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September 1, 2022 - September 14, 2022

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"The rule is you have to dance a little bit in the morning before you leave the house because it changes the way you walk out in the world" - Sandra Bullock
Photo Credit: Tony Riggio, Rock-It! Team, Guatemala, April, 2022
Bi-Monthly News & Update
IN THIS ISSUE:  
  • Kick-Off Meeting
  • Open House
  • LobsterFest 2022
  • Meet the B3 Summer Intern
  • B3LOCAL
  • Enrollment
  • Costa Rica Inauguration
  • Amazon Smile
KICK-OFF MEETING
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
 
DON'T MISS
THE B3 KICK-OFF MEETING
(for B3 students and parents*)

Sunday, September 11th
4:00pm 
 
Make sure to enroll before the Kick-Off meeting!
 
*The B3LOCAL Kick-Off will be held at a later date.
OPEN HOUSE
Have friends who are interested in joining B3 or B3LOCAL?
Tell them about the B3 Open House scheduled for Wednesday,
September 14th at the B3 Office from 6:00 - 7:30pm.
LOBSTERFEST 2022
Start earning community service hours!
 
Help with set-up on Friday, 9/16 and/or clean-up on Sunday, 9/18 for the 
 
B3 supports the Rotary with set up and clean up help for this worthwhile community event.
The Westport Rotary is a generous supporter of B3! 

Profits from the Lobster Fest support non-profit work at home and abroad.
 


MEET THE B3 SUMMER INTERN
This summer B3 was lucky to have Ava Cito work at the B3 office as a summer intern. Ava worked on a variety of projects and was very helpful in getting ready for the upcoming year.

Ava Cito (aka C-Dawg) is a four year senior on the Rock-It! team. Ava, a senior at Fairfield Ludlowe High School, is a B3 Amigo, B3 Ambassador, as well as a Student Advisor on the 2022-23 Rock-It! Team.
B3LOCAL
For students in 7th/8th Grade+ interested in volunteering in the local community to Build a Better World
B3 ENROLLMENT
COSTA RICA 2022 INAUGURATION
B3 Board of Directors (Howard Greene and Colleen Claflin) joined Executive Director, Amy Schroeder-Riggio and traveled to Costa Rica in July to celebrate and inaugurate the 2020 projects that B3 worked on in February of 2020, pre-Covid. A plaque was presented at each of the sites as a way to commemorate our collaboration and our time in these amazing communities.


The first stop in Costa Rica was to the community of Santa Rosa.
The Mejuntos team worked with the community and local families to begin construction of a small community center and refurbishment of an arena used for multiple events in this small farming community. The community center was quickly put to good use as a COVID vaccination and testing site.
The community association, led by their president Walter, were eager to hear how the Mejuntos students and advisors were doing. The B3 delegation received a tour of the new community center, learned more about the rodeo arena and plans for what’s next for this farming community.
2020 Mejuntos Team
Community Center
The February 2020 B3 Amanecer team worked with the community of Finca Puntarenas and the local government to build a community center to replace the existing center that was deemed to be no longer safe.
The community now has a beautiful center that offers classes, provides community space for meetings and events, and will soon offer daycare.
The community members mentioned how much they loved the week that the Amanecer team was there and shared how it was something they would never forget.
2020 Amanecer Team
Community Center
The last stop on the inauguration tour was to Finca Cuij Cuij (Boruca), where the Odyssey team worked in February 2020 to help the indigenous Borucan people with building an environmental and cultural learning center, as they worked to receive recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Today, the center is used for multiple purposes, including training for sustainable farming, the environment, reforestation, and sharing and teaching the traditions and culture of the Boruca people. In addition to the main building that B3 helped to construct, the committee added on a small kitchen. The center has been in constant use, even as a sleepover camp for local Borucan youth!
2020 Odyssey Team
Cultural Learning Center
AMAZON SMILE
Purchase with a purpose!

Shop AmazonSmile and get your shopping done and support B3 at the same time!
 
If you are already an Amazon customer, you can use your same login information when you visit smile.amazon.com or with AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon app, select Builders Beyond Borders as your charity of choice and AmazonSmile will donate to B3 at no cost to you.