I was anonymously matched to Teodoro at the Castaway Kids Beach Party in March of 2017 during our first visit to San Carlos. I had always intended to meet him, and with the help of the Castaway Kids staff, it happened!! I give a BIG thank you to Terry Lynn, and Studen...
I was asked several weeks ago to write down a response to the question, “ Why do I give to Castaway Kids?” I reluctantly agreed, but did not put pen to paper. I thought about it a lot. It seemed to me that I should be able to easily write down a simple, logical sent...
I have so many fond memories of gathering students to practice English on Saturday mornings! One morning a young man not in the Castaway Kids program wandered in to the classroom and asked if he might join us as he’d heard about our mentoring program. Jose Martinez Za...
Students from the Spanish Advanced Placement class at the Orme School of Arizona visited with Castaway Kids students on Playa Algodones for a day of Spanish-English language practice and beach cleanup. Thanks to the Orme School students and teachers, Castaway Kids vol...
This year's Beach Party was a record breaker for sure, thanks to all our hard-working volunteers and your continuing support. This year's silent auction had an amazing array of items and we thank the local businesses for their contributions.
One of the questions I'm most often asked is, Wow, Terry, I see you everywhere, you are involved in everything around here. I usually make the true statement, “It's work of my heart, it brings me joy.” But upon reflection, there are some deeper reasons....
Joel Fabian Ruiz Lugo has been in our Adelante Estudiante program since very near the beginning of our program, 2010, when he was attending CBTIS Preparatoria (High School in Guaymas). Sam and Elizabeth Rainwater have been his sponsors since that time and Joel is now...
Non-profit charity Castaway Kids has signed an agreement to buy land from long-time local supporters. Located on Fabio Beltrones Boulevard near the current Castaway Kids Thrift Store location, the land will become the site of the future Castaway Kids Education Center.
Our sponsored student, Reyna Paola Ruiz Perez, recently graduated from the Tourism program at ITSON. I was lucky enough to first meet this young lady when she was very young, staying during the week while attending school at Hogar Paz y Bien, where I and a group of l...
Consuelo and her sponsors Lindsay and David got together for lunch to celebrate that Consuelo is a graduate now!!! She graduated in summer with a degree in nutrition. Consuelo has been in the program since 2011 when she was in high school. She was an excellent studen...
