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THE FUTURE Is Here. Is Now. Mateo G. Student Sponsored by Grand Pacific Resorts since 2019 2
4ContentsWhat Is Christel House? 6 Grand Pacific Resorts’ Support 8 Internships 10 Golf Tournaments 12 Providing Critical Access to Technology 13Heart & Sole | Walking For A Cause 15 Christel House Coffee 16 Food For Thought Back Cover Get Involved 3
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06 07 What Is Christel House? Christel House is a 501(c)3 global nonprofit that works to transform the lives of impoverished children around the world – breaking the cycle of poverty and building self-sufficient, contributing members of society through education, meals, health care, and career guidance counseling at schools. Where Are The Schools? • México • India–Bangalore–AtalNagar (formerly Naya Raipur) • Jamaica • South Africa • Indiana–Indianapolis Academy South – Indianapolis Academy West – Christel House Indianapolis Watanabe High School – Christel House DORS Adult High School 5
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Grand Pacific Resorts is a long-standing partner with Christel House. Our Co-President, David Brown, is a huge proponent for education – foundational, and continued. From hosting the annual Open Golf Tournament to hosting summer interns, Grand Pacific Resorts continues to stay involved in several ways to make sure the children are supported, and that we help spread the word of this wonderful, important non-profit. Anchor Jason Martinez attends Christel House Open Golf Tournament in Vista, CA Co-President David Brown with Nancy & Mateo, two children Grand Pacific Resorts sponsors
How Is Grand Pacific Resorts Giving A Hand Up?
Impoverished students have few career role models to imitate.
Christel House shows kids the job opportunities they don’t see in their communities – where drug dealers & gang leaders are the beacons of Christelsuccess.House introduces career development and guidance to begin preparing students to study careers that will play to their strengths starting in 7th grade.
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Did You Know?? 44% The NATIONAL POVERTY RATE in México
Internships
In 2018, Grand Pacific Resorts partnered with Christel House to pioneer a new summer internship program. We provided the interns an environment similar to college curriculum, including a course schedule aligning to projects, assigned objectives, taught career workshops, and equipped them with a point of contact similar to an academic advisor. Additionally, fun outings where team members bonded with the interns were scheduled to give them some SoCal fun during their six-week internship.
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I’m taking away so much that I can use later on in life. It’s nice to feel like my development at Grand Pacific Resorts is going to have a ripple effect on my life for years to come. “ “ Intern Charley J. enjoying the beach for her very first time. Intern Blanca B. working on blogs & social media curation. Charley Jackson Christel House Intern 9
All ‘FORE’ Charity Driving Out Poverty at the annual Christel House Open Golf Tournament 10 Watch Video! https://youtu.be/9xJDM_lpmc0
David Brown Co-President Grand Pacific Resorts
Since 2003, Grand Pacific Resorts has hosted the annual Christel House Open Golf International Tournament in Vista, California. In 2019, the year before the COVID-19 global pandemic, Grand Pacific Resorts managed to rally support and raise $100,000 for Christel House International at the 17th Annual RCI Christel House Open at Shadowridge Country Club. At this fun tournament, major sponsors, along with the attendance of 120 golfers, including some of our resort staff, come out for a fun day of golfing for good. Raffle tickets can be purchased for a chance to win several great prizes – all in the name of charity to drive out poverty. “It only takes $3,500 to provide education, meals, clothes, transporation, and healthcare to one child for one year. This event brings me hope that together those children will go on to become leaders in their community and also inspire a lifetime of helping the next generation.”
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David came home with a mission: to raise enough money to buy laptops for every high schooler, knowing that doing so would provide them with the learning resourcees and computer literacy that is so essential in today’s world. Donors immediately answered the call and in less than 90 days, contributed $45,000 – enough to purchase HP Chromebook laptops pre-loaded with educational software for each of the 180 Christel House México high school students. Little did anyone at the time know just how impeccable the timing of this initiative would be, and that within just a few short months, distance learning would become the new norm for students in the world. We were so humbled to be able to provide Christel House with the necessary equipment for remote education just ahead of the global health crisis.
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In January 2020, co-president, David Brown, visited Christel House México, and asked the principal what Christel House still needed. It came to light that the school wished they have laptops for it’s high school students.
Providing Critical Access to Technology
For six weeks in April 2021, our associates organized into teams and walked, jogged, biked, hiked, and exercised as they worked toward their collective goal of logging 15,940 fundraising miles to raise $350,000!
The walk-a-thon provided an opportunity for all our Associates to participate and connect with the cause from their own homes!
Sole With the emergence of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Christel House had to find innovative ways to keep their sponsors involved with the cause while abiding by social distancing rules & regulations as advised by the CDC & WHO.
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World Walk-A-Thon, which temporarily replaces the annual Golf Tournament.
In order to raise money to cover the cost of wi-fi in student’s homes while they participated in distance learning, Grand Pacific Resorts was one of the first to sign-up to participate in the 2021 Christel House Walk around the Putting in the Miles For Charity During The COVID-19 Global Pandemic & He rt
Did You Know?? Christel House México has a 97% Retention Rate 2 of 3 Christel House México 6th performedgradersABOVE grade level standards in mathematics in 2018. At 21.5 Hours per week, Christel House México students spend more time in school above the national average. Only4 out of 10 students in México complete the 12th –grade. 14
Now that’s something to cheers your cups together for!
To support Christel House year-round, we stock all of our resort units with Christel House Coffee, which is a fundraising program for the organization. every morning when Owners and Guests use their coffee makers and enjoy their morning cup of Christel House Coffee, they are starting their day by supporting this amazing non-profit, and the children who are a part of it.
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What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of someone who can’t afford an education? “ “
Christel House México graduate Rosa Morales once read this quote, and it had a profound impact on her, and career path.
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After graduating from Christel House México, she is studying medicine to become an OBGYN.
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“Everyone faces challenges in life – but the capacity to overcome hardships, learn from mistakes, and forge ahead in the face of immense adversity is a quality inherent in most successful individuals.”
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THE FUTURE IS HERE. THE FUTURE IS NOW.
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