8/23/2010

Casa HOY's first Summer program for families!

The Rowe family, a party of four from British Columbia, Canada, came to participate in the inagural Casa HOY trip for families!


The Rowes visited several of HOY’s favorite volunteer sites, including CAM (a youth outreach and foster center), Don Bosco (a school for low-income children that focuses on arts and language programs), Niñas de Eugenia (a girls’ orphanage), and Huerta de Vinci (a biorganic garden and learning center). The family spent most of its time with the children at Don Bosco working with their summer camp program.


Besides volunteer work, the family had plenty of free time to explore the city of Cuernavaca, visiting museums and enjoying family dinners in the quaint, funky cafes downtown. They also had a chance to visit Tepoztlán, a “magic town" an hour away from Cuernavaca, eat some enchiladas and work on their Spanish skills.