Upcoming Events
- July 4th Party – Location Hogar de Esperanza. Time TBD
- MVOC Meeting – July 6th 1 pm @ Sabatino’s Restaurant
- Devil’s Nose Train – Waiting for railroad to open
- Veterans Day Celebration 11/11 at 11 am. Will be the BIGGEST ever in Ecuador!!!Most months we meet on the 1st Monday. Social Lunch begins at 12:00, meeting begins at 13:00
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From our visit to San Fernando
- To attend our monthly MVOC meeting please fill out the form below. If you are not ordering lunch click on 'Not Ordering' box
Resources
MVOC Newsletter Archive
Burn Pit Registry
The Department of Veterans Affairs is advancing efforts to address issues associated with military-related toxic exposure by launching a redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, known as the Burn Pit Research Registry.


August 2023 Monthly Meeting Recap
Bryan Vidal from CATSA travel attended our August MVOC meeting and let us know about the 50% airline discounts for those of us over the age of 65. CATSA has been in business for 10 years here in Cuenca. They have many Expat clients and are available to you during your entire trip in case any problems arise.
Bryan Vidal speaks English and is ready to serve you! Being some of us live in Ecuador lets pitch in and support local businesses.Address: Address: Av. 12 de Abril and José Peralta Edf. Paseo del Puente Ofc. 5 . Contact information: bryanvidalb@gmail.com 099 492 3033
Bryan Vidal CATSA Travel

Tipti Store and Supermarket At Home Delivery Service
At our August meeting, representatives from TIPTI. TIPTI is an online shopping and delivery service for Ecuador. Here is a link to the Google Play Store and here is a link to the Apple App Store . TIPTI representatives attended and explained what they do and helped us install their app on our phones.
They also handed out a bag of goodies to each attendee.

CEO of Zylker Sharon C. Lint

We also had the owner of a mule service company, Bodega Sudamericana, call in from New York to tell us how to get things from the US to Cuenca and for how much. bodegasudamericana@gmail.com
Ecuador whatsapp +593999988424
US whatsapp & telegram +19142337320

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Volunteer opportunities

Here's how you can help in the community
What MVOC does in the community:
- GRACE Foundation – several in our group serve as volunteers; we gave them a Christmas party which included Santa (Papa Noel), food and games (see photos)
- We tutor English for two hours on Saturday Mornings.
- Compassion Kitchen – Several of us make and/or distribute sandwiches to the poor and homeless. Organization gives out 5,500 sandwiches per month(see photos)
- Christmas Party for elderly residents at Hogar Miguel Leon, included food, music and presents (see photos)
- We fed the homeless and needy on Christmas Day at Hogar de Esperanza and made sure all the kids got toys. We served over 200 meals. (see photos)
- Fed Ecuadorian Army troops who could not go home for Christmas. We provided over 140 soldiers with a home-cooked meal. (see photos)
- We helped with blood donations for locals (see Blood Donation tab)
- We gave out water filters in rural communities
- Peros de Esperanza – We help by taking dogs to hospitals, nursing homes and to residents of persons with disabilities
- Building projects – We renovated a bus stop just outside of Cuenca (see photos)
- We bought/distributed food/water/supplies during fires around Azuay province

Note: Per rules in Ecuador, you cannot donate blood if you’re over 65. However, you can add your blood type so we will have it in case of emergency.




