It is with great honor that we announce our donations to the following organizations. We have been blessed with a good year in business and it is time to put a little back into what we see as good causes here in our community. My partner Rolando Miranda and I look forward to our continued support of these fine organizations.
Bid 4 Boquete
Our cash donation to Fundacion Bid 4 Boquete will go directly to the greater Boquete community and help in many, many ways. The money that they raised last year:
- paid for the furniture in the new library
- supported twelve spay and neuter clinics
- helped to feed 130 handicapped, elderly, and desperately poor people
- contributed to the building fund for the handicap foundation
- funded the Loco Por Leer literacy program in Palmira
- assisted the 20-30 club with their charitable work
- supported a children’s literacy program in Palmira
- paid to send the kids at Casa Hogar Trisker to summer camp
- helped keep the doors of ReAL recycling center open
- paid for staff and books at the new Boquete library
- paid for half a year’s salary for the Alto al Crimen 911 emergency operator
- funded many of the Lions Club’s charitable programs
- bought yarn for the local “Knitters & Knatters” club to knit into baby blankets for indigenous babies
Panama Marine Resource Foundation
Mission Statement
To create a sustainable fishery here in the gulf of Chiriquí now and in the future.
The Beginning
- Create new and enforceable fishing regulations within the boundaries of the Coiba National Park, which now includes both Hannibal Bank and Islas Montuosa Island and surrounding waters.
- Establish a working relationship with enforcement personal, helping them with information that will aid them in enforcement of existing laws.
- Work will all participating member fishing lodges in sharing information that will benefit the project.
- Create “sport fishing regulations” acceptable to all members.
- Create a protected species list, Example; Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Striped Marlin, Sail Fish, Rooster fish, Grouper and Cubera Snapper.
- Establish a minimum size limit on other listed species.
- Create a daily per angler species limit.
- Work to simplify existing requirements of obtaining licensing and permission from the Coiba National park.
- Form a coalition with dive and spear fishing organizations. Establish a working agreement with them.
- Try to establish a working relationship with commercial interests. Try and get set tonnage limits and seasons plus catch date to help in the overall catch data.
- Have participating lodges maintain a daily log on board each boat noting number of fish and species released or maintained. That information is to be used to prove what a small percentage we as sport fishing interests are taking.
With the above goals the fishery here in the gulf of Chiriqui could maintain a sustainable future. We can then press on with participating members from other sport fishing locations in Panama.
As current presidenta of Fundacion Bid 4 Boquete I’d like to thank Tom and Rolando for their wonderful donation to our ongoing fund raising project.
We’ve been putting money in the bank every week and we’ll culminate with our big weekend in February. On Saturday February 9th we will have an art show & sale, a fine wine tasting party, and a live auction with professional auctioneers and high end donated items up for bids.
On Sunday, we have our large family event in the Arco Iris room of the Fairgrounds where we’ll have hundreds of silent auction items up for bids, lots of food (both gringo and typico), children’s’ games, a huge venta de patio, and other sales venues.
We hope to put close to $80,000 into our account and then distribute that money to the local charities.
With help from people like The Panama Perspective, we believe we’ll meet all our goals.
Mr. Brymer:
My son, Dr. James (Jim) Waldsmithith has been in contact with you about my Chiriquí properties in Cucuy. Now, it’s my turn: I have been wanting to make contact with an agency which is active and forward-looking as regards the Puerto Armuelles area. I have been planning to get down to Panamá in January (8-18 of 2013) with the intent of contracting with an agency that can “take over” the marketing of my properties there in Cucuy.
(I am a recovering stroke victim, so my “reserves” are not what they used to be). One of your hard-working fellows (John Maynard) in the Foundation regarding fishing is my caretaker there in Corazón de Jesús, but he is not a marketing “guru”, and admits as much; he is a dedicated fisherman.
Would you and your partner be interested in a contract for such a venture? I imagine that my son, Dr. Waldsmith, has referred you to the Viviun.com ad #90518 already.
Thank you in advance for your prompt reply.
Sincerely,
Barbara Kent
Mr. Brymer:
My son, Dr. James (Jim) Waldsmith has been in contact with you about my Chiriquí properties in Cucuy. Now, it’s my turn: I have been wanting to make contact with an agency which is active and forward-looking as regards the Puerto Armuelles area. I have been planning to get down to Panamá in January (8-18 of 2013) with the intent of contracting with an agency that can “take over” the marketing of my properties there in Cucuy.
(I am a recovering stroke victim, so my “reserves” are not what they used to be). One of your hard-working fellows (John Maynard) in the Foundation regarding fishing is my caretaker there in Corazón de Jesús, but he is not a marketing “guru”, and admits as much; he is a dedicated fisherman.
Would you and your partner be interested in a contract for such a venture? I imagine that my son, Dr. Waldsmith, has referred you to the Viviun.com ad #90518 already.
Thank you in advance for your prompt reply.
Sincerely,
Barbara Kent
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