Wednesday, February 26, 2014

HEART WALK FOUNDERS THRILLED WITH SUCCESS OF AUCTION EVENT

The St. George-based international humanitarian organization, Heart Walk Foundation, held its Annual Dinner and Auction Saturday, Feb. 22 to benefit the native Q’ero communities of high Andes Mountains in Peru. With donations still coming in, the sold-out event raised $37,762 in 3 hours, more than 20% increase in donated funds over last year’s event.

Founders Tim and Penelope Eicher of Dammeron Valley joined with supporters and friends in an evening of raising funds for schools, greenhouses, and trout farms for a people abandoned by their own government.

“We are thrilled at the wonderful support we received this year,” Penelope Eicher said. “Our central effort is to help the Q’ero gain nourishment, education and services to help increase quality of life for a people once desperate to survive.”

This year, a special effort was made to raise funds for greenhouses and solar lanterns for the Q’ero families that live in dark, stone-wall huts. “They are very excited about the idea of having light in their homes that will allow their children to do homework,” Penelope Eicher says. “We sold enough lanterns Saturday to fulfill our promise to provide a rechargeable light for 200 Q’ero families with our buy-one-give-one campaign.”

Heart Walk Foundation is supported by a national board of directors and more than 700 supporters internationally. Janice Brooks, former CEO of Green Valley Spa and public speaker, served as emcee of the Feb. 22 event titled “Light the Night:  A benefit to bring light the remote Q’ero tribes of the Andes.”

The mission of HWF is to support the preservation of the Q’ero people and their native culture and traditional community living through improved agriculture, education, and health initiatives. To become involved, call (435) 619-0797.

Heart Walk Foundation Dinner & Auction By the Numbers
258 guest tickets sold, including guests from Las Vegas, Salt Lake City area, Seattle, Korea, and Thailand.  
365 items donated by individuals and businesses to help raise funds.
$6,000 was donated by 16 individuals specifically to fund a total of 12 greenhouses. One year into our Grow a Mountain Garden campaign, 21 families are realizing their dreams to eat leafy green vegetables, carrots, onions, and beets.
78 solar lanterns sold to guests, helping HWF fulfill our promise to provide a rechargeable light for 200 Q’ero families in the Andes Mountains with our buy-one-give-one campaign.
Over 100 community volunteers prepared the event and assisted guests throughout the event, including teams from Dixie State University, ShnazzyUp! youth volunteers, and Paul Mitchell The School.
Additional Quote:
“Before we arrived, the children had never held a pencil or book. Now there are three Heart Walk Funded schoolhouses with dedicated teachers and more than 100 Q’ero youth writing stories and calculating mathematical equations with pencils each day.” ­– Penelope Eicher, Heart Walk Foundation co-founder.
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COST TO CONSTRUCT A GREENHOUSE IN Q'ERO TERRITORIES












VENDOR NAME
EXPENSES PAID BY HEART WALK FOUNDATION
DOLLARS
SOLES
1
 Calderon
 20 meters of hose
 20.00
 50.00
2
 Calderon
 4 kls. de alambre # 16
 10.40
 26.00
3
 Calderon
 4 kilos of wire # 16
 21.20
 53.00
4
 Calderon
 1 pick ax, 1 shovel
 5.60
 14.00
5
 Calderon ­
 1 rake
 7.80
 19.50
6
 Carpenteria G & M
 1 padlock,  1 basin, 1/2 kilo of nails
 92.00
 230.00
7

 Variety of seed packets
 10.00
 25.00
8
 Negociaciones Tumi
 Agrofil greenhouse plastic 9 linear meteres
 118.80
 297.00
9
 Bertha Ramirez Rosas
 purchase and deliver materials 3 days, training in construction 2 days, return to review and correct construction 2 days  1/5 share 
 32.00
 80.00
10

 travel expenses Cusco - Ocongate to make purchases 1/5 share
 10.40
 26.00
11

 truck to transport materials Cusco - Ocongate 1/5 share
 20.00
 50.00
12

 4 x 4  transport materials to trail head 1/5 share
 80.00
 200.00
13

 4 x4 transport to trailhead to review and correct errors 1/5 share
 80.00
 200.00
 Total
 508.20
 1,270.50













INKIND EXPENSE DONATED BY EACH FAMILY
DOLLARS
SOLES
1
 Q'ero family members
 labor to level land and clear of grasses 10 hours
 24.00
 60.00
2

 labor to haul large rocks to build foundation and walls 8 hours
 32.00
 80.00
3

 labor to construct walls of large rocks 16 hours
 64.00
 160.00
4

 labor to hike to trees, cut trees, haul logs for wood 8 hours
 19.20
 48.00
5

 labor to install poles for plastic roof support 5 hours
 12.00
 30.00
6

 labor to construct doors and wiindows from the logs 7 hours
 28.00
 70.00
7

 Total
 179.20
 448.00






Note
Lines 9 - 13 reflect 1/5 of the actual cost because materials will be delivered to each community in lots of 5.



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