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May 15, 2022 - May 31, 2022

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Build a Better World
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Wayne Gretsky
Photo Credit: Colleen Claflin, Equipo Esperanza Team, Guatemala, March, 2022
Bi-Monthly News & Update
IN THIS ISSUE:  
  • Despedida Recap
  • B3 Raffle Winners
  • 2023 Destination
  • 2023 Enrollment Open
  • President's Volunteer Service Award Winners
  • B3 Photo Contest Winners
  • Memorial Day Parade
  • AmazonSmile
  • Important Dates
DESPEDIDA RECAP
Students and advisors celebrated at the B3 Despedida party on Friday, May 6th at Stepping Stones Museum in Norwalk. 
Everyone had a great time enjoying food and dessert provided by the Super Duper Weenie and Mister Softee food trucks. 

It was a fun filled evening with the Estrellon and Rock-It! Teams winning the coveted Golden Shovel Award for best attendance. Presidential Volunteer Service award recipients were recognized with pins and certificates. B3 Photo contest winners were announced (see winning photos below). The 2021/2022 video premiered (Click here to watch) along with the 2022 Senior video produced by Colleen Claflin, Equipo Esperanza Team Lead and BOD member. (Click here to watch)
And of course the highlight of the evening was the announcement of the raffle winners and the 2023 Destination.
B3 is Back! 2022 was a great year and we can't wait for 2022/2023 to begin! 
B3 RAFFLE
THANK YOU! 
to everyone who purchased a raffle ticket in support of B3 and our mission to
Build a Better World
Winning tickets were chosen by the students with the most community service hours for the year. This year Madison Lebowitz and Ben Landesman from the Odyssey team and David Fridman of the Equipo Esperanza team pulled the winning tickets for the 2022 raffle prizes.
And the lucky winners are....
Libby Holewski - $500
Julia Broder - $1000
Ryan Heffernan - $10,000
2023 DESTINATION
The moment everyone was waiting for at Friday's Despedida...the announcement of the 2023 Destination!
The announcement was made by Cooper Schleef of the Estrellon team for selling the most raffle tickets. Cooper is a Freshman at Weston High School.
Cooper kept everyone in suspense until finally announcing that Builders Beyond Borders will be building a better world in Ecuador in 2023!
ENROLLMENT OPEN
Ready for Ecuador?
2022-2023 Enrollment is now OPEN!!!
Enroll before June 30, 2022 and save!

Share the B3 experience with your friends. for every friend that you refer that joins B3, receive either $50 in your B3 account or towards B3 logo wear.
PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD
Congratulations to the following students who were recognized with a Bronze award for contributing 100 or more hours of community service over the past year:
Michael Amato, Tim Amato, Elyana Blatt, Mira Krichavsky, Ben Landesman, Dylan Lebowitz, Madison Lebowitz, Cooper Schleef.
Jason Corsi, Team Lead on the Equipo Esperanza team, was recognized with a silver award for completing over 250 hours of volunteer service.
B3 PHOTO CONTEST
The B3 Ambassador's introduced the first annual B3 Photo Contest in 2019. The rules are simple, take photos in Guatemala and either send them by email to b3news@buildersbeyondborders.org or post them to #B3photo2022 on Instagram.
Photos submitted for the contest were anonymously judged by the B3 Board of Directors in three categories:
The Faces of Guatemala, All Things B3 and Guatemala Sights. This year, we had a late entry receiving the "Don't Worry Be Happy" award. Contest winners received a B3 logo beach towel!
Thank you to all who participated!
Congrats to the winners!

Faces of Guatemala
Tony Riggio - Rock-It! Team
All Things B3
Michael Amato - Odyssey Team
Guatemala Sights
Aidan Baker - Estrellòn Team
Late Entry - Don't Worry Be Happy
Abby Kalman - Amanecer/Mejuntos Team
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
March with B3 at the Westport Memorial Day Parade!

Mark your calendars for Monday, May 30th and plan on marching with B3!
March through the streets of Westport with your friends and teammates. Enjoy breakfast after the parade, courtesy of Amy & Tony Riggio.

Returning B3 students & Advisors will earn community service hours for next year!
Sign up to March!
AMAZONSMILE
Shop on smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate a percentage of every purchase to B3 without any extra fees or charges to you.

CLICK HERE to shop at smile.amazon and choose 
Builders Beyond Borders or turn AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon Shopping app.

IMPORTANT DATES

May 15 - June 30
Pre-Registration for B3 2022/23

May 30
Memorial Day Parade