Tepeaca/MX City, MX 4/11/24 - 4/21/24 (Finished)
Puertoviejo, Ecuador - 6/2/24 - 6/8/24 (Finished)
Irapuato, Guanajuato MX - 6/23/24 - 6/28/24 (Finished)
Quintana Roo (Cancun), MX - 9/8 - 9/12 (Finished)
Phillippines - 10/13/24 - 10/24/24 (Finished)
2025
Lima, Peru 3/9 - 3/22/25 confirmed
El Salvador 2025 TBD
Ecuador 2025 TBD
& More MX locations TBD
2025 dates are subject to change. Check back for updates. Thank you!
If you're interested in participating in any of the 2025 seating clinics please contact Lonny Davis at unclelonnypresents@gmail.com asap. Thanks!
Ahoy there Matey’s,
Oh, the time will come up
When the winds will stop
and the breeze will cease to be breathin’
Like the stillness in the wind
Before the hurricane begins
The hour that the ship comes in
And the seas will split
And the ship will hit
And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking
Then the tide will sound and the wind will pound
And the morning will be breaking
Oh, the fishes will laugh
As they swim out of the path
And the seagulls they’ll be smiling
And the rocks on the sand
Will proudly stand
The hour that the ship comes in…
Little “Bobby the Bard” for y’all (sorry - just can’t help myself)
So, how does all this fit into Hope Haven West? Easy - we just pulled out of our last adventure for the year - Philippine distribution 2024 in the dissipation between Typhoons.
Hope Haven West hit the sweet spot - warm weather, sunny skies (until the last day). Distribution was a astounding success - we tore it up with a stellar team, cranking out 170 wheelchairs in three days (providing lots of time for island hopping and lallygagging in the Philippine Sea).
Lot’s of projects looming on the horizon - next project likely to be Lima, Peru in March of 2025 (best guess).
Somebody give the boy a hand - Hope Haven West Kids Chair assembly team motors into the final phase of 1000 chair project.
Jump in the water - Nick Mascitelli (nicamas@yahoo.com) will gladly slap a tool in your hand, hook you up with a wheelchair wizard and provide professional guidance in discovering the meaning of life! This is indeed good Juju folks…
Sweet Memories
The family of Mark Burden contacted me this past week. Mark was a dear friend of Hope Haven West and a treasured travel companion. Mark’s family is starting a GoFundMe page in Marks memory to provide mobility for the disabled poor through Hope Haven West projects. We will be posting additional information regarding this opportunity to honor Mark and his passion to assist disabled kids as information is available.
I continue to be stunned by the contributions of so many dear friends who sacrifice time and treasure to provide the gift of mobility to disabled kids who don't have a ghosts chance of receiving a wheelchair unless a Mark Burden (or those with like hearts) makes the effort - invests the time and embraces the inconvenience of travel to destinations typically off the tourist trail to make that possible.
I am honored to be a part of the Hope Haven West family…
Waging Heavy Peace - Long may you run,
Uncle Lonny
Hope Haven West
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April- Tepeaca/MX City, MX
June- Puertoviejo, Ecuador
June- Irapuato, Guanajuato MX
Sept- Quintana Roo (Cancun), MX
Oct- Phillippines
September- Lima/Arequipa, Peru
August- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
July- San Miguel de Allende, MX
June- Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, MX
March- San Salvador, El Salvador
January- Mexico City (Tlalpan), MX
Oct- Morelia, MX
Sept- Irapuato, Guanajuato, MX
July- Villahermosa, MX
June- Orizaba/Poza Rica, MX
June- Portoviego, Ecuador
May- Vietnam
March- Orizaba, MX
January- Ciego de Avila, Cuba
November- Guadalajara/Tepic, MX
October- Acapulco, MX
September- Oaxaca/Puerto Escondido, MX
August- Cuernavaca, MX
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