Description: The team will travel to St. Innocent Orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. St. Innocent Orphanage provides a home for teenage boys who otherwise would be forced to live on the streets. This is the only facility in all of Tijuana which focuses on orphaned and abused teenage boys.
The team will be serving the orphanage in various ways, but more specifically on construction/maintenance projects. Each day they will have a chance to interact with the boys from the Orphanage that live there.
Dates: March 5-12, 2011
Registration Deadlines: There are limited spaces for each destination. To secure your spot, register online with a $150 deposit by December 3. Final payment is not due until January 21, 2011.
Cost : $1,200.00
This cost includes the transportation, lodging, meals, materials and sightseeing; however, it does not include the domestic flight to and from San Diego (SAN). If you fundraise over the trip cost, OCF will reimburse your domestic flight up to the overage amount fundraised.
Transportation: Each participant will be responsible for making their own travel arrangements and e-mailing this information to realbreak@ocf.net. For information on flight reimbursements, please see Real Break policies. Please book your flight to San Diego, CA (SAN) on March 5, 2010 before 3:00 PM and depart San Diego, CA (SAN) on March 12, 2010 after 9:00 AM.
After you have picked up your luggage, you will meet your group just outside of the doors of baggage claim in terminal 2 and wait for your team to arrive. San Diego International Airport has 2 terminals that are right next to one another. Once the team has arrived, the team will get the rental van. The orphanage is approximately a half hour drive from the airport.
Website: http://projectmexico.org/
Download 2011 Real Break Participant Information Package (PDF Format)
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