The year is drawing to a close but the IWCV is still busy, particular our Charities ladies who have organized a few great ways to help those less fortunate than ourselves during this holiday season. We’ve got Amigos de la Calle’s Sponsor a Child and Gifts for the Homeless program, holiday gift baskets from Casa Ronald McDonald, and holiday poinsettias from Proyecto Vivir. See below under “Charities” for details and to learn how you can help. Even though so many of us are away

What an amazing event! This past month we celebrated the IWCV’s 20 th Anniversary with an extremely successful fundraiser at Espai Llimera. Thanks to all of our members (that’s you!!), we raised a total of €6000 and were able to donate €2000 to each of the three charities supported by the IWCV: Casa Caridad, Casa Ronald McDonald, and Proyecto Vivir. Very, very well done everyone! For more details, please see below under “Charities & Fundraising”. A favor please – We are tryi

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