Sitting here in the United States, with Mother’s Day approaching, we all ponder what’s the perfect gift for our mothers. But in many places around the world, Mother’s Day is just another early Spring Sunday, another day where mothers are more worried about the life they can provide for their children rather than their children even considering what present to shop for.
I recently returned from Mastatal, Costa Rica, home to the Mastate Charitable Foundation (MCF), a Marion Institute serendipity project close to my heart. In this small rural town, MCF has been working tirelessly on building a Community Learning and Sharing Center (CLSC), which aims to serve as a social center, library, trading post, continuing education for women, meeting place for the community and much more. So here’s where your beautiful gift of a brick comes into play. The CLSC building in Mastatal will encompass renovating an old vacant building with an additional naturally built portion using local labor and resources. In honor of Mother’s Day, MCF is selling daub bricks that will be used in the construction of this building that will help so many families. One brick, for just a donation of $4, added to another brick and then hopefully another one, will help finish that Community Center. Last Mother’s Day, we were able to get to a little under 2,000 bricks donated and this year, we are hoping for more.
So this Mother’s Day, I am asking you to add a brick to your list of things to get for your mother. The mothers in Mastatal are trying to give their community and their children the best opportunities they possibly can. Your mother gave you a great foundation for you to live your life. What better way to honor her than help another mother do the same?
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