August 2010
Amazon and El Hogar Partner to Raise Funds. When you make your Amazon purchases by clicking on our Amazon button, El Hogar receives 4% of every purchase made. There is no cost to El Hogar for this service, and no cost to you beyond your purchase, so please help us earn this free money! There is no time limit; come to the El Hogar web site anytime to make purchases on Amazon and help El Hogar earn money.
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July 2010
On June 14, 2010 200 people attended the El Hogar Fiesta held at the Boston Seaport Hotel. It was a fun, lively and beautiful evening. Claudia and Raul Castro were present with us as well as friends and supporters from all around the greater Boston area. Approximately $46,000 was raised through this event!

On June 8, 2010 an El Hogar Fiesta Tropical was held at the Lambton Golf & Country Club in Toronto Canada, with a group of 185 people, raising a total of $35,000.

On March 7, 2010, an El Hogar Fiesta was held at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati Ohio, with a group of over 200 people, raising $26,000 for El Hogar.

These events are fun ways to spend an evening with friends, to introduce new people to El Hogar, and to help raise much-needed funds for El Hogar. If you are interested in holding a similar event, please contact the EHMI office at info@elhogar.org and we can provide a packet of materials as well as phone consultation to help with your planning.


March 2010
The 2nd annual Canon City Colorado Walkathon!
The 2nd annual Canon City Walk-a-thon is happening on Saturday, April 17, 2010. A group from Canon City hiking clubs, churches and civic organizations will be walking as the Skyline Ridge Team. If you live in the area, come and walk! If not, you can support this team by making a donation here.


March 2010
Save the Date! There will be a Boston Fiesta Fundraiser on June 14, 2010 at the Seaport Hotel in downtown Boston to benefit El Hogar the evening of June 14. Click here for more details and to purchase Fiesta tickets.


March 2010
The Cincinnati Fiesta Fundraiser for El Hogar was held on Sunday March 7, 2010 at the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati Ohio. It was a lively evening with great food, conversation, speeches, and auction bidding. Funds raised for El Hogar exceeded $26,000! Kudos and thank you to the dedicated planning team that worked to make this event such a success!


February 2010
El Hogar’s supporters in the Cincinnati, Ohio area are holdinga large gala fundraiser, the Cincinnati Fiesta for El Hogar, on March 7, 2010. Special guests include: Rt. Rev. Thomas Breidenthal, Bishop of Southern Ohio; Rich Kunz, Executive Director of El Hogar Projects; Lazaro Juarez, Honduran Executive Director of El Hogar Projects; Liz Kinchen, Executive Director of El Hogar Ministries; and Walter Brueggemann, famed Old Testament scholar. There will be a silent auction, raffle, entertainment, great food, many activities and a lively and festive atmosphere. All who are in the area and able to attend are welcome. If you cannot attend, but would like to support this fundraiser, you are welcome to participate in that way. Click here for more information on the Cincinnati Fiesta for El Hogar.


January 2010
Bowl -A-Thon Fundraiser in Natick MA
The Mathworks Bowlathon event, held in December in Natick Massachusetts, was a fun evening for many Mathworks employees and El Hogar enthusiasts. The event raised close to $6000 for El Hogar! Thank you Mathworks!


December 2009
Bowl -A-Thon Fundraiser in Natick MA
The Mathworks, a software company located in Natick Massachusetts, has taken three work teams to El Hogar over the past few years. The volunteers who went have been inspired to create a unique fundraiser for El Hogar – a Bowl-a-Thon. These enterprising Mathworks employees have set a goal of knocking down 8000 bowling pins in one evening, on December 10, 2010, and raising $10,000. They are seeking sponsors among their friends, families, and co-workers. These creative athletes can be supported by donating online by clicking on the Bowl-a-Thon icon on this page. Those wishing to donate by check can make out a check to El Hogar and mail to 70 Church Street, Winchester MA 01890, with Bowl-a-thon in the memo line. Thank you to all who support this event!

October 2009
Winchester based Walk-a-thon raises $30,000!
Sunday October 25, 2009 was the first annual National El Hogar Walkathon, held in Winchester, MA.Surrounded by days of rain and cold, Sunday turned out to be the most beautiful Fall day so far this year in the Boston area. The sky was blue the sun was shining, the air was clean and we had at least 200 walkers participate in a 5K walk around residential and downtown Winchester. Read whole story here.


June 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009, the military, apparently at the request of the Supreme Court of Honduras, arrested the President, Mel Zelaya, and transported him to Costa Rica. By the end of the day, a new President had been installed, following the order of succession stipulated by the constitution. As far as I know, no one was injured or killed in this process. Click here to read updates from Rev. Kunz on this situation in Honduras.


Dates for the fall 2009 El Hogar Graduation celebrations are as follows: November 6 Agricultural School Graduation
November 7 Reunion
November 14 El Hogar graduation
November 13 Institute Graduation

All potential visitors to El Hogar for any of these events should contact the El Hogar Ministries office for scheduling: info@elhogar.org.


May 2009
On Thursday May 28, in the early morning, an earthquake occurred in the northern coastal area of Honduras. The earthquake was a 7.1 on the Richter scale, and there was damage to houses and buildings in that area, with several deaths. In the Tegucigalpa area, as well as in Talanga where our Agricultural school is located, only small tremors were felt, and no damage was done. El Hogar, it’s staff and students, are all fine. We extend our concern and prayers to all those who have been affected by this earthquake.


May 2009
October is National El Hogar Walk-a-thon Month! - We will have walk-a-thons occurring in many cities across the country. If you are interested in organizing a walk please contact us at info@elhogar.org or 781.729.7600. Click here for more information.


April 2009
El Hogar was featured in recent news articles in The Niagara Anglican. Ros Reycraft writes about a recent work team trip to El Hogar in "Answering Bishop Michael’s Call" Click here to read the article on page 6 of the pdf.


March 2009
Read The Rev. David Kendall-Sperry's account of a recent visit to El Hogar from the March issue of the Interchange. Click here to read the article on page 13 of the pdf.


March, 2009 - El Hogar on YouTube!
Click here to view a short video clip about El Hogar on YouTube. Check back, we will be preparing more videos in the near future.


March 26, 2009
El Hogar was featured in a recent news article in the Canadian news publication The Straight. Click here to read the article "B.C. aid helps Honduran Kids"


February 2009
A new version of our Work Team Handbook – Version 5 – is now available. It contains some important new information, including a change in our fees. Due to the high rate of inflation in Honduras, we need to slightly increase our work team fees. Additionally, there are stricter passport requirements from Honduras. All work team members and leaders for 2009 and 2010 trips should download and read this new version. Download the El Hogar Work Team Handbook - Version 5, 2009.







Click here to see an archive of past news stories from El Hogar.