The Calvin Ayre Foundation’s 2011 Children’s Christmas Party in Costa Rica. This year the Calvin Ayre Foundation Children’s Xmas Party was combined with the Costa Rica Motorbike Clubs (2nd annual Toy Run). Together we put on a fantastic Christmas party for the Casa Hogar San Lazaro children, supplying entertainment, food and refreshments. We came loaded […]
Locations: Costa Rica
MAKING REHABILITATION POSSIBLE IN COSTA RICA
Helping 400 patients a month with a new physiotherapy pool and renovation in Costa Rica. Recently Calvin Ayre was in Costa Rica to cut the ribbon on the latest Calvin Ayre Foundation project, a fully functioning physiotherapy pool at the P.A.N.A.R.E. Adult Handicap Hospital and Children’s School. We built washrooms, changing rooms, restored the brick, […]
SPREADING THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS TO THE RAFAEL ANGEL CALDERON SCHOOL
The Calvin Ayre Foundation’s Adopt-A-School program celebrates Christmas with the Rafael Angel Calderon School. In its commitment to aid the Rafael Angel Calderon School, and as part of the Adopt a School Program, the Calvin Ayre Foundation has made an effort to attend to all aspects of the school, including the celebration of as many […]
HELPING FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY
The Calvin Ayre Foundation supports a group of low-income families with assistance and a merrier Christmas. The Calvin Ayre Foundation made it a huge part of its agenda to visit a group of low-income families and offer them assistance and consequently, the possibility of a much merrier Christmas. The Foundation showed up at doorsteps of […]
DONATION OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
At the Calvin Ayre Foundation we know that technical innovation poses a unique and wonderful challenge for children, encouraging them to seek knowledge in a fun way. This kind of innovation also contributes largely to developing better quality education. This is why the Foundation donated a fully equipped computer room to the Rafael Ãngel Calderon School. Here, […]
CHILDREN’S DAY 2007
In 2007, the Calvin Ayre Foundation celebrated Children’s Day for the third year in a row. This time the celebration was held in the new and refurbished Rafael Angel Calderon School. For this occasion, the Foundation decided to focus on the importance of enjoying the childhood years, and on reminding children of their rights and responsibilities. During the event, […]
RAISING FUNDS FOR THE NEW COSTA RICAN NATIONAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
The Calvin Ayre Foundation gets involved in the Teleton to raise money for the new Children’s Hospital in Costa Rica. In 2006, the Calvin Ayre Foundation decided to contribute to a very deserving cause, the Teleton. This international event is held every year in Costa Rica and abroad during the first days of December. Its […]
HELPING A FAMILY REBUILD AFTER A TRAGEDY
The Calvin Ayre Foundation steps in to help a family whose house and two family members were tragically devastated by fire. One of our priorities at the Calvin Ayre Foundation is to develop a sense of solidarity with the people and help them overcome many of the hardships they might face. In May of 2006, […]
DISABLED CHILDREN’S CAI CHRISTMAS PARTIES
The Calvin Ayre Foundation celebrates the holiday season in honor of the Disabled Children’s CAI. In 2006, the Calvin Ayre Foundation launched a very special project at the Centro de Atencian Integral (CAI, Special Attention Center), in the town of Guadalupe. The CAI is a public educational center that tends to almost 300 children every year. […]
CHILDREN’S DAY 2006
In 2006, the Calvin Ayre Foundation held the Children’s Day celebration in the Museo del Ninos (Children’s Museum). The Foundation tended to every detail and, as in other years, successfully created a fun and nurturing atmosphere. The response of the children, through their laughter and smiles, was a deeply felt expression of their gratitude. […]
ADOPT A SCHOOL PROGRAM
In the ongoing quest to help those in need, the Calvin Ayre Foundation took the initiative in 2005 by adopting a school and transforming it step by step into a vastly improved educational facility. With this, the Adopt a School program, the CAF has made a lifelong commitment to a school that will benefit from the Foundation’s […]
CHILDREN’S DAY 2005
The Calvin Ayre Foundation first integrated this celebration as a recurring program in 2005. Since that year, Children’s Day is celebrated every 9th of September. The Foundation has worked very hard in conjunction with the Rafael Angel Calderon School in the town of Grecia. The school has an average of 90 students, all of them […]
HEALTHY MEALS FOR CHILDREN
At the Calvin Ayre Foundation we are aware that a huge part of our responsibility in adopting the Rafael Angel Calderon School is to ensure that students get a balanced diet that will provide them with the energy they need to study and learn. The Foundation is also aware that what these children eat at school is […]