September 4, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Kristi Rutledge, Special Events Director
Empowerment International

rutledgeke@hotmail.com

Poverty and Education Event in Colorado Connects with Kids in Central America

Westminster, CO – Join friends and neighbors from across your community and all the way from Nicaragua in celebrating education and hope at the 5th annual Fiesta de Esperanza!

Empowerment International (EI), a nonprofit organization helping impoverished children receive an education, is holding their annual silent auction fundraising event on September 6 at the Westminster Butterfly Pavilion.  This year marks the 10^th Anniversary for the organization.

For just $40 for advance tickets or $50 at the door, attendees will experience live jazz music by jazz band Stellar J, Latin food, a private tour of the butterfly sanctuary and a silent auction with unique Nicaraguan pottery along with Boulder area goods and services. In addition, the event will feature food from local business sponsors and drinks.

The evening will also include some exciting new technology advances, giving guests the opportunity to get to know some of the Nicaraguan children in the program, with a live feed via the Internet.  Attendees will also get to learn more about the children during the Sponsor-A-Child presentation, during which those interested will be able to select a child to sponsor from one of the 50 children featured that night.

This event supports EI’s work on the ground in Nicaraguan communities to help street children obtain an education and break the cycle of poverty. This program provides books, supplies, uniforms and shoes to allow children in the poorest barrios to attend school. The program has seen remarkable success since it was started in Nicaragua in 2003, with EI students maintaining an 80 percent retention rate, compared with the national average of 50 percent.

Just two days before International Literacy Day on September 8, this event highlights another huge success of EI’s work – nearly all of the parents in families in the program are illiterate, and most of the 248 children in the program have surpassed their parents in grade level completed and literacy. With help from EI supporters and donors, they aim to ensure all of the children in the growing program can read.

For more information about Fiesta de Esperanza see: http://empowermentinternational.org/special-events/

or contact Kristi Rutledge, Special Events Director. Media will be admitted to the Fiesta free of charge.

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