Reyes Magis Keeps Growing

Over 200 Belen Alumni, spanning seven decades, donated to the effort- more than ever before! Students from the Belen Jesuit Key Club and the Builder’s Club helped serve meals and distribute toys. Students from Lourdes Academy and St. Brendan’s’ High School supported the efforts as well.

 

Contributing to make our event even more successful were two organizations that truly stepped up to the plate. Granada Insurance, headed by Carlos Diaz-Padron ’76, and The Coral Gables Knights of Columbus, and their Grand Knight Waldo Toyos’ 91, gave hundreds of toys to both our Alumni Association and Belen Jesuit. They did so because they trusted that our Belen community would ensure that all toys collected would be distributed to needy children in the parishes of the city. Going forward, this spirit of teamwork and trust will no doubt result in an expanded reach of the Reyes Magis Project to the community. We will be able to serve more people if we pool our resources and work together with those that know and trust us.

 

At the core of the continued success of Reyes Magis is a dedicated Alumni Board headed by Tony Castro ’86. Alumni Section leaders Javier Perez-Abreu ’78, Orlando Puente’71, Aldo Cardona’90, Derek Varona’03, Arturo Mosquera ’71, and Jose Lopez-Varela’87 made certain that their groups were informed and engaged. The members of the Reyes Magis Committee, Alfonso Ledo ’76 and Pablo Carreno ’91, were instrumental in organizing and coordinating the efforts of the participants at the events. Last but not least, a great big thank you to Raul Puga from Hasbro Corporation (and Belen Dad), whose generosity over the past 5 years has helped the event grow from just a toy drive to a project involving toys for kids and meals for senior citizens.

 

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