🌿 Journey Toward the Heart | Camino al Corazón

Walking Together. Creating Connection. Empowering Hope.

✨ Every Step Matters

Because every child deserves shoes to walk, art to create, and love to grow.

Together, we’re walking toward the heart — creating spaces where children can dream, heal, and thrive. Join us in empowering 50+ kids and families around Lake Atitlán through connection, creativity, and community.

🌸 Our Story

Last year, a small grassroots movement came together to bring shoes, backpacks, school supplies, and love to children and families in Guatemala — and what unfolded was beyond anything we imagined.

The children and families you helped support last year — smiling, shining, and full of heart 💛

Together, we:
👣 Impacted 30+ children across several pueblos around Lake Atitlán
🌎 Partnered with Eagle’s Nest Yoga Retreat Center, who generously donated meals to 30+ families and offered space for community gatherings
🧘‍♀️🤸 Offered acro-yoga and mindfulness sessions, giving children the chance to move, balance, and discover joy in connection
⚽️ Donated over $1,000 in soccer balls and equipment, bringing play into schools and neighborhoods
🎨 Delivered art supplies and creative kits for expression and emotional release
💊 Provided multivitamins and essentials for children’s health
🧸 Gifted Squishmallow stuffies to every child — because comfort and play matter, too

Each small act became part of something much bigger — a movement of hearts walking together toward hope.

👣 Our Goal for 2025

This year, our vision is not only to give — but to grow connection, dignity, and hope through every gift.
We’re raising $10,000 to walk further toward the heart and deepen our impact:

👟 Provide 50+ children with new shoes, backpacks, and school supplies
🖍️ Deliver classroom kits and creative materials
⚽️ Continue bringing soccer equipment and sports opportunities to communities
💊 Gift vitamins, toys, and essentials that support health and joy
🎨 Partner with Camino Canicas to provide trauma-informed expressive arts, therapy, and community support for children and families

🌸 Our Partnership with Camino Canicas

A portion of every donation supports Camino Canicas, a grassroots initiative dedicated to building resilience in children through art, music, storytelling, rituals, and play.

Your donations also help fund:
🧡 Therapy and trauma support for children
🥋 Martial arts classes for boys and basketball lessons for girls
🧑‍🏫 Covering teacher salaries for consistent education
🩺 Emergency medical costs and treatment for infections
👶 Support for young mothers (baby items, cribs, diapers)
🏠 Community needs like beds, housing, and cultural preservation

🌿 Follow their work here: @caminocanicas

Together, we’re not only supporting children’s education and health — but also their hearts, minds, and futures.

🎒 How Your Donation Helps

💡 These tiers are suggestions only — you can give any amount you feel called to. Every gift matters.

🌱 The Basics ($25–$50)
Backpacks, notebooks, school supplies, and shoes donated directly to children.

🌿 Growth & Health ($50–$150)
Vitamins, classroom starter kits, and school essentials to nourish learning.

🌸 Community Connection ($150–$500)
Supplies for children plus support for art and therapy workshops that bring joy, creativity, and healing to kids and families.

🌎 Transformational Impact ($500+)
Emergency needs fund: build beds, support young mothers with cribs and diapers, cover medical treatments, and fund sports, therapy, and teacher salaries for long-term change.

💡 A portion of donations also supports delivery and logistics — from checked bags to local transportation — to ensure your gifts reach children and families directly and safely.

🌱 100% of donations go directly toward supplies, programs, and delivery — every dollar is tracked and accounted for with transparency.

🌎 Walk With Us

This is about more than school supplies or soccer balls. It’s about walking together to create safe spaces for children to connect, express themselves, and thrive.

Every step matters. Every path has meaning. Every heart counts.

💚 Thank you for walking this journey with us.
✨ Follow the journey → journeytowardtheheart.org

Journey Toward the Heart — Empowering 50+ Children in Guatemala | 2025