Mission Recap party - September 6 - Anaheim Hills, CA

Every year, we set aside some time to celebrate our accomplishments together, share stories and pictures, and welcome new people to the community of Ayacucho Mission supporters.

We call this time our annual Mission Recap party, and we invite all of our volunteers, friends and supporters to join us for good food and a good time.  We aren't asking for donations--just the chance to spend time together.

The Recap Party will be held at the home of Cesar and Julieta Aranguri:

2015 Mission Recap Party

Sunday September 6 -  3:00-6:00pm

298 S. Solomon Dr.

Anaheim, CA 92807

We just ask that you please go to this link to RSVP to ensure we have refreshments for everyone.  Thank you for your continued support, and we hope to see you on September 6!

2015 Annual Report now available

The 2015 mission was another major success.  Here are just a few of many highlights:

--Over 1200 patients served
--Community education for midwives on best practices for safety
--Donations and medical attention to the local orphanage and a developing senior center

To learn more about this year's efforts, please take a look at the 2015 Annual Report, available at:

www.ayacuchomission.org/docs/2015report.pdf

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome home, Ayacucho Mission 2015!

A note from Medical Director, Cesar Aranguri.

Dear Friends and volunteers of the 2015 Ayacucho Mission,

By now most, if not all are back home in USA including those traveling through Peru after the
second week.  As we all settle into our daily duties and Ayacucho also settles and becomes embedded in our memory I’d like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all of you.

It has been my privilege to work with each one of you and experience firsthand your unbeatable desire to help others. Your hard work and willingness to perform your best regardless of circumstances including unexpected conditions that could make others quit but not you. You were exemplary and your efforts made possible the Mission to evaluate and treat over 1,000 patients.

It is amazing just to think that the Mission was able to provide care for such number of people in need under very special conditions and in such a short time.  You traveled for many hours and always arrived willing to work. It is with great pride and pleasure I can report that consultations in Tambo and the Regional Hospital along with dozens of life changing surgical interventions were performed without a single adverse outcome. This speaks very highly of your knowledge, great experience, dedication and discipline to perform at your highest regardless of circumstances or limitations.

The Mission also accomplished visits to the Orphanage, Senior Citizen Shelter, and Wasi Esperanza
Rehabilitation Home.  It was awesome to see the kids receive the visit and engage with volunteers for a day of fun, sharing friendship and love to the kids as well as the elderly. The training sessions “Helping Babies Breathe” were an outstanding success as well as the Presentation at the Engineering College of Ayacucho.

My dear volunteers you are my “Dream Team” and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your
performance and support to the Mission.

I also like to take this opportunity to invite you all to our Post-Mission Reunion Party on September 6, 2015. All are invited and feel free to bring your family and I wish to see you all or as many as possible. It will take place in Anaheim, (my home) sunny southern California in the middle of Labor Day long weekend. Please mark your calendar and all you have to do is confirm your attendance and you are in.

My dear friends, Once again… Thank you, Thank you!!!

Un abrazo,


Cesar

2015 Gala - Thank you for your support!

Dear Friends and Supporters of the Ayacucho Mission,

On behalf of the Ayacucho Mission, member of the Peruvian American Medical Society I’d like to express our deepest gratitude for your support to our May 3^rd, 2015 Tenth Annual Fundraiser event.

Thanks to you attendance we had once again, a sold out event and your company made it a great success. 

With your generous support the 2015 Ayacucho Mission has secured the necessary funds to continue the life changing surgical interventions programs as Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Orthopedic and Rehabilitation, Medicine, Pediatrics, Gynecology  and many others that will continue to provide the excellence in care achieved by the Mission.

It was amazing to say the least, the enthusiasm demonstrated by all of you when it came to provide support for each of our programs.  It was great to meet you all and have a fabulous time conversing and sharing personal stories. What a great afternoon we had surrounded by wonderful friends and outstanding performance by Fredy Chiara y Danzas del Peru as well as Chikicha and Fantasia Tropical.

To all of you thank you very much and stay tuned for the soon to be released Red Carpet pictures.

Un abrazo,

Cesar 

Less than two weeks away from the Annual Gala!

Dear friends and supporters,

We're less than two weeks away from the 2015 Ayacucho Mission Annual Fundraising Gala, and we need your support!

The event will be held: 

Sunday May 3, 2015 

12:00 noon to 6:00pm

Hilton Long Beach

701 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90831

As always, there are two easy ways to support:

1. Come to the event!  Just make a donation at ayacuchomission.org/gala to secure your tickets, and join us for a wonderful time!

2. Sponsor a student!  If you can't be there yourself, please consider making a donation to purchase a ticket for one of our student volunteers to share their stories and celebrate their experience with the mission.  It's a wonderful way to support the mission, and to reward our youngest volunteers for getting involved!  Just go to ayacuchomission.org/gala, and indicate "Sponsor a Student" on the donation form.

We hope to see all of you there!  Please get your tickets today!

Best,

-John Billimek and the Ayacucho Mission team

Get your tickets to the 2015 Gala!

We are very excited to announce that tickets are now available for the Ayacucho Mission 10th Annual Fundraising Gala!

Please come join us for a daytime event at the beautiful Hilton Long Beach on Sunday, May 3 2015, from 12 noon to 6:00pm.

In addition to an excellent meal, and world class entertainment from Fredy Chiara y Las Danzas del Peru, come celebrate with us the achievements of our many young volunteers who have gone on careers in health care.   Ayacucho Mission has been an early step toward many careers serving the underserved in medicine, nursing, pharmacy and other health professions.

Your donation of $100 will make a world of difference to fund the supplies and medications necessary for us to conduct our annual mission to Ayacucho.

To get your tickets, please visit ayacuchomission.org/gala or contact Julieta Aranguri at 714-501-3426, or Patty Rodriguez at 909-821-9787.  Thank you for your support!

Save the Date! Sunday May 3rd - Annual Fundraising Gala

For many of us, 2015 has already been filled with countless blessings.  At this time of year, we turn to our friends and supporters to make a contribution to Ayacucho Mission to help us bring free, high quality medical care and health promotion services to thousands of indigent patients in Ayacucho.  

Please save the date for our:

Annual Fundraising Gala

Sunday May 3, 2015 | 12:00 noon

Hilton Long Beach Hotel

701 W Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90831

This year, we are holding a luncheon on a Spring afternoon with good food, great entertainment and priceless stories recognizing the contributions of the many people who work to make a difference.  As a special treat, we will be recognizing the many former student volunteers who, since serving with the mission, have entered the helping professions of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and others.  

We hope you will join us to celebrate what we have accomplished together, and to elevate our efforts into a bright future for the Mission and the community we serve.

Please save the date in your calendar!  Tickets will be available soon!