Programs of 2022
What we do for our community
Program 1:
Hurricane Fiona Relief 2022
Program Overview
Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 18th, 2022. Dorado Cares Inc. was established as a 501C3 and 1101.01 by the residents of Dorado in response to this natural disaster. The immediate goal was to get emergency aid into the hands of people impacted by this hurricane. The Dorado community responded quickly in October 2022 and raised cash donations and in-kind donations of $70,000 enabling Dorado Cares foundation to provide to the flooded communities of Toa Baja canned and boxed food items, water, Covid-19 test kits, KN95 masks, disinfectant, hand sanitizer, gloves, cleaning supplies, stoves, ovens, cook tops, microwaves, cooking utensils, personal hygiene supplies and twin bed sets and mattresses. Dorado Cares foundation successfully impacted over 300 families in 45 communities.
Impact Statements
Program 2:
Dorado Cares Annual gift giving 2022
Program Overview
In December 2022 Dorado Cares embarked on the first of our planned annual year-end holiday season gifting programs. This recurring program will seek to donate high quality, often educational or inspirational gifts to sick and impoverished children in Puerto Rico around the Christmas and 3-Kings Day celebrations. In our first year we raised $155,000 which enabled us to implement a year-end gift giving drive to provide over 3,000 children aged toddler through 13 years of age with gifts to celebrate the holiday season. To pull off such an expansive giving program we enlisted the help of the Dorado community including children and parents to actively participate in procuring gifts, wrapping gifts and hand delivering gifts into these surrounding struggling communities. We also partnered with the municipalities of Toa Baja and San Jose and several existing foundations operating in Puerto Rico including ACUTAS and Island Corps.
Specific beneficiaries of the 2022 year-end holiday gifting program included:
358 gifts to Sabana Seca ward
474 gifts to Iglesia Sinai at Campanillas ward
greater than 1200 gifts to children attendees at the Toa Baja 3 kings day festivities.
185 children in San Jose
300 gifts to neuro divergent children ages Pre-K to 2nd grade attending title 1 schools at Escuela Agapito Rosario in Vega Baja and Escuela Comunidad Rafael Hernandez in Oriente Hato Rey.
300 children at Villa Calma 1 and 2, and Villa Del Sol.