Last Friday the 15th of February 2013, the 16th annual Hogar del Niño fundraising weekend got underway with a tour of the Hogar del Niño educational and daycare facility in La Romana, the Homes and Gardens tour and the final of the polo tournament. After a good and well battled final, The Pitirri Polo Team (Rafa Perez Diez 2, Carlos Cortes 4, Leo Matos 2, JJ Schiffino 0) won the 2013 Hogar del Niño Polo Cup.
The Final was followed by the Prize-Giving ceremony in which Xiomarita Matos showed all the guests a wonderful video about Hogar del Niño with interviews with many people that work at the school. Applauses were given in response of the spirit of Hogar del Niño captured in this short but emotional video. To continue the celebration, both polo teams took pictures holding the prizes -surrounded by their children.
Battling in out on the Casa de Campo polo fields
This year 7 teams took part in the Hogar del Niño Polo Tournament! 28 fine Dominican polo players participated, including Dennis Santana, the Casa de Campo Director of Polo Calixto Garcia-Velez, Mauricio Bogaert, Pedro Pablo Cabrera and many well-known players from Santo Domingo and Casa de Campo such as Leo Matos, Luis A Carbuccia, Luis A Paniagua and Julio Lopez.
And best of all – all funds raised were destined to the Hogar del Niño charity for the more than 1,500 children they care for everyday.
Watching the finals at the Casa de Campo polo fields
It was a good Polo day to enjoy for Hogar del Niño and for all of us here in Casa de Campo.
Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th of February 2013, the Patronato Benefico Oriental (PBO) – the umbrella organisation for the Hogar del Niño hosted it’s 16th annual fundraising weekend – with great success and more people than ever joining the celebration.
The Hogar del Niño is a children’s daycare and educational center for over 1500 children, located in La Romana town, just outside of Casa de Campo. Children from as young as just a few weeks old up to 18 years old are cared for and educated daily, from as early as 5:30am and staying as late as 7pm.
The organization also provides special schooling to over 75 hearing impaired and blind children, as well as a vocational school where over 235 students receive classes in different areas like: sewing; industrial preparation, installation and electrical maintenance; plumbing and management of computer office programs.
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