June 2025 – Relationships ~ “Do you have pictures of me when I was young?”
Relationships, an article by Rick & Shelley Mack The Mack Family has been visiting COAR and El Salvador since 2004 From the Mack family visit 2004, L-R: Claire, Valeria (14), Phil, Daniela (13), Rick 2015—Rick and Valeria 2025, L-R: Rick, Valeria, Shelley, Luis COAR is built on relationships: between children, families, staff, its surrounding communities, […]
June 2025 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
Losing Family but not Losing Hope I opened my Annual Benefit presentation by saying, “There is an old joke that never gets old to me: A man goes to the doctor and cries out, ‘Doctor, doctor, am I dying?’ The doctor calmly replies, ‘We are all dying. But you are not dying today.’” When we […]
June 2025 – Memorial & Honorary Gifts
March 2025 – Sometimes all you can see is . . . the cross
from our most recent visit, updates on each one First-aid and grooming workshops Twice a year, usually February and November, we visit COAR and learn each child’s story: the new girls, successes and challenges of those we already know, and any news of those who have moved on. This is a special story we heard […]
March 2025 – Memorial & Honorary Gifts
December 2024 Memorials & Honoraries
September 2024 Newsletter – New Scholarships!
Education, the Foundation of Every Child’s Hope Our School is Thriving, So . . . We are dramatically expanding our scholarship program – thanks to you Our new sponsorship coordinator, Reina. Fun fact: she studied at COAR from 5th-9th grade. COAR did not have a high school until 1996, so after 9th grade, she left […]
September 2024 Memorials & Honoraries
Cleveland Bishop Malesic and companions :) visit COAR
September: Several of the COAR kids (those not in school that afternoon) and our visitors. Bishop Malesic, seated in the center, wearing a large cross on a chain . . . Bishop Malesic shares his cross with Carlos Alberto, who is delighted (and momentarily speechless (that won’t last ) No visit to COAR is complete […]
June 2024 Memorials & Honorary
