News from CUPS

There are lots ways to help Mexican children. CUPS works with many schools, urban and rural, at the kinder, primary, or middle school level. We also help special education schools. Some are oriented totally to special ed needs while others are classrooms in "regular" schools where children are mainstreamed.

Used tennis balls provide fun and exercise for children. Recycled school supplies all-to-often left at the end of the school year in a US classroom can provide "tools" for both school children and Sunday School or VBS in Mexican churches. A used crayon still makes a beautiful picture. Playing cards or dominoes can be used as tools for the study of math. Puzzles for children like the 24 piece ones are both fun and teach spacial concepts to kids. I found a 24 piece dinosaur floor puzzle at the Habitat for Humanity Resale shop in McAllen. It is now in a rural Mexican classroom. These are just a few examples of how donations can enrich and excite young learners.

Books in Spanish, bilingual, or low level English are needed in Mexican schools. Most homes do not have children's books so the collections at school provided by CUPS donors are greatly loved and appreciated. Almost all primary schools have an English language teacher who spends one day a week at a rural school, or one hour per class each week in urban areas.. Recently children greeted CUPS visitors with "Good Morning," and "Thank You" after receiving their packet of school supplies donated by CUPS friends.

CUPS also works to help seniors and special education children with health equipment needs like wheelchairs, walkers, canes, bedside toilets and diapers. Driving out of a small rural community, I noted a lady with one hand on her walker and the other hand was grasping a rake to clean her yard. The gift of a walker helped make her life meaningful. I thanked God for whoever has given it to her. It was not CUPS in this case but it surely motivated me to continue to ask for help until it is received. Gracias.  
Louise FlippinComunidades Unidas Pro Salud
613 North 8th Street, McAllen, TX 78501
Telphone 956 686 7456; Cell: 956 605 7159
Email: CUPS7456@sbcglobal.net