Day 3 in Lima, Peru;<br>Hokey Pokey and Redemption : Web Women Giving Circle

Day 3 in Lima, Peru;
Hokey Pokey and Redemption

Copyright 2007 Peter Frey/CARE
We preceeded the Hokey Pokey with some warm-up excercises. Tuesday morning the CCS van delivered ten gringas to Los Martincitos in Villa el Salvador.

Our schedule: work and play with senior citizens. Most were Indians from the Andes who found their way to "retirement" in Lima. Los Martincitos offers them a good lunch, and a full day of fellowship and recreation under the caring direction of Sister Jacci, a Missionary Sister of Notre Dame.

The day's events started with warm-up exercises. We stretched with them and when we were limber we formed a line and offered the seniors the CARE/More Giving Circle answer to the Rockettes -- we served up a Hokey Pokey Dance .. the senior knew the dance and sang in Spanish as we put in our right hands...

... and our left hands, our right feet, and our left feet, our heads, and our whole bodies.

We put them in and we put them out, we put them back in and we shook them all about. We did the Hokey Pokey and we turned ourselves around. That's what it's all about!

Or so we thought!

Suddenly we saw hundreds of index fingers raised and we heard voices of consternation from the crowd. They pointed at their fannies ... we forgot to shake our fannies! What were the gringas thinking? How could they forget to shake their fannies during the Hokey Pokey?

We met the clamor and the consternation quickly. We put our fannies in, we put our fannies out, we put our fannies in and we shook them all about. We did the Hokey Pokey and we turned ourselves around. Now, THAT'S what it's really all about! -- Frances Flynn Thorsen

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The Web Women Giving Circle is presently raising money and donations for CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working with poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty.--Joeann Fossland, Web Women Giving Circle Leader

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