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THE ROMANCE OF RUM
RUM TASTING FUNDRAISER

Experience the warmth of the Caribbean right here in Boulder!

Thursday, February 12, 2009
7-10pm
Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St. Boulder
www.rembrandtyard.com

Come away to the Caribbean on Thursday February 12, at the first Boulder-Cuba Sister City Organization's Romance of Rum rum tasting. Guests will have the opportunity to try a variety of rums from the Caribbean, accompanied by hors d'oeuvres from Aji, Centro and Islands.

Featured speaker will be Edward Hamilton, author of several books on rum, including Rums of the Eastern Caribbean and The Complete Guide to Rum. He is the founder of the Ministry of Rum website, www.ministryofrum.com and has spent more than a decade sailing the Caribbean in search of the finest examples of the distiller’s art.

The exotically themed gift baskets in the silent auction will make wonderful gifts for Valentine's Day. Guest host/DJ Arturo Gómez of radio station KUVO will provide the music for dancing to a Latin beat. BOCUSCO will be selling its famous Mojitos made from 7 year old Flor de Caña to round out an unforgettable evening at the beautiful Rembrandt Yard gallery in downtown Boulder, an evening of enjoying yourself and helping others.

**All funds raised will be used to ship medical equipment and supplies through Project C.U.R.E to hurricane-damaged Guantánamo Province and provide environmental education materials to their schools.**

Hurricane damage in Baracoa, Cuba.

The Boulder-Cuba Sister City Organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donations and a portion of your ticket price are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. 

Shipping medical equipment and supplies to Eastern Cuba

Since 2006 the Boulder-Cuba Sister City Organization has been raising funds to sponsor the shipment of medical equipment and supplies to Guantánamo province in conjunction with Denver-based Project C.U.R.E. www.projectcure.org. We are pleased to announce that the first THREE 40’ cargo containers have arrived at their destinations: the main hospital in Guantánamo which serves the entire province including Yateras; the main hospital in Baracoa, and the hospital in Palenque, Yateras. Two more containers of medical and hurricane relief supplies are being shipped in December, 2008.

We would like to thank all of the donors, sponsors and volunteers who have contributed to the success of this project. Thanks to everyone’s efforts and generosity, we have been able to provide one of the poorest provinces of Cuba with such supplies as X-ray machines, an anesthesia machine, mamography units, operating tables, stethoscopes, microscopes, laboratory supplies, defibrillators, and much more.  Please visit our HEALTH committee page to learn more about health care in Yateras and our health related projects. THANK YOU!!

About the Boulder-Cuba Sister City Organization

The Boulder Cuba Sister City Organization (BOCUSCO), is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-political, all-volunteer citizen network which exists to create lasting partnerships to promote cultural sharing, understanding and exchange between citizens of Boulder, Colorado and the municipality of Yateras, Guantánamo, Cuba. Yateras, located in the mountainous easternmost Cuban province of Guantánamo, became Boulder’s sixth sister city in 2002. Although many of our exchanges and activities involve the community of Yateras, we are also involved in projects, such as health and environmental projects, in other areas of Guantánamo Province including Guantánamo City. Boulder has other sister cities in Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Tibet, and Tajikistan. BOCUSCO organizes activities, with support from the Boulder community, through its five committees: Arts and Education, Environment and Sustainability, Health, Music and Dance, Sports.

Current Projects

Since 2005 BOCUSCO has been working in collaboration with U.S. government-licensed organizations to ship mountain bikes, wheelchairs, medical equipment and supplies, school supplies, athletic equipment and footwear to Yateras.

In addition to those ongoing shipments, we have prioritized projects for 2008 for which we are currently raising funds. We will continue raising funds to sponsor the delivery of 40-foot cargo containers of medical supplies and equipment to Guantánamo province in conjunction with Denver's Project C.U.R.E. www.projectcure.org; help Yateras to renovate their community library by providing donations of supplies and Spanish-language books, and work with environmental organizations on educational campaigns to protect endangered and endemic species in eastern Cuba.

BOCUSCO is also dedicated to bringing more awareness of Cuba to the Boulder community through speakers, music, film, food and dance, including our annual Cuban Connection fundraising dance, and our participation in the SOBO street festival.

(updated March 2008)

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