LOUKOUMI FOUNDATION VISITS PUERTO RICO!

The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation traveled to Puerto Rico last week with its Good Deed delegation. We visited Academia de la Inmaculada Concepcion in Mayaguez Puerto Rico, a school on our international Good Deed Council, holding assemblies, good deed discussions, Loukoumi book readings in English and Spanish, a visit to a children’s home, and on Friday hosted our Loukoumi Good Deed of the Month Zoom (left) from the school, broadcast to other schools worldwide. 

LOUKOUMI GOOD DEED BUS Saturday we partnered with the school and the wonderful community of Aguada for our Loukoumi Good Deed Bus. Together we cleaned a local beach, planted pine trees and created nesting areas for pelicans, delivered food for a homeless shelter and sang carols at a local nursing home. The weekend concluded with a beach party celebrating the new friendships we made and the amazing sense of community, philanthropy and kindness that united us all, as we also unveiled the new Loukoumi park benches for the beach created by the community of Iglesia Carismatica Cristo Redentor headed by Joel, Felipe and several children. And the children’s smiles lit up everything we did! Thank you to everyone for an amazing visit! Together we made a difference!

Beach clean up in Aguada, Puerto Rico (top); (Bottom center) Nick Katsoris engages students in a discussion about making a difference for causes they are passionate about

(Top) Delia Naclerio and Nick Katsoris reading "Loukoumi's Good Deeds" to students in English and Spanish. (Right) the Loukoumi Good Deed Council at Academia de la Inmaculada Concepcion

Visiting and delivering presents to a children's home (top left) and caroling at an area nursing home (top right)

Special thanks to everyone at Academia de la Inmaculada Concepcion including Principal Hector González-Chemellis and project coordinators Leynel Valle Rodriguez and Mayra Mejias Miranda, all the teachers and students including the Loukoumi Good Deed Council: Ian Roche Rivera, Gia Leon Ferrer, Mariella Torres Gonzalez, Andrea Rivera, Julian de Santiago Perez and Sara Vargas, the Student Council members including President Fabiana, and the PTA for the wonderful food.

To everyone at Iglesia Carismatica Cristo Redentor including a big thank you to Felipe Cortez, Yazmin Banks, Joel Gonzalez and all the children who participated.

To our New York delegation who visited Puerto Rico with us: Delia Naclerio, Michael Naclerio, Toni Velez Lucarelli ("Cookie") for sponsoring the good deed bus food, Athy O'Keeffe for sponsoring the buses and Julie Longwood.

Thank you to everyone for making a difference with Loukoumi

The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation Visited KPMG on Monday for their annual Holiday Community Event, hosted by KMPG’s LRC (Legal, Regulatory and Compliance) Pro Bono and Community Impact Advisory Council. We discussed the Foundation's mission of making a difference, and then colleagues in New York, and virtually in New Jersey and Washington DC, participated in three of the Loukoumi Foundation’s initiatives including making caring cards for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (and supporting the Loukoumi Foundation Treatment Room), writing Never Forget letters for families who lost loved ones on 9-11 and supporting the The Floating Hospital Candy Cane Lane initiative, providing gifts from a wish list for patients. It was a pleasure meeting you all and thank you Nina McAdoo and everyone at KPMG for making a difference with Loukoumi.