2025
Orizaba, MX - 1/5-1/6 (Finished)
Lima, Peru 3/22 - 3/28/25 (Finished)
Merida, Villahermosa, and Chiapas, MX
5/17- 5/31/25 (Finished)
Irapuato, MX -7/26-8/1 (Finished)
Veracruz, MX - 9/9-9/14 (Finished)
Lima & Piura, Peru - 11/7-11/20 (Need Volunteers)
2026
Palawan, Philippines - 1/09/26 - 1/20/26 (Need Volunteers)
Portoviejo, Ecuador - 4/5/26 - 4/11/26 (Rescheduled)
If you're interested in participating in any of the 2025 seating clinics please contact Lonny Davis at unclelonnypresents@gmail.com asap. Thanks!
Never going to hit a home run - Likely will not write a bestselling book - Not in the running for most likely to succeed - Lucky if they are able to work and support themselves without assistance.
The least of these - and yet, they are loved…
I don’t care who you are - that translates into HOPE - and we, my friends, are Hope Haven West…
September distribution in Veracruz - smashing success - here are some of the photos:
So many stories - One of the recipients was Diana (here is her before and after photo - what a difference the right chair can make)! Diana received a chair from Hope Haven West six years ago (not the “before” chair in this photo) and returned for an updated chariot (this one replete with a table for her computer). Diana has just graduated from university with a degree in journalism - we wish her great success…
Now - don’t you ever complain bout’ nothing ever again!
Lima rising…
Hope Haven West is on the hunt for volunteers to Peru - typically, we do not revisit a country in the same year (did a distribution in Lima in March). But - we have partners who have worked hard in locating kids and completing applications - so yeah - you look at those faces and say, “no”! Good luck - So, we gotta go back to Peru…
This is scheduled to be a two city extravaganza - Lima, and then a short hop up to Piura (close to the Ecuador border). Nice digs at the “El Polo” Hotel in Lima (close to distribution location - across from US Embassy - great neighborhood). Rotarians in Lima have gone “all in” to put together an exceptional welcome for the Hope Haven West volunteers (this could be you)!
Piura is uncharted waters for Uncle Lonny - did a project in Chiclayo (in the neighborhood) several years ago - definitely off the beaten path (very few tourists) in this region. Hope Haven West loves to explore and visit out of way places (sometimes sheltering disabled with greatest needs).
Keeping it there and leaving it short for October newsletter - hope to keep the focus entirely on Peru (last project in this calendar year). We currently have twelve volunteers who are signed and sealed (would love to have another six hearty souls ready for service and adventure).
Tickets have been purchased, hotel reservations are being arranged, opportunity knocks - get on the bus!
Rockin’ in the Free World,
Uncle Lonny
Hope Haven West
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January- Orizaba, MX
March- Lima, Peru
May- Merida, Villahermosa, and Chiapas, MX
July- Irapuato, MX
Sept- Veracruz, MX
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
October- Portoviejo, Ecuador
August- Lima Peru
April- Guadalajara & Tepic
March- Puebla, MX
February- Flores, Guatemala
October- Veracruz, MX
September- Orizaba, MX
July- Mongolia
March- San Salvador
September- Lima, Peru
October- Quitos, Ecuador
August- Guadalajara, MX
July- Danang, Viet Nam
June- Petan, Guatamala
May- Oaxaca, MX
May- Guadalajara, MX
March- Granada, Nicaragua
August- Columbia
November- El Salvador
December- Cochbamba, Bolivia
August- Armenia, Columbia
October- Guadalajara, MX
July- Oaxaca, MX
2012- Guatamala
April- Israel
January- Dominican Republic