Meet Miss El Salvador - Andrea Bazant Sol

The Costa Maya Festival Committee is proud to present the Miss El Salvador contestant for Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant 2011. She is 20 year-old Andrea Bazant Sol from San Salvador, El Salvador.

Andrea is a student at the Monica Herra School of Communication, and she also speaks fluently in Spanish, English and French. Her hobbies include photography, Arabic dancing, design and art.
On August 5, 2011, she will join contestants from Belize, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica at the Miss Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant.

Be sure to swing by the San Pedro International Costa Maya Festival taking place from August 4 to August 7, 2011!

Be Kind Belize Holy Cross Anglican School Graduates

Thank you to the Community!

On Thursday the 15th of June 2011, Be Kind Belize was proud to celebrate the graduation of 24 children from Mr. Zetina’s Standard 2 at Holy Cross Anglican School. All of the students had successfully completed the Be Kind Belize programme.

Two students won additional accolades for being voted as the kindest kids in their class or by demonstrating generosity of spirit with their participation in the programme. Those children are Alhusaan Martin and Jennifer Neal.

Be Kind Belize was started in 2007 to offer humane education to primary schools in San Pedro and it is now being taught in the Cayo district as well. Humane education teaches children the meaning of kindness and empathy, gives them an understanding of responsibility and consequences and helps them to develop reverence and respect for all living things and the planet that we live on.

All of the Be Kind Belize, Kind Kid Winners received a fantastic selection of prizes, which were donated or sponsored. Many businesses and individuals deserve a huge thank you for supporting the programme and putting smiles on the faces of some very wonderful young people. The most exciting prize of all this year was full scholarships to San Pedro Summer Camp with a value of $600. San Pedro Summer Camp gives children the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities throughout the month of July. Be Kind Belize will be running a camp programme in association with San Pedro Summer Camp so there will be more fun with kindness this summer.

In particular, Be Kind Belize would like to thank Tammy Peterson from San Pedro Summer Camp, Marty Casado & AmbergrisCaye.com and Paradise Theatre. There were a number of other donors who contributed greatly to the prize packs that the children received and Be Kind Belize could not provide such wonderful motivators and rewards without their ongoing support. Be Kind Belize is very grateful.

If you would like to volunteer as a Be Kind Belize Humane Educator or if you would like to sponsor the programme in some way, please contact Colette Kase on 226 4366 or write to BeKindBelize@gmail.com.

Enjoy Lobster Night at Portofino

MIBOOKLIST.COM Provides Solution To Yearly School Book Hassle

Every school year, especially at this time, students and parents are put under pressure to not only find their new school books for the new semester, but also are burdened with how to sell their old books. We have created MIBOOKLIST.COM, an easy to use, helpful, and free Belizean website to provide a solution.

MiBooklist.com was created and designed by a concerned parent with both the book buyer and seller in mind, to be a medium through which sellers and buyers of school books - or any other kind of book for that matter - can be connected.
Buyers can search by Title, Author, Publisher, ISBN and more! Sellers can post as many books on the site as they wish. When someone wants to purchase a book they have found on the site, they contact the seller directly and make mutual arrangements for the sale.

Use of the site is free - it costs nothing to look for books, and it costs nothing to put books for sale. Furthermore, Mibooklist.com is in no way involved in the sale nor do we ask for any commission. We just want it to be useful, so please tell a friend, or feel free to print out the attached flyer or post or promote at will in your particular medium.

Please take a look at the site and upload your own books for sale! Did we mention that it's absolutely free?

For further information contact the MiBooklist team by visiting the site, email at mibooklist@gmail.com, or by calling 610-5700.

Hon. Manuel Heredia announces his UDP Slate for the 2012 municipal elections

In an interview with the Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr. on Tuesday June 21^st, he announced the United Democratic Party’s (UDP) slate for the upcoming municipal elections.

Up for the Mayoral post is Mr. Daniel (Danny) Guerrero. Running for councilors are Gabriel (Gaby) Nuñez, Carlos Barrientos, Kenrick Bracket, Yolanda Parham, Mr. Guillermo Mito Paz and Dr. Severito Guerrero. Read the full story in this week's San Pedro Sun.