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Karen's Christmas Run

Karen's Christmas Run

Karen's Christmas Run

Karen's Christmas Run

Karen's Christmas Run

Karen Treherne
Karen Treherne
Karen Treherne
Karen Treherne
1 Campaign |
La Ceiba, Honduras
$690 USD 13 backers
6% of $10,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Karen opened Casa Cangrejal, a boutique Bed & Breakfast, located in The Pico Bonito National Park, Northern Honduras in 2007. She quickly realized what third world really was. When Christmas came to the jungle, Karen noticed the glaring absence of celebration, because most of the people are barely meeting their basic needs, like eating EVERY day. Being proactive and naturally assertive,  she started gathering items like children's shoes, toothbrushes, and toys and the annual Christmas Run came in to being.

 

For the past twelve years Karen Treherne has gathered gifts, bought bicycles and donated food for her annual Christmas run to the seven villages in La Cuenca El Rio Cangrejal. Donning Santa hats, Karen and her crew of volunteers fill the back of pickup trucks with presents and food and hand out the gifts in each village. News spreads fast in the jungle and by the second village everyone knows that Santa Clause is coming to town.

 

Last year, due to the decline in tourism and lack of funds, Karen was only able to provide for the families of past and present employees. Still donning her Santa hat, she hosted a Christmas party at Casa Cangrejal and handed out gifts and food packages. The families in the villages sorely missed Santa last year.

 

This year, Karen is actively seeking help both globally and locally. Please check out the wish list below and give what you can. Money is the easiest and most sustainable; stimulating the Honduran economy, while providing for the community, it doesn't get any better than that.

 

  • Personal Hygiene items: tooth brushes & paste, deodorant, shampoo & conditioner, antibiotic ointment, cortisone cream, hair brushes, menstrual pads, condoms.....
  • School Supplies: notebooks, pencils, pens, sketch pads, colored pencils, markers, color books, books in Spanish or bilingual.....
  • Electronics: cell phones, tablets, computers, cameras, smart watches....
  • Shoes: boots, flip flops, sandals all sizes, shapes, and colors. Children's shoes, black for school uniforms.
  • underwear: panties, briefs, bras
  • Non perishable food items:  rice, beans, masa, flour, sugar, spices...
  • Toys: whatever....this is a novelty.
  • Baby products: bottles, formula, cereal, baby food, biodegradable diapers, gentle soaps......
  • Clothes: clean clothes accepted, all sizes, shapes, and size.

 

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Gratitude & Pride

$10 USD
Give what you can.... Ten bucks will buy food for a family of 2 Christmas dinner, Thank You.
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Guaruma Trail Tour

$25 USD
Come stay at Casa Cangrejal and receive a free tour up the Guaruma Trail, meandering up El Rio Cangrejal through enormous boulders and plenty of perfect swimming holes.
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La Cascada El Bejuco

$50 USD
Come stay at Casa Cangrejal and receive a free tour to the beautiful waterfall on an ancient trail used my the Mayan people for 1. Includes a yummy picnic lunch.
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Zip across El Rio Cangrejal

$75 USD
Come stay at Casa Cangrejal and receive a free canopy tour/zip line across El Rio Cangrejal for 1.
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Rafting on El Rio Cangrejal

$100 USD
Come stay at Casa Cangrejal and receive a free rafting Trip for 2 on El Rio Cangrejal. Includes a yummy lunch.
1 claimed

One Free Night in the Jungle

$250 USD
One Free night for 2 at Casa Cangrejal with Karen's gourmet breakfast. not valid the week of Christmas or Semana Santa *Easter
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Holiday for Two in the Jungle

$500 USD
Two free nights for 2 at Casa Cangrejal with Karen's gourmet breakfast and a tour of the seven villages up the La Cuenca Rio Cangrejal in Pico Bonito National Park. not valid for the week of Christmas or Semana Santa *Easter
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Christmas in the Jungle

$1,000 USD
Receive a personal invitation to participate in the Christmas run 2016, two free nights at Casa Cangrejal B&B for 2, and be apart of Karen's delicious Christmas dinner.
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December 2016
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