She then had to also drop out of university. Yesterday
she contacted Fernando because she didn’t know where else to turn. She
knew he had been associated with the foundation. She said that they hadn’t
eaten in days and she had no money for food for herself and her child. She
also said that her friend had told her that she had a great body and could make
lots of money on the streets in Sosua. Fernando pleaded for her not to do that.
He had $20 in his pocket that he had made that day at the shop. He had food
in his house, so he got on his
scooter and went to her home to
give her the money. It is heart-
breaking. I know how hard it is for
him to support his own family.
Eventually, I would love to have
money in our foundation for
situations like this. We bought a
$50 food pack and Fernando
delivered it to her.
5. CHRISTMAS DINNER
In the auction we raised $700 from selling vanilla that I had purchased in the
Dominican. This was earmarked for Christmas dinners for 2018. Since
Amarilis was having surgery, before she left, she hosted a dinner for 66
seniors, 15 children who helped set up and all of our workers.

36. 6. CONTINUING FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Often there are
families which
require extra care.
This family was
provided with a
large food pack. The
money was donated
by a 17 year old girl
from Edmonton.
Often hungry people show up at Amarilis’ door to get
food. She often helps with her own money. She also
has food we have left to help with.
There are sponsors in Canada who make sure that some
very needy individuals and families are fed on a
continuous basis. There are 4 of these situations at the
current time.

37. 7. BABY PACKS
For years we
have been
making baby
packs to take to
the Dominican.
This photo shows
some that
Bonnie ZoBell
and I (Louise) put
together in the villa. We give them to pregnant
workers we find on the resort, we leave some in
our center, we give them in the community, we
leave some with Frank and Rosa to give to their
community where he is a pastor and we take some
to leave at the hospital.
This year at the center, Amarilis
organized a distribution to all the
pregnant ladies in the area.

38. 8. CLOTHING DONATIONS
We and our guests
continue to bring
donations of
clothing. We
distribute some
items ourselves and
leave the rest for
later distribution.
Fortunately, we
now have our
center for these to
go to rather that to
Amarilis’ house.
Now that we have
our center, other
groups come and
distribute from
there.
We take clothing
into the country
when we have an
opportunity. When we went with Jose Taxi to
visit his mother, we were so happy that we
took clothing along.
In November we sent 12
suitcases full of clothing to
the community of Baraguana
with someone who helps in
the community.

39. 9. HYGIENE KITS
Two young girls from
Alberta, Phoenix Roach
and Olivia Larsen, both
age 12, made 120
hygiene kits to send to
the Dominican Republic.
They saved $200 of their
own money and they
also got donations from
businesses.
They sent these with
their parents who
visited the foundation
in February and
distributed some of
them. The rest were
left in the center for
later distribution.
In November, a young man from Utah came. His Eagle
Scout project was achieved by making and distributing
hygiene kits for the Dominican Republic. 29 of his family
were on a cruise and stopped for 5 hours to give service
in the Dominican Republic.

40. EDUCATION
1. SCHOOL SUPPLIES
We continue to bring
donations of school
supplies to various
schools in the area.
This group purchased over
100 notebooks l and later a
projector for Frank’s
school.
2. COMPUTERS AND TABLETS
We bring computers and tablet to help university students.
3. UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
We are currently assisting 4 university students. Andrelis, Darwin, Yaniris and
Patricia.

41. 3. VOLUNTER TEACHING IN THE SCHOOLS
We have had several groups go and volunteer at the school teaching classes to
the children. The teachers love when we do this.

42. 4. TOYS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN FOR
CHRISTMAS
This year we took lots of toys to the Dominican for Christmas to several schools
that we support.

43. SPORTS AND RECREATION
SOCCER
In January Barry Webster
brought soccer balls for every
child in the Maggiolo school
and provided them to other
schools and communities
members as well.
BASEBALL
Baseball is the most
beloved sport. Sharon
Jones brought bags full of
baseball equipment, balls
and gloves.
BASKETBALL
The Keech
family brought
basketballs to
donate and
spent a few
hours playing
with the youth
in Javillar.

44. BICYCLES
March 27: We took 3 children’s bikes to Maggiolo and had a draw to
determine who would get the bicycles. Paula had brought money for 2 of
these and one was from Taylor Webster in Las Vegas. She raised the money for
her 9th birthday.
PUMP FOR THE SCHOOL
When visiting the school in Maggiolo one day, Jack learned that the pump had
broken and so the school hadn’t had water. Jack and Jose Taxi went to the city
and bought a new pump and installed it at the school.
These are part of the activities of Dominican Starfish
Foundation and Pal Humanitarian for the year of 2018. Thank
you to all who have donated money, goods and services and to
those who have accompanied us on our projects.