On February 24 in the city of Montreal, the Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation held a workshop on recycling, where the importance of recycling at home was taught as a daily and rewarding activity that can be done by all members of the family. On the other hand, with this training, we sought to generate environmental awareness and put it into practice on the day of our campaign to clean the Ahuntsic park.
Canada – EN
Last Saturday, February 24th, in the city of Montreal, the María Luisa de Moreno International Foundation held the Fundraising meeting, where the activities and projects to be carried out during 2018 were informed.
On January 14, 2018 in the city of Montreal, the MLMIF carried out the market delivery activity, in which 84 families were benefited. For the first time it was possible to deliver dairy products, vegetables and fruits thanks to the collaboration of our donors. The Foundation also thanks the volunteers who contributed their time in this event.
The Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation celebrated on December 9th, 2017 the International Volunteer´s Day in the city of Montreal, Canada, where all the Foundation’s volunteers were invited to thank them and give them a special recognition for their work and support during 2017.
The Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation participated in the Cleaning Capital Campaign. It took place in Billings Park, located on Billing Avenue in Ottawa, Canada, on Saturday September 23rd 2017. For almost two hours we held a day to clean and maintain Billings Park, and this was achieved with the help of 15 of our volunteers.
The past September 9th, The Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation accomplish the event “One day for kids”, took place on community center of Ville Saint-Laurent , 205 children were benefited with school kits.
The children has a big funny day, the thematic of the event was a simulation of a trip, which consisted in a turn of the provinces of Canada, they were accompanied by princess and super heroes, who were guiding in to headquarter for each province.
The Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation celebrated their well-known educational campaign “One Day for Kids,” on the 19th of August 2017, at Southeast Optimist Park in the city of London, Ontario, Canada.. 374 children along with their families attended this event and enjoyed a day full of educational and fun activites.
The Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation accomplish the event My Planet, My City and Me took place in the Ahuntsic Park, located on Lajeunesse Street in Montreal, Canada, On Saturday May 20th 2017. The activity was to do a general clean-up of the park, separating the waste, recyclables, leaves and branches.
In the month of April 2017, the Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation restarted the French Conversation class for the Intermediate/Advanced level for the Spring Session.
This course is offered to people who wants to improve their pronunciation et the listening of the French language. We have the support of a devoted teacher that makes the class dynamic with day-to-day subjects. Each week, two classes of 50 minutes are given at the offices of the Foundation.
During the month of March and April 2017, the Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation helped 16 women, 6 men and 1 senior citizen file their income taxes, a total of 24 tax returns were done.
The tax clinic’s main objective was to aid people who need help in preparing and filing their income tax returns for the year 2016. The tax clinic is meant for people who are not able to file their own tax returns or are not able to seek professional help due to their modest income and due to their simple fiscal situation.