Are you ready to have a great time in the name of an even greater cause? Then you’re ready for the Hogar del Niño annual fundraising weekend – this year celebrating it’s 18th edition on the 13th and 14th of February.
The Annual Hogar del Niño Weekend is a fundraising activity held in Casa de Campo, with a fun-filled schedule of activities for all the family from Zumba and golf, to a “homes and gardens” tour and the dinner-dance party, there is literally something for everyone to enjoy!
Also coming up soon is the annual “Adopt a Crib Dinner”, which will take place on Saturday the 21st of February!
The “Adopt a Crib” scheme at the Hogar del Niño is the foundation’s main source of income and requieres an annual donation of at least US$1,000 to symbolically “adopt a crib” in the Hogar del Niño’s Crib room “La Sala Cuna”, which has over 200 cribs and babies!
The Hogar del Niño is an educational and daycare center in La Romana – which cares for more than 1,500 children on a daily basis, but more than that it also offers medical and dental care, special schooling to over 75 hearing impaired and blind children.
18th Annual Hogar del Niño Weekend
When: Friday 13th and Saturday 14th of February
What: A series of sports activities and other fun attractions in aid of the Hogar del Niño.
For more info please contact the PBO at: 809.523.8201 or 809.556.3181
With “free hugs” for RD$100, their own hashtag (#soypbo) and even a little fancy dress… the 17th annual Hogar del Niño weekend proved to be just as fun, fresh and innovative as we have come to expect from the charity that educates more than 1500 children at their school and daycare centre in La Romana.
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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