Kazapalooza 2011

Hello Kazapalooza Families,

It's true that Kazapalooza 2010 just ended, but in order to give our families as much time as possible to plan for Kazapalooza 2011, the planners have been hard at work trying to choose a destination that will accomodate our growing size, meet our high standards with reasonable rates, all while offering a family friendly location.

In 2009 we announced Florida would be KP's desitination in 2011 and Florida is where it will be. What? FL in June? No worries there. How do you fight the heat in FL during the summer--you Go To The Beach!!

Kazapalooza 2011 will be held on the beautiful white beaches in St. Petersburg, FL the weekend of June 3-5, 2011. We will post details about the resort next week.

Until then we will just say it will be a beach filled weekend with beautiful, soft, white sand, sunsets, sand castle contests, dive in movies at the pool, a pirate show and so much more.

We are very excited about 2011's Beach weekend in FL and look forward to seeing our friends along with meeting new ones!

**The KP planners want you to know that because KP is growing so quickly that we are working to identify areas that we need to improve or completely change to keep KP as accessible and enjoyable to our families

One need that we have identified is having KP the same weekend during the same month each year. For example: 3rd weekend of June every year. *THIS IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE!! This will start in the year 2012.

For now, please save the date for June 3-5 in 2011. Stayed tuned for hotel information, registration dates, deadlines and other important details.

Remember, you can follow Kazapalooza on FB, our blog, www.kazapalooza.blogspot.com, as well as becoming a member of our yahoo group for our families.

Pictures of water filtration system in Karakastek

Here is the link to the Two Hearts Blog showing pictures of the water filtration system.

Donations from Raffle make a BIG difference- Water Filtration update

Below is a post from the Two Hearts For Hope blog discussing the new water filtration system being installed this week at the Karakastek orphanage in Kazakhstan. Thank you all for your generous donations that made this possible!!



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Water filtration update
This week our team in Kazakhstan began working on the water filtration systems for the Karakastek orphanage. When they started to drill the pipes were crumbling into dust and 6 faucets needed to be replaced. We decided that we needed to replace all of the pipes leading into the places that the water filters were being installed. The director has asked for government assistance to replace plumbing but have yet to receive it.

We are installing 8 systems:
- 3 on the baby floor, floor 3
- 4 on floor 2 where the older children live (bath, brush their teeth and drink)
- 1 larger unit in the cafeteria where they prepare all the food.

We were also asked to install 8 soap dispensers in the bathroom, one by each sink on the older children's floor. Right now the children are using laundry soap to wash their hands so of course we said yes to helping provide this basic necessity. In addition to the soap, each child received a new toothbrush and toothpaste.

Pictures of the progress coming soon!